Crane or Derrick Suspended Personnel Platforms. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Publication Date:

08/02/1988
Publication Type:

Final Rule
Fed Register #:
53:29116-29141
Standard Number:

1926.550
Title:

Crane or Derrick Suspended Personnel Platforms.

Abstract:
OSHA hereby amends its Construction Standards for Cranes and
Derricks [1926.550], by adding a new paragraph (g) to prohibit the
use of cranes or derricks to hoist personnel except in the situation
where no safe alternative is possible, and as long as the
requirements for such hoisting set out in paragraph (g) are
satisfied. Effective date: October 3, 1988.