Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Application.
(1) Subsections (b), (c)(2), (e) and (f)
apply to all equipment covered by Group 13 except tower cranes.
(2) Subsections (c)(1), and (d) apply to all
equipment covered by Group 13.
(3)
Subsections (c)(3) and (g) apply only to tower cranes.
(b) Boom walkways (Lattice Booms).
(1) Equipment manufactured after July 7,
2012, with lattice booms shall be equipped with walkways on the boom(s) if the
vertical profile of the boom (from cord centerline to cord centerline) is 6 or
more feet.
(2) Boom walkway
criteria.
(A) The walkways shall be at least
12 inches wide.
(B) Guardrails,
railings and other permanent fall protection attachments along walkways are:
1. Prohibited on booms supported by pendant
ropes or bars if the guardrails/railings/attachments could be snagged by the
ropes or bars.
2. Prohibited if of
the removable type (designed to be installed and removed each time the boom is
assembled/disassembled).
3. Where
not prohibited, guardrails or railings, if provided, may be of any height up
to, but not more than, 45 inches.
(c) Steps, handholds, ladders, grabrails,
guardrails and railings.
(1) The employer
shall maintain in good condition originally-equipped steps, handholds, ladders
and guardrails/railings/grabrails.
(2) Equipment (other than tower cranes)
manufactured after July 7, 2012, shall be equipped so as to provide safe access
and egress between the ground and the operator work station(s), including the
forward and rear positions, by the provision of devices such as steps,
handholds, ladders, and guardrails/railings/grabrails.
(3) Tower cranes manufactured after July 7,
2012, shall be equipped so as to provide safe access and egress between the
ground and the cab, machinery platforms, and tower (mast), by the provision of
devices such as steps, handholds, ladders, and
guardrails/railings/grabrails.
(4)
Walking/stepping surfaces, except for crawler treads, shall have slip resistant
features/properties (such as diamond plate metal, strategically placed grip
tape, expanded metal, or slip-resistant paint).
(d) Personal fall arrest and fall restraint
systems.
Personal fall arrest and fall restraint systems shall
conform to the requirements of Construction Safety Orders Article 24, Fall
Protection.
(e) For
non-assembly/disassembly work, the employer shall provide and ensure the use of
fall protection equipment for employees who are on a walking/working surface
with an unprotected side or edge more than 7-1/2 feet above a lower level as
follows:
(1) When moving point-to-point:
(A) On non-lattice booms (whether horizontal
or not horizontal).
(B) On lattice
booms that are not horizontal.
EXCEPTION: On horizontal lattice booms where the fall
distance is 15 feet or less.
(2) While at a work station on any part of
the equipment (including the boom, of any type), except when the employee is at
or near draw-works (when the equipment is running), in the cab, or on the deck.
EXCEPTIONS TO SUBSECTION (e):
1. For tower cranes, see subsection (g), of
this section.
2. Marine terminal
operations are regulated by Article 14 of these
Orders.
(f) For
assembly/disassembly work, the employer shall provide and ensure the use of
fall protection equipment for employees who are on a walking/working surface
with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet above a lower level.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
When the employee is at or near draw-works (when the equipment is running), in
the cab, or on the deck.
2. For
tower cranes, see subsection (g), of this section.
(g) Tower cranes.
(1) For work other than erecting, climbing,
and dismantling, the employer shall provide and ensure the use of fall
protection equipment for employees who are on a walking/working surface with an
unprotected side or edge more than 7-1/2 feet above a lower level.
EXCEPTION: When the employee is in the cab, or on the
deck.
(2) For erecting,
climbing, and dismantling work, the employer shall provide and ensure the use
of fall protection equipment for employees who are on a walking/working surface
with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet above a lower
level.
1. New
section filed 7-26-2022; operative 7-26-2022 pursuant to Government Code
section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2022, No. 30). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
11349.3(a)
extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Section
142.3, Labor
Code. Reference: Section
142.3, Labor
Code.
