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rule and are making good faith efforts to comply with the new documentation requirement. If, upon inspection, it is determined that an employer has failed to make sufficient efforts to comply, OSHA should cite for that deficiency. Please consult the National Office DOC before issuing any
proposed citations arising during this time period that are related to documenting crane operator evaluations. Beginning April 15, 2019, OSHA will fully enforce all applicable provisions of the final rule. If any Regions have questions, please contact the Directorate
of Construction, phone (202) 693-2020. You can read the source document at
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Crane Industry Services, LLC Adds Course to Help Employers with Crane Operator Evaluations; Adds Two Inspectors, Trainers
> Crane Industry Services, LLC (CIS), Carrollton, Ga., now offers training for employers who need to qualify individuals to do crane operator evaluations, according to new OSHA requirements. In addition, CIS staff can provide third-party crane operator evaluations to assist companies who need extra help getting these done. During the first 60 days of enforcement (until April 15, 2019),
OSHA will evaluate good faith efforts taken by employers in their attempt to meet the new documentation requirements for operators of cranes used in construction. “Crane operator certification is now the benchmark and
employer evaluation of operator qualification is an ongoing process. We’re fielding a lot of questions from unions and employers about the confusion around the new OSHA language. While OSHA allows for crane operator certification to be by crane type, or crane type and capacity, the employer, or the employer’s representative, must evaluate each operator’s qualifications on each crane he or she operates. If multiple cranes are used and the machines are the same make, model number and are configured alike, one qualification evaluation will suffice. However, if the employer has multiple cranes made by different manufacturers, the employer must qualify each operator on every different machine the operator runs,” explains Cliff Dickinson, President of CIS. “The evaluation process requires initial planning to determine
how many different machines are in a given fleet, how many of them are the same make, model, configuration and whether they are used for the same type of work,” adds Dickinson. A one-day Crane Site Safety class offered by CIS may now
also include two additional days on- site devoted to instruction on how to evaluate an operator. On the second day of evaluation instruction, potential evaluators are observed performing the actual process. The course reviews the OSHA documentation requirements,
and includes a checklist that evaluators can apply to different crane types and configurations that are commonly used in the employer’s fleet. The course also provides guidance for evaluators to determine if an operator is qualified to run the machine. “There is a heavy focus in the class on new OSHA language for operators to be able to ‘recognize and avert risk,’” says Dickinson.
Online Record-Keeping OSHA requires that operator evaluations be available on the jobsite, however, Dickinson says, “It does employers no good to
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