Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Subtitle 12 - DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Chapter 09.12.26 - Crane Safety › Section 09.12.26.03 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. The definitions
				set forth in 29 CFR §
										1926.1401 apply to this chapter.
B. For the purpose of this chapter, the
				following terms have the meanings indicated.
(1) "ANSI" means the American National
				Standards Institute.
(2) "ASME"
				means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(3) "ASSE" means the American Society of
				Safety Engineers.
(4)
				"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
(5) "Crane" includes all equipment covered by
				this regulation.
(6) "Crane
				operator" means a person who operates powered equipment covered by this
				regulation.
(7) "Crane operator
				trainee" means a person who is engaged in a structured training program under
				the direct supervision of a crane operator who meets the requirements of this
				chapter.
(8) "Crew member" means
				one or more employees of an employer who performs work in a given
				operation.
(9) "Direct supervision"
				means that the supervisor:
(a) Is in the
				immediate area of the operation;
(b) Is within visual sighting distance of the
				operation;
(c) Is able to
				effectively communicate with the persons engaged in the operation;
				and
(d) Has no duties other than to
				observe and supervise the operation.
(10) "Level I rigger" means an individual who
				works under the supervision of a competent person and on a routine basis
				performs rigging work engaged in lifting loads, other than rigging for special
				lifts, and the erection, dismantling, jumping, or reconfiguring of
				cranes.
(11) "Level II rigger"
				means an individual who has accumulated 2 or more years of experience working
				as a level I rigger and performs rigging work engaged in lifting loads for
				special lifts, or the erection, dismantling, jumping, or reconfiguring of
				cranes, or all of these.
(12)
				"Master/lead rigger" means an individual who has accumulated 5 or more years of
				experience rigging loads and is authorized by the employer to take prompt
				corrective action to eliminate hazards.
(13) "NCCA" means the National Commission for
				Certifying Agencies.
(14)
				"Qualified person" means a person who, by possession of a recognized degree in
				an applicable field or certificate of professional standing, or who, by
				extensive knowledge, training, and experience, has successfully demonstrated
				the ability to solve problems relating to the subject crane
				operations.
(15) "Qualified rigging
				evaluator" means a person employed by the rigger's employer who has
				demonstrated that he or she is competent in accurately assessing whether
				individuals meet the qualification requirements of this chapter for
				riggers.
(16) "Rigger" means an
				individual who is engaged in the process of lifting, moving, and rigging loads
				with hardware and equipment used to attach a load to a crane.
(17) "Rigging" means the hardware, equipment,
				and means used to safely attach a load to a crane by means of adequately rated
				and properly applied slings or other devices.
(18) "Safety sensitive position" means a
				position subject to drug and alcohol testing because the nature of the
				employee's duties and responsibilities indicate a potential that impaired
				performance due to drugs or alcohol, or both, could result in injury or death
				to the employee or others.
(19)
				"Signal person" means an individual who communicates guidance and direction to
				a crane operator in lifting, hoisting, moving, or releasing a load.
(20) "Special lift" means a lift using
				multiple cranes or the erection, dismantling, or jumping of a tower
				crane.
(21) "Third party qualified
				rigging evaluator" means an entity that, due to its independence and expertise,
				has demonstrated that it is competent in accurately assessing whether
				individuals meet the qualification requirements of this chapter for
				riggers.
(22) "Tower crane" means a
				type of lifting structure which utilizes a vertical mast or tower to support a
				working boom (jib) in an elevated position.Loads are suspended from the working
				boom.While the working boom may be of a fixed type, horizontal or angled, or
				have luffing capability, it can always rotate to swing loads, either by
				rotating on the top of the tower such as top slewing or by the rotation of the
				tower such as bottom slewing.The tower base may be fixed in one location or
				ballasted and moveable between locations.Mobile cranes that are configured with
				luffing jib or tower attachments, or both, are not considered tower cranes
				under this section.