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n September 25, OSHA issued a final rule ex-
tending the deadline for crane operator certifica-
tion requirements in the Cranes and Derricks
in Construction final rule published in 2010 by
three years to November 10, 2017. The rule also extends by
three years the employer’s responsibility to ensure that crane
operators are competent to operate a crane safely. The final
rule becomes effective November 9, 2014.
During the three-year period, OSHA will address operator
qualification requirements for the cranes standards includ-
ing the role of operator certification. The final cranes and
derricks rule required crane operators on construction sites
to meet one of four qualification/certification options by
November 10, 2014. After publishing the final rule, a number
of parties raised concerns about the standard’s requirement
to certify operators by type and capacity of crane and ques-
tioned whether crane operator certification was sufficient for
determining whether operators could operate their equipment
safely on a construction site.
The agency published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
on February 12, 2014, proposing to extend both the deadline
for operator certification and the employer duty to ensure
competent crane operation for three years. After publishing the
proposed rule, a hearing was requested and held in Washing-
ton, D.C. OSHA analyzed the comments to the NPRM and the
hearing testimony and decided to extend both the crane opera-
tor certification deadline and the existing employer duty for
three years. OSHA has already begun the process of developing
a standard to ensure crane operator qualifications.
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