OSHA/Directorate of Construction Update

2012 Crane and Rigging Workshop

Louisville, KY September 19, 2012

Jim Maddux, DirectorDirectorate of Construction

DOC Update

• Standards• Guidance & Outreach• Enforcement• Crane interpretations• 2012 Fall Prevention Campaign• Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and

Health

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Fatalities 1239 1204 975 834 774

Coming End of Sept.

Fatalities per 100,000 workers

11.2 10.8 9.7 9.9 9.8

Fatalities and Fatality Rates in Construction

Source: BLS CFOI Data

Directorate of Construction Standards

Pre-Rule• Reinforcing and

Post-Tensioned

Steel Construction

Directorate of Construction Standards

Pre-rule• Backing

Operations

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

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

Construction Directives Under Development

• Highway work zones

• Cranes and derricks

• Personal protective equipment

• Construction chapter to FOM

• Excavations/trenching

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.

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

Crane Guidance Products

• Cranes and derricks products

– FAQs Published

– Fact sheets

– Letters of interpretation

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

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

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions on Cranes

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

Fatal AccidentDeep South Crane and RiggingCompany – Lyondell Basell Houston Refinery, Pasadena, TX July 18,2008Versa Crane TC36000 (2500 Ton)

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Poster Tool Box Stickers Pocket Cards

Fall Prevention Campaign Update

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

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

Emerging Issues

OSHA’s Distracted Driving Initiative

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

Questions?