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OSHA/Directorate of Construction Update 2012 Crane and Rigging Workshop Louisville, KY September 19, 2012

OSHA/Directorate of Construction Update 2012 Crane and Rigging Workshop Louisville, KY September 19, 2012. Jim Maddux, Director Directorate of Construction. DOC Update. Standards Guidance & Outreach Enforcement Crane interpretations 2012 Fall Prevention Campaign

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OSHA/Directorate of Construction Update 2012 Crane and Rigging Workshop Louisville, KY September 19, 2012

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  1. OSHA/Directorate of Construction Update2012 Crane and Rigging WorkshopLouisville, KY September 19, 2012 Jim Maddux, Director Directorate of Construction

  2. DOC Update • Standards • Guidance & Outreach • Enforcement • Crane interpretations • 2012 Fall Prevention Campaign • Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health

  3. Fatalities and Fatality Rates in Construction Source: BLS CFOI Data

  4. Directorate of Construction Standards Pre-Rule • Reinforcing and Post-Tensioned Steel Construction

  5. Directorate of Construction Standards Pre-rule • Backing Operations

  6. Directorate of Construction Standards Standards Improvement Process (SIPs) IV • Remove or revise duplicative, unnecessary, and inconsistent safety and health standards • Without reducing workers' safety and health or imposing any additional economic burden on employers

  7. Directorate of Construction Standards • Final rules focused on construction • Cranes and derricks in underground construction and demolition • Cranes and derricks, digger derrick exemption • Cranes and derricks technical corrections • Confined spaces

  8. Construction Directives Under Development • Highway work zones • Cranes and derricks • Personal protective equipment • Construction chapter to FOM • Excavations/trenching

  9. Top 10 Crane Standards Cited 1. 1926.1428(a) • Signal person not qualified 2. 1926.1425(c)(3) • Materials not rigged by a qualified rigger 3. 1926.1428((a)(3) • No documentation for the signal person 4. 1926.1412(f)(1) • No annual inspections performed by a qualified person 5. 1926.1408(a)(2) • No determination for working radius closer than 20 feet to a power line.

  10. Top 10 Crane Standards Cited 6. 1926.1417(c)(1) • Operators manual, load charts, hazard warnings , etc.. not in the cab at all times 7. 1926.1412(d)(1) • A determination for safety was not made by competent person after a deficiency was noted during a visual inspection. 8. 1926.1412(e)(3)i) • Monthly crane inspection results, missing or signed documentation not maintained 9. 1926.1412(f)(2) • Inspections not performed annually by a qualified person or as specified 10. 1926.1411(f)(2)(xvii) • Missing labels supplied by the manufacturer

  11. Crane Guidance Products • Cranes and derricks products • FAQs Published • Fact sheets • Letters of interpretation

  12. Crane Letters of Interpretation • Identifying a work zone when working near a power line • Apprenticeship programs used to qualify riggers and signal persons • Hours of equipment operation versus practical exam for recertification

  13. Crane Letters of Interpretation • Operation of cranes derated by the manufacturer • Mast Climbing Scaffold used with hoisting attachments • Typical vertical mast forklift used with hoisting attachments

  14. Crane Fact Sheets Five Fact Sheets discuss: • Significant changes, requirements, and benefits for the new rule. • Requirements for Assembly/Disassembly of a Crane • Signal Person and Rigger Qualifications

  15. Frequently Asked Questions on Cranes Examples: • Delivery of a crane or materials with a crane to a worksite • The relationship between Local State and Federal Operator Certification Requirements • Operator Certification Process and Documentation

  16. Topics for Future FAQs and Interpretations All are in various stages of research and concurrence. Topics include: • Extended reach forklifts used as a crane • Service drops • DC voltage • Articulating knuckle-boom cranes • Lifting burial vaults • Crane capacity and operator certification

  17. Fatal Accident Deep South Crane and Rigging Company – Lyondell Basell Houston Refinery, Pasadena, TX July 18,2008 Versa Crane TC36000 (2500 Ton)

  18. Fall Prevention Campaign Update Poster Pocket Cards Tool Box Stickers Front l Construction Fact Sheets Back

  19. http://www.osha.gov/stopfalls/

  20. Heat Illness Campaign Extended for 2012 • Compliance assistance and outreach continues • Focus on preventing heat illness to outdoor workers. • Water, Rest, Shade • Fact Sheet and Posters English/Spanish

  21. Emerging Issues OSHA’s Distracted Driving Initiative

  22. Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health • Charter renewal with the Secretary's Office • New members selected • Notification sent to selected nominees. • Next meeting slated for December 2012 • Minutes and transcripts from the May 10-11 meeting now posted on OSHA/ACCSH web page

  23. Questions?

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