In 2014, OSHA extended the deadline for crane operator certification for three years, to November 10, 2017. Until then, OSHA says it will “consider addressing operator qualifications through additional rulemaking.” Meanwhile, employees continue to suffer when employers fail to provide adequate protection. Learn more here.
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Last month, for example, a 39-year-old worker suffered multiple broken bones after falling more than 40 feet while working on a crane at an Ohio steel plant. OSHA’s investigation revealed that the business failed to provide the worker adequate fall protection. In 2015, another employee from the same company was severely injured when a crane’s safety latch failed, and 1,000 pounds of equipment fell on him. That employer has been placed in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP).