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Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
Group 13. Cranes and Other Hoisting Equipment
Article 91. Definitions

§4885. Definitions.

Accessory. A secondary part or assembly of parts which contribute to the over-all function and usefulness of a machine.

Accessory gear. Those items specified by the crane manufacturer as being authorized for use on the load chart such as jibs, blocks, and hooks.

A/D Director (Assembly/Disassembly Director). An individual who meets Group 13 requirements for an A/D Director, irrespective of the person's formal job title or whether the person is non-management or management personnel.

Angle Indicator (Boom). An accessory which measures and indicates the angle of boom to the horizontal.

Anti Two-Block Device. A device which, when activated, disengages all crane functions that can cause two-blocking.

Articulating Boom Crane. A crane whose boom consists of a series of folding, pin connected structural members, typically manipulated to extend or retract by power from hydraulic cylinders.

Assembly/Disassembly. The assembly and/or disassembly of equipment covered under this standard. With regard to tower cranes, “erecting and climbing” replaces the term “assembly,” and “dismantling” replaces the term “disassembly.” Regardless of whether the crane is initially erected to its full height or is climbed in stages, the process of increasing the height of the crane is an erection process.

Assist Crane. A crane used to assist in assembling or disassembling a crane.

Attachment. Any device that expands the range of tasks that can be done by the equipment. Examples include, but are not limited to: an auger, drill, magnet, pile-driver, and boom-attached personnel platform.

Audible Signal. A signal made by a distinct sound or series of sounds. Examples include, but are not limited to: sounds made by a bell, horn, voice or whistle.

Automatic Crane. A crane which when activated operates through a preset cycle or cycles.

Auxiliary Hoist. A supplemental hoisting unit of lighter capacity and usually higher speed than provided for the main hoist.

Axis of Rotation. The vertical axis around which the crane superstructure rotates.

Base (Mounting). The traveling base or carrier on which the rotating superstructure is mounted such as a car, truck, crawlers, or wheel platform.

Blocking (also referred to as “cribbing”). Wood or other material used to support equipment or a component and distribute loads to the ground. It is typically used to support lattice boom sections during assembly/disassembly and under outrigger and stabilizer floats.

Boatswain's Chair. A single point adjustable suspension scaffold consisting of a seat or sling (which may be incorporated into a full body harness) designed to support one employee in a sitting position.

Bogie. See “travel bogie.”

Boom. A member section of a crane or derrick, the lower end of which is affixed to a mast, base, carriage, or support, and the upper end supports a hook or other end attachment. The length of the boom shall be taken as the straight line distance between the axis of the foot pin and the axis of the end sheave pin.

Boom (tower cranes). On tower cranes, if the “boom” (i.e., principal horizontal structure) is fixed, it is referred to as a jib; if it is moveable up and down, it is referred to as a boom.

Boom Angle. The angle between the longitudinal centerline of the boom and the horizontal. The boom longitudinal centerline is a straight line between the boom foot pin (heel pin) centerline and boom point sheave pin centerline.

Boom Hoist. A hoist drum and rope reeving system used to raise and lower the boom. The rope system may be all live reeving or a combination of live reeving and pendants.

Boom Hoist Limiting Device. Includes boom hoist disengaging device, boom hoist shut-off, boom hoist disconnect, boom hoist hydraulic relief, boom hoist kick-outs, automatic boom stop device, or derricking limiter. This type of device disengages boom hoist power when the boom reaches a predetermined operating angle. It may also set brakes or close valves to prevent the boom from lowering after power is disengaged.

Boom Length Indicator. Indicates the length of the permanent part of the boom (such as ruled markings on the boom) or, as in some computerized systems, the length of the boom with extensions/attachments.

Boom Stop. A structural component used to limit the angle of the boom at the highest position. Includes but is not limited to structural components such as belly straps with struts/standoff, telescoping boom stops, attachment boom stops, and backstops. These devices restrict the boom from moving above a certain maximum angle and toppling over backward.

Boom Suspension System. A system of pendants, running ropes, sheaves, and other hardware which supports the boom tip and controls the boom angle.

Boom-Type Excavator. A power-operated excavating crane-type machine used for digging or moving materials. Some excavators of this type are commonly known as dipper stick shovels, backdiggers, trench hoe shovels, draglines, grab buckets, clamshell or orange peel excavators.

Booming, Luffing or Topping. Raising or lowering the head of a boom.

Brake. A device used for retarding or stopping motion by friction or power means.

Brake (Electric). An electric motor acting as a brake by regenerative, counter-torque, or dynamic means.

Brake (Electrically Operated). A friction brake actuated or controlled by electric means.

Brake, Holding. A brake that automatically prevents motion when all power is cut off from the brake holding mechanism.

Bridge. That part of a crane consisting of girders, trucks, end ties, footwalks and drive mechanism which carries the trolley or trolleys.

Bridge Travel. The crane movement in a direction parallel to the crane runway.

Buffer. A cushioning device at the ends of a trolley, bridge, or other moving part of a crane operating on rails to minimize shock in the event of collision.

Builder. The builder/constructor of equipment.

Bulk Cargo Spout. A spout, which may or may not be telescopic and may or may not have removable sections, but is suspended over the vessel from some overhead structure by wire rope or other means. Such a spout is often used with a thrower or trimming machine. A grain loading spout is an example of spouts covered by this definition.

Bulk Cargo Sucker. A pneumatic conveyor which utilizes a spoutlike device, which may be adjustable vertically and/or laterally, and which is suspended over a vessel from some overhead structure by wire rope or other means. An example of an installation of this nature is the grain sucker used to discharge grain from barges.

Bumper. A device which stops the moving part at the limit of travel of a trolley, bridge, or crane operating on rails and prevents further motion beyond that point.

Cab. An inclosure for housing the operator and/or the hoisting mechanism, power plant, and equipment controlling a crane.

Cab-Operated Crane. A crane controlled by an operator in a cab located on the bridge or trolley.

Cableway. A power operated system for moving loads in which the loads are conveyed on an overhead cable, track or carriage.

Cage. An open structure for housing the operator and/or the equipment controlling crane or hoist.

Certificating Agency. Certificating agencies are qualified agencies, and/or persons, licensed by the Division to examine, test and certify cranes and derricks in accordance with Sections 344.60 through 344.67 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.

Certified Agent. The manufacturer, or a person who is currently registered as a professional civil, mechanical, or structural engineer by the State of California and is knowledgeable in the structure and use of the equipment.

Certified Welder. A welder who meets recognized certification requirements, as set forth by a nationally recognized certifying agency as defined later in this section, applicable for the task being performed.

Chicago Boom Derrick. A boom which is attached to a structure, an outside upright member of the structure serving as the mast, and the boom being stopped in a fixed socket clamped to the upright. The derrick is complete with load, boom, and boom point swing line falls.

Clearance. The distance from any part of the crane to a point of the nearest obstruction.

Climbing. The process in which a tower crane is raised to a new working height, either by adding additional tower sections to the top of the crane (top climbing), or by a system in which the entire crane is raised inside the structure (inside climbing).

Come-Along. A mechanical device typically consisting of a chain, strap or cable attached at each end that is used to facilitate movement of materials by using a mechanical advantage.

Controlled Load Lowering. Lowering a load by means of a mechanical hoist drum device that allows a hoisted load to be lowered with maximum control using the gear train or hydraulic components of the hoist mechanism. Controlled load lowering requires the use of the hoist drive motor, rather than the load hoist brake, to lower the load.

Controller, Spring Return. A controller which when released will return automatically to a neutral position.

Controlling Entity. An employer that is a prime contractor, general contractor, construction manager or any other legal entity which has the overall responsibility for the construction of the project -- its planning, quality and completion.

Counterweight. A weight used to supplement the weight of the machine in providing stability for lifting working loads.

Crane. A machine for lifting or lowering a load and moving it horizontally, in which the hoisting mechanism is an integral part of the machine.

It may be driven manually or by power and may be a fixed or a mobile machine, but does not include stackers, lift trucks, power shovels, backhoes, or excavators. Some of the common types of cranes are defined as follows:

(A) Boom-Type Mobile Crane. A self-propelled crane equipped with a boom and mounted on a chassis which is supported on either rubber tires, crawler treads or railway wheels running on railroad tracks.

(B) Cantilever Gantry Crane. A crane in which the bridge girders or trusses are extended transversely beyond the crane runway on one or both sides. Its runway may be either on the ground or elevated.

(C) Crawler Crane. A crane consisting of a superstructure with power plant, operating machinery and boom, mounted on a base, equipped with crawler treads for travel.

(D) Floor Operated Crane. A crane which is pendant or nonconductive rope controlled by an operator on the floor or an independent platform.

(E) Gantry Crane. A crane similar to an overhead traveling crane, except that the bridge for carrying the trolley or trolleys is rigidly supported on two or more movable legs running on fixed rails or other runway.

(1) Container Handling Yard Crane. Rubber tired gantry crane.

(F) Hammerhead Crane. A rotating, counterbalanced cantilever, equipped with one or more trolleys and supported by a pivot or turntable on a traveling or fixed tower.

(G) Jib Crane. A fixed crane consisting of a supported vertical member from which extends a horizontal swinging arm carrying a trolley hoist or other hoisting mechanism.

(H) Locomotive Crane. A boom-type mobile crane consisting of a self-propelled car operating on a railroad track, upon which is mounted a rotating body supporting the power-operated mechanism, together with a boom capable of being raised or lowered at its head (outer end) from which is led the wire rope or chain connected to the hoisting mechanism, for raising or lowering a load.

(I) Monorail Crane. A crane whose hoisting mechanism is suspended from, and is an integral part of, one or more trolleys mounted on a single track.

(J) Motor Truck Crane. A boom-type mobile crane mounted on a motor truck frame or rubber-tired chassis. It consists of a rotating superstructure with power plant, operating mechanism and boom.

(K) Overhead Traveling or Bridge Crane. A crane on a pair of parallel elevated runways, adapted to lift and lower a load and carry it horizontally parallel to, or at right angles to, the runways or both; and consisting of one or more trolleys operating on the bridge which in turn consists of one or more girders or trusses mounted on trucks operating on the elevated runways, with its operation limited to the area between the runways.

(L) Pillar Crane. A fixed crane consisting of a vertical member held in position at the base to resist overturning moment with constant-radius revolving boom supported at the outer end by a tension member.

(M) Pillar Jib Crane. A fixed crane consisting of a vertical member held at the base with a horizontal revolving arm carrying a trolley.

(N) Polar Crane. A bridge or gantry type crane which travels on a circular track.

(O) Portal Crane (Whirley Type). A gantry crane without trolley motion, which has a boom attached to a revolving crane mounted on a gantry, with the boom capable of being raised or lowered at its head (outer end). Portal cranes may be fixed or mobile.

(P) Power Operated Crane. A crane whose mechanism is driven by electric, air, hydraulic or internal combustion means.

(Q) Pulpit-Operated Crane. A crane operated from a fixed operation station not a hazard to the crane.

(R) Remote-Operated Crane. A crane controlled by an operator not in a pulpit or in a cab hooked to the crane, by any method other than pendant or rope control.

(S) Standby Crane. A crane which is not in regular service but which is used occasionally or intermittently as required.

(T) Semi-Gantry or Single Leg Crane. A gantry crane with 1 end of the bridge rigidly supported on one or more movable legs, running on a fixed rail or runway, the other end of the bridge being supported by a truck running on an elevated rail or runway.

(U) Semi-Portal Crane. A portal crane mounted on a semi-gantry frame instead of a gantry frame.

(V) Tower Crane. A crane in which a boom, swinging jib or other structural member is mounted on a vertical mast or tower.

(1) Tower Crane (Climber). A crane erected upon and supported by a building or other structure which may be raised or lowered to different floors or levels of the building or structure.

(2) Tower Crane (Free Standing). A crane with a horizontally swinging, usually non-luffing boom which may be on a fixed base or mounted on rails.

(3) Tower Crane (Mobile). A tower crane which is mounted on a crawler, truck or similar carrier for travel or transit.

(4) Tower Crane (Self-Erector). A mobile tower crane that is truck carrier mounted and capable of self-erection.

(W) Traveling Jib Crane. A jib crane with the vertical member running on a track, its upper end guided by a parallel overhead track.

(X) Wall Crane. A crane having jib with or without a trolley and supported from a side wall or line of columns of a building.

(Y) Wheel Mounted Crane. A crane consisting of a rotating superstructure with power plant, operating machinery and boom, mounted on a base or platform equipped with axles and rubber-tired wheels for travel.

The base is usually propelled by the engine in the superstructure, but it may be equipped with a separate engine controlled from the superstructure. Its function is to hoist and swing loads at various radii.

Crane Runway. The structure upon which a crane runs, and may be:

(A) A structure consisting of columns, longitudinal bracing and elevated beams, girders, or trusses, for supporting traveling or bridge cranes.

(B) Elevated beams, girders, or trusses in a building or on the side of a building, for supporting traveling cranes.

(D) Tracks or rails on walls or trestles.

Crossover Point. Location on a wire rope which is spooled on a drum where one layer of rope climbs up on and crosses over the previous layer. This takes place at each flange of the drum as the rope is spooled onto the drum, reaches the flange, and begins to wrap back in the opposite direction.

Dedicated Channel. A line of communication assigned by the employer who controls the communication system to only one signal person and crane/derrick or to a coordinated group of cranes/derricks/signal person(s).

Dedicated Pile Driver. A machine that is designed to function exclusively as a pile driver. These machines typically have the ability to both hoist the material that will be pile-driven and to pile-drive that material.

Dedicated Spotter (power lines). To be considered a dedicated spotter, the requirements of Section 5001.3 (Signal Person Qualifications) shall be met and their sole responsibility is to watch the separation between the power line and the equipment, and load line and load (including rigging and lifting accessories).

Derrick. An apparatus consisting of a mast or equivalent member held at the top by guys or braces, with or without a boom, for use with a hoisting mechanism and operating rope, for lifting or lowering a load and moving it horizontally.

(A) A-Frame Derrick. A derrick in which the boom is hinged from a cross member between the bottom ends of two upright members spread apart at the lower ends and joined at the top; the boom point secured to the junction of the side members, and the side members are braced or guyed from this junction point.

(B) Breast Derrick. A derrick without a boom. The mast consists of two side members spread farther apart at the base than at the top and tied together at top and bottom by rigid members. The mast is prevented from tipping forward by guys connected to its top. The load is raised and lowered by ropes through a sheave or block secured to the top crosspiece.

(C) Gin Pole Derrick. A derrick without a boom. Its guys are so arranged from its top to permit leaning the mast in any direction. The load is raised and lowered by ropes reeved through sheaves or blocks at the top of the mast.

(D) Guy Derrick. A fixed derrick consisting of a mast capable of being rotated, supported in a vertical position by guys, and a boom whose bottom end is hinged or pivoted to move in a vertical plane with a reeved rope between the head of the mast and the boom point for raising and lowering the boom, and a reeved rope from the boom point for raising and lowering the load.

(E) Stiffleg Derrick. A derrick similar to a guy derrick except that the mast is supported or held in place by two or more stiff members, called stifflegs, which are capable of resisting either tensile or compressive forces. Sills are generally provided to connect the lower ends of the stifflegs to the foot of the mast.

(F) Shearleg Derrick. A derrick without a boom and similar to a breast derrick. The mast, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, is hinged at the bottom and has its top secured by a multiple reeved guy to permit handling loads at various radii by means of load tackle suspended from the mast top.

Designated Person. A person selected or assigned by the employer or the employer's representative as being qualified to perform specific duties.

Drag Brake. A brake which provides retarding force without external control.

Drum Rotation Indicator. A device which indicates the relative speed a particular drum is turning.

Dynamic Brake. A method of controlling crane motor speeds when in the overhauling condition to provide a retarding force.

Dynamic Loading. Loads introduced into the machine or its components by forces in motion.

Electrical Contact. When a person, object, or equipment makes contact or comes in close proximity with an energized conductor or equipment that allows the passage of current.

Emergency Stop Switch. A manually or automatically operated electric switch to cut off electric power independently of the regular operating controls.

Employer-Made Equipment. Cranes/derricks designed and built by an employer for the employer's own use.

Encroachment. Where any part of the crane, load line or load (including rigging and lifting accessories) breaches a minimum clearance distance that these Orders require to be maintained from a power line.

Equipment. For the purposes of this Group 13, the term “equipment” refers to equipment within the scope of Section 4880.

Equipment Criteria. Instructions, recommendations, limitations and specifications.

Fall Zone. The area (including but not limited to the area directly beneath the load) in which it is reasonably foreseeable that partially or completely suspended materials could fall in the event of an accident.

Flange Points. Points of contact between rope and drum flange where the rope changes layers.

Floating Cranes/Derricks. Equipment designed by the manufacturer (or employer) for marine use by permanent attachment to a barge, pontoons, vessel or other means of flotation.

Free Fall (of the load line). Only the brake is used to regulate the descent of the load line (the drive mechanism is not used to drive the load down faster or retard its lowering).

Free Surface Effect. The uncontrolled movement of liquids in compartments which reduce a vessel's stability.

Hoist. An apparatus for raising or lowering a load by the application of a pulling force, but does not include a car or platform riding in guides.

Some common types of hoists are defined as follows:

(A) Base-Mounted Electric Hoist. A hoist similar to an overhead electric hoist, except that it has a base or feet and may be mounted overhead, on a vertical plane, or in any position for which it is designed.

(B) Clevis Suspension Hoist. A hoist whose upper suspension member is a clevis.

(D) Monorail Hoist. A hoist whose hoisting mechanism is suspended from one or more trolleys mounted on a single track.

(E) Overhead Electric Hoist. A motor-driven hoist having one or more drums or sheave for rope or chain and supported overhead. It may be fixed or traveling.

(F) Simple Drum Hoist. A hoist with one or more drums controlled by manually operated clutches, brakes, or ratchet and pawl on drum, and control levers, which is operated by hand or by power.

Note: This type of hoist is known to the trade as a contractor's hoist and is usually a portable unit.

(i) Double-Drum Hoist. A simple drum hoist having two independent hoisting drums.

(ii) Single-Drum Hoist. A simple drum hoist having only one hoisting drum.

(iii) Single Fixed Drum Hoist. A single-drum hoist with the drum geared directly to the power unit instead of by means of friction clutches.

Hoist Chain. The load bearing chain in a hoist.

Hoisting. The act of raising, or lowering a load with equipment covered by this standard. As used in this standard, “hoisting” can be done by means other than wire rope/hoist drum equipment.

Hoisting Machine. A power operated machine used for lifting or lowering a load, utilizing a drum and wire rope, excluding elevators. This shall include but not be limited to a crane, derrick and cableway.

Hoist Motion. That motion of a crane which raises and lowers a load.

Include/Including. “Including, but not limited to.”

Insulating Link/Device. An insulating device listed, labeled, or accepted by a nationally recognized testing laboratory in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.

Jib.

(A) A horizontal arm, for supporting a trolley or fall block, which does not change its inclination with the horizontal.

(B) An extension attached to the boom point to provide added boom length for lifting specified loads. The jib may be in line with the boom or offset to various angles.

Jib Stop (also referred to as a jib backstop). The same type of device as a boom stop but is for a fixed or luffing jib.

Land Crane/Derrick. Equipment not originally designed by the manufacturer for marine use by permanent attachment to barges, pontoons, vessels, or other means of floatation.

Lay. That distance measured along a rope in which one strand makes a complete revolution around the rope axis.

Limit Switch. A device designed to cut off the power automatically at or near the limit of travel of a crane, trolley, hoist, or similar mechanism.

Line Pull, Permissible. A line pull, less than the available pull, restricted by rope strength, clutch or brake ability, or other limitation in machinery or equipment.

List. The angle of inclination about the longitudinal axis of a barge, pontoons, vessel or other means of floatation.

Load. The object(s) being hoisted and/or the weight of the object(s). Both uses refer to the object(s) and the load-attaching equipment, such as ropes, slings, shackles, and any other ancillary attachment as defined by the crane/derrick manufacturer.

Load (Working). See “Load.”

Load Block (Lower). The assembly of hook or shackle, swivel, sheaves, pins, and frame suspended by the hoisting ropes.

Load Block (Upper). The assembly of sheaves, pins, and frame suspended from the boom.

Load Moment (or rated capacity) Indicator. A device that automatically monitors radius, load weight, and load rating and warns the crane operator of an overload condition.

Load Moment (or rated capacity) Limiter. A device that automatically monitors radius, load weight, and load rating and prevents movements of the crane which would result in an overload condition.

Load Rating. See “Rated Capacity.”

Locomotive Crane. A crane mounted on a base or car equipped for travel on a railroad track.

Luffing Jib Limiting Device. Includes jib hoist disengaging device, jib hoist shut-off, jib hoist disconnect, jib hoist hydraulic relief, jib hoist kick-outs, or automatic jib stop device. This type of device disengages jib hoist power when the jib reaches predetermined operating angles. It may also set-brakes or close valves to prevent the jib from lowering after power is disengaged.

Machine House. An enclosure for housing the hoisting mechanism and power plant.

Magnet. An electromagnetic device carried on a crane hook to pick up loads magnetically.

Main Hoist. The hoist mechanism provided for lifting the maximum rated load.

Main Switch. A switch controlling the entire power supply to the crane.

Man Trolley. A trolley having an operator's cage attached thereto and may be used as an integral part of a monorail hoist or a monorail crane.

Marine Worksite. A construction worksite located in, on, under or above the water.

Master Switch. A switch which dominates the operation of contactors, relays, or other remotely operated devices.

Molten Metal Handling Crane. An overhead crane used for transporting or pouring molten material.

Multi-Purpose Machine. A machine, other than a crane or derrick, which is designed to be configured and used in various ways, at least one of which allows it to raise or lower by means of a hoist and horizontally move a suspended load.

Nationally Recognized Accrediting Agency. An organization that, due to its independence and expertise, is widely recognized as competent to accredit testing organizations. Examples of such accrediting agencies include, but are not limited to, Institute for Credentialing Excellence (the National Commission for Certifying Agencies) and the American National Standards Institute.

Nonconductive. Because of the nature and condition of the materials used, and the conditions of use (including environmental conditions and condition of the material), the object in question offers a high resistance to the passage of current under the conditions of use).

Operational Aid. An accessory that provides information to facilitate operation of a crane or that takes control of particular functions without action of the operator when a limiting condition is sensed. These include, but are not limited to, the devices listed in Section 5018.

Operational Controls. Levers, switches, pedals and other devices for controlling equipment operation.

Operator. A person who is operating the equipment.

Outdoor Storage Bridge. A gantry type crane of long span usually used for bulk storage of material. The bridge girders or trusses are rigidly or nonrigidly supported on one or more legs. It may have one or more fixed or hinged cantilever ends.

Overhead and Gantry Cranes. Includes overhead/bridge cranes, semi-gantry, cantilever gantry, wall cranes, and storage bridge cranes.

Overhead Loads. For the purpose of Group 13 Regulations, overhead loads are loads either passed or suspended directly over employee-occupied work-spaces or passageways.

Pendant. A rope or strand of specified length with fixed end connections.

Power Lines. Electric transmission and distribution lines.

Procedures. Includes, but is not limited to: instructions, diagrams, recommendations, warnings, specifications, protocols and limitations.

Proximity Alarm. A device that provides a warning of proximity to a power line and that has been listed, labeled, or accepted by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7, or approved in accordance with Section 3206.

Qualified Evaluator (not a third party). A person employed by the signal person's employer who has demonstrated that they are competent in accurately assessing whether individuals meet the qualification requirements in these Orders for a signal person.

Qualified Evaluator (third party). An entity that, due to its independence and expertise, has demonstrated that it is competent in accurately assessing whether individuals meet the qualification requirements in these Orders for a signal person.

Qualified Rigger. A rigger who meets the criteria for a qualified person.

Radius (Load). The horizontal distance from the center of rotation of a crane or derrick to the center of the vertical hoist line, hook shank or pin, or tackle with load applied.

Range Control Warning Device. A device that can be set to warn that the boom or jib tip is at a plane or multiple planes.

Range Limit Device. A device that can be set to limit movement of the boom or jib tip to a plane or multiple planes.

Rated Capacity. The maximum working load permitted by the manufacturer under specified working conditions. Such working conditions typically include a specific combination of factors such as equipment configuration, radii, boom length, and other parameters of use.

Rated Capacity Indicator. See load moment indicator.

Rated Capacity Limiter. See load moment limiter.

Rated Load. The maximum load for which a crane or individual hoist is designed and built by the manufacturer and shown on the equipment nameplate(s) or load capacity chart.

Reeving. A rope system in which the rope travels around drums and sheaves.

Regenerative. A form of dynamic braking in which the electrical energy generated is fed back into the power system.

Registered Professional Engineer (RPE). A person who is registered as a professional civil, mechanical, or structural engineer by the State of California and is knowledgeable in the structure and use of the equipment.

Repetitive Pickup Points. When operating on a short cycle operation, the rope being used on a single layer and being spooled repetitively over a short portion of the drum.

Rope. Refers to wire rope unless otherwise specified.

Running Sheave. A sheave which rotates as the load block is raised or lowered.

Running Wire Rope. A wire rope that travels over sheaves or drums.

Runway. A firm, level surface designed, prepared and designated as a path of travel for the weight and configuration of the crane being used to lift and travel with the crane suspended platform. An existing surface may be used as long as it meets these criteria.

Safety Hook. A hook with a safety latch or arrangement to close the throat of the hook, in such manner as to prevent slings or load attachment from accidentally slipping off the hook.

Sideboom Crane. A track-type or wheel-type tractor having a boom mounted on the side of the tractor, used for lifting, lowering or transporting a load suspended on the load hook. The boom or hook can be lifted or lowered in a vertical direction only.

Side Pull. That portion of the hoist pull acting horizontally when the hoist lines are not operated vertically.

Side Pull or Side Loading. A load applied at any angle to the vertical plane of the boom.

Span. The horizontal distance center to center of runway rails.

Special Hazard Warnings. Warnings of site-specific hazards (for example, proximity of power lines).

Stability (flotation device). The tendency of a barge, pontoons, vessel or other means of flotation to return to an upright position after having been inclined by an external force.

Standard Method. The protocol illustrated in Section 5001, Plate I, for hand signals.

Standing Rope (Guy). A supporting rope which maintains a constant distance between the points of attachment to the two components connected by the rope.

Structural Competence. The ability of the machine and its components to withstand the stresses imposed by applied loads.

Such as. “Such as, but not limited to.”

Superstructure. See “Upperworks.”

Swinging or Slewing. The act of moving a boom through a horizontal arc.

Switch. A device for making, breaking, or for changing the connections in an electric circuit.

Tag Line. A rope (usually fiber) attached to a lifted load for purposes of controlling load spinning and pendular motions or used to stabilize a bucket or magnet during material handling operations.

Tender. An individual responsible for monitoring and communicating with a diver.

Tilt Up or Tilt Down Operation. Raising/lowering a load from the horizontal to vertical or vertical to horizontal.

Track. A structural member that supports the trolley or crane wheels.

Transit. The moving or transporting of a crane from one job site to another.

Travel. The function of a machine moving from one location to another, on a job site.

Travel Bogie (tower cranes). An assembly of two or more axles arranged to permit vertical wheel displacement and equalize the loading on the wheels.

Trim. The angle of inclination about the transverse axis of a barge, pontoons, vessel or other means of floatation.

Trolley:

(1) For overhead and gantry cranes: A truck or carriage supporting the load mounted on an overhead beam, bridge, cableway or track.

(2) For tower cranes: The component of the crane that moves along the jib of a hammerhead tower crane and positions the load radially.

Trolley Travel. The trolley movement at right angles to the crane runway.

Truck (of an overhead, gantry, or locomotive crane). The framework and wheels operating on the runway or rails and supporting the bridge, trolley, or body of the crane.

Two-Block Damage Prevention Feature. A system which will stall when two-blocking occurs without causing damage to hoist rope or crane machinery components.

Two-Block Warning Feature. Warning device to alert the operator of an impending two-blocking condition.

Two-Blocking. A condition in which the lower load block or hook assembly comes into contact with the upper load block or boom point sheave assembly.

Unavailable Procedures. Procedures that are no longer available from the manufacturer, or have never been available, from the manufacturer.

Upperstructure: See Upperworks.

Upperworks. The revolving frame of equipment on which the operating machinery (and many cases the engine) are mounted along with the operator's cab.

Wire rope. A flexible rope constructed by laying steel wires into various patterns of multi-wired strands around a core system to produce a helically wound rope.

Credits

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

History

1. Amendment filed 11-28-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 48).

2. Amendment filed 3-2-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 10).

3. Amendment filed 11-18-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 47).

4. Amendment filed 7-13-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 28).

5. Amendment filed 4-27-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 17).

6. Amendment filed 1-17-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 3).

7. Amendment filed 8-29-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 39).

8. Amendment adding Articulating Boom Crane filed 4-16-93; operative 5-17-93 (Register 93, No. 16).

9. Amendment of “Certificating Agency” and repealer of (1)-(3) filed 12-6-95; operative 1-5-96 (Register 95, No. 49).

10. Amendment filed 6-3-2002; operative 7-3-2002 (Register 2002, No. 23).

11. Amendment of definition of “Man Trolley” filed 8-25-2003; operative 9-24-2003 (Register 2003, No. 35).

12. Editorial correction of definition of “Radius” (Register 2008, No. 16).

13. New definitions of “Anti Two-Block Device,” “Two-Block Damage Prevention Feature,” “Two-Block Warning Feature” and “Two-Blocking” filed 7-17-2008; operative 8-16-2008 (Register 2008, No. 29).

14. Change without regulatory effect amending definition of “Master Switch” filed 8-17-2010 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2010, No. 34).

15. New definition of “Accessory gear” and amendment of Note filed 10-2-2012; operative 11-1-2012 (Register 2012, No. 40).

16. Amendment of definition of “Radius” filed 1-28-2013; operative 4-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 5).

17. Amendment filed 7-26-2022; operative 7-26-2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2022, No. 30). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.

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