New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 185 - PITS AND QUARRIES (SAFETY REGULATION NUMBER 12)
Subchapter 28 - LOADING, MECHANICAL AND HOISTING EQUIPMENT
Section 12:185-28.4 - Cranes, draglines, shovels and stiffleg derricks

(a) The employer shall designate a competent employee to make daily inspections of all vital parts of the equipment such as cables, sheaves, brakes and other parts essential to its safe operation and no defective equipment shall be operated until the necessary repairs or adjustments have been made and the equipment is in safe operating condition.

(b) No one except authorized attendants shall be permitted on an operating shovel, dragline or crane.

(c) No employee shall be permitted to work under moving loads or buckets.

(d) No person shall be permitted to board equipment while it is in motion.

(e) Shovels, draglines or cranes, where the operator has limited vision or where hazardous conditions exist, shall not be moved until the groundman, craner, oiler or some other competent person is on the ground where he can direct the movement.

(f) Wherever possible revolving shovels, draglines and cranes, when moving, shall be swung so that the operator has a clear view ahead of the direction of swing.

(g) After the machine has been moved the operator shall make a test swing to assure that the cab will clear both the bank and track or truck side. If the cab will not clear a track or truck road, suitable warning signs shall be placed immediately, and other necessary precautions taken.

(h) The shovel, crane or loader shall not be left unattended until the load or bucket is lowered to the ground.

(i) Boom suspension cables shall be inspected at regular intervals, but not less than once each week. Such cables shall conform to the machine manufacturing specifications and shall be replaced as recommended by the manufacturer of the machine.