| ILE: ADVISOR |


We then spent the remainder of our the meeting


trying to agree on what specifications we should be using. We adjourned the meeting without agreement. Bottom line, four people with over 100 years of experience couldn’t agree on the ultimate authority let alone the pertinent questions and answers to determine certification. When four experts, with over 100 years of experience, can’t agree on who’s rules rule, what is a crane owner or maintenance manager supposed to do? Today, it’s critical to understand that the ultimate arbiter is not OSHA, the final authority is a multi- million-dollar judgment resulting from an industrial accident. If we can’t define the rules, the winner will be the party with the most expensive lawyer. A 1939 quote best describes the US safety codes


from, no less than, Winston Churchill. While talking about Russia in the early days of WWII, Churchill


said, “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It’s a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Much the same can be said about the Byzantine


US safety regs pertaining to overhead crane inspection requirements, and here’s why.


OSHA’S 50 YEAR “STRIKE OUT” AT ATTAINING CLARITY:


STRIKE ONE: OSHA 1910.179(j) While crane owners ask for “OSHA safety inspections” and inspection companies advertise providing “OSHA EOT crane inspections,” OSHA says precious little about the specific requirements of an Overhead Crane inspection. Section 1910.179(j) Inspections, consists of just 667 words about EOT crane inspection requirements.


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