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OSHA Extends Crane Operator Certification Deadline to 2017 On Sept. 26, 2014, OSHA officially extended the deadline for crane operators to be certified by three years, until November 10, 2017. OSHA is also extending its employer duty to ensure that crane operators are competent to operate a crane safely for the same three-year period. During the three-year extension, OSHA will consider whether new rulemaking is necessary to make changes to the operator qualification requirements. The two primary areas of concern are the employer’s responsibility to qualify workers and the requirement to certify by type of crane and capacity of crane. According to the Federal Register announcement, OSHA reports that the scope of the issues it will consider for subsequent rulemaking will be much narrower than the 2010 cranes standard, stating: "a subsequent rulemaking would focus on a limited number of discrete issues.” OSHA also notes that it is not constrained to using the entire three years to take action on this issue if the Agency can act sooner. OSHA will address the issue of operator qualification as quickly as it can, meaning that the Agency could determine the appropriate regulatory action, if any, and implement it in less than three years. In that case, the Agency could impose an earlier deadline through separate rulemaking. Read the final rule here.
OSHA Extends Crane Operator Certification Deadline to 2017
On Sept. 26, 2014, OSHA officially extended the deadline for crane operators to be certified by three years, until November 10, 2017. OSHA is also extending its employer duty to ensure that crane operators are competent to operate a crane safely for the same three-year period.
During the three-year extension, OSHA will consider whether new rulemaking is necessary to make changes to the operator qualification requirements. The two primary areas of concern are the employer’s responsibility to qualify workers and the requirement to certify by type of crane and capacity of crane.
According to the Federal Register announcement, OSHA reports that the scope of the issues it will consider for subsequent rulemaking will be much narrower than the 2010 cranes standard, stating: "a subsequent rulemaking would focus on a limited number of discrete issues.”
OSHA also notes that it is not constrained to using the entire three years to take action on this issue if the Agency can act sooner. OSHA will address the issue of operator qualification as quickly as it can, meaning that the Agency could determine the appropriate regulatory action, if any, and implement it in less than three years. In that case, the Agency could impose an earlier deadline through separate rulemaking. Read the final rule here.