Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 25 - LIFTING AND CARRYING APPARATUS › Subchapter B - CRANES, BOOMS AND HOISTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 25.31 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Crab
or
winch
-A hand or
						power-operated machine having a rope coiled on one or more drums for the
						purpose of hauling, hoisting, or lowering a load. The drums may be mounted on
						legs or in a frame. The legs or frame may be of wood, metal, concrete, masonry
						or other solid construction.
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.
Crawler mounted crane
-A crane consisting
						of a cab and boom mounted on a chassis supported by two or more caterpillar
						treads provided with power to propel the crane. This term includes all crawler
						mounted cranes regardless of the attachments used for lifting, lowering and
						transporting a load. The working attachments shall include power shovels, crane
						booms, back hoes, telescoping booms and the like.
Gantry crane
-A crane the bridge of which
						is mounted on structural legs. These legs may be fitted with track wheels to
						which suitable gearing is connected for the purpose of propelling the crane
						along the track. They may also be fixed on solid foundations.
Guarded, encased
or
enclosed
-The object is so covered, fenced, or surrounded that
						contact which may result in injury is unlikely.
Hoist
-An apparatus for raising or
						lowering the load by the application of a pulling force, and not including a
						car or platform running in guides.
Hot metal crane
-A crane that is used to
						raise, lower and transport molten metal.
Jib crane
-A crane capable of lifting,
						lowering, or rotating a load within the scope of a circle covered by a rotating
						arm or jib and equipped with a trolley traveling on the jib.
Locomotive crane
-A crane consisting of a
						cab and boom or lifting device mounted on trucks provided with a source of
						power either directly or indirectly obtained, capable of conveying the crane
						and of rotating, hoisting or lowering the boom or load.
Monorail hoist
-A hoist, with or without
						an operator's cage, which is suspended on rollers or wheels from an overhead
						track or rail.
Overhead traveling crane
-A crane
						consisting of a bridge mounted on trucks which run on overhead rails, and the
						hoisting mechanism mounted on trucks which move transversely across the bridge,
						including single traveling I-beam and transfer cranes.
Pillar crane
-A crane capable of lifting,
						lowering or rotating a load within the scope of a circle scribed by a rotating
						jib or boom as a radius and consisting of a self-supporting, rotating pillar or
						mast pivoted at its base, the pillar or mast supporting an inclined jib or boom
						secured at the base of the pillar.
Truck mounted cranes
-A crane consisting
						of a cab and boom mounted on a chassis supported by four or more wheels, some
						or all of which are provided with power either directly or indirectly to propel
						the crane. This term includes mounted cranes regardless of the boom attachments
						used for lifting, lowering and transporting the load. The boom attachments will
						include power shovels, crane booms, back hoes, telescoping booms and the
						like.