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29 CFR 1926.1431: Hoisting personnel

Subpart CC—Cranes and Derricks in Construction

170citations since 2015
78employers cited
85%serious, willful or repeat
$1,050median penalty per item

OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1926.1431 170 times since 2015, against 78 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $485,237 at their current amounts.

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The parts of the rule cited most

1926.1431(a) · 25 citations

(a) The use of equipment to hoist employees is prohibited except where the employer demonstrates that the erection, use, and dismantling of conventional means of reaching the work area, such as a personnel hoist, ladder, stairway, aerial lift, elevating work platform, or scaffold, would be more hazardous, or is not possible because of the project's structural design or worksite conditions. This paragraph does not apply to work covered by subpart R (Steel Erection) of this part and also does not apply to routine personnel access to an underground worksite via shaft as covered by § 1926.800 (Underground Construction) of this part.

1926.1431(h)(1) · 13 citations

(h) Trial lift and inspection. (1) A trial lift with the unoccupied personnel platform loaded at least to the anticipated liftweight must be made from ground level, or any other location where employees will enter the platform, to each location at which the platform is to be hoisted and positioned. Where there is more than one location to be reached from a single set-up position, either individual trial lifts for each location, or a single trial lift, in which the platform is moved sequentially to each location, must be performed; the method selected must be the same as the method that will be used to hoist the personnel.

1926.1431(k)(10)(i) · 13 citations

(10) Fall protection. (i) Except over water, employees occupying the personnel platform must be provided and use a personal fall arrest system. The system must be attached to a structural member within the personnel platform. When working over or near water, the requirements of § 1926.106 apply.

1926.1431(e)(12) · 12 citations

(12) The weight of the platform and its rated capacity must be conspicuously posted on the platform with a plate or other permanent marking.

1926.1431(j)(1) · 12 citations

(j) Proof testing. (1) At each jobsite, prior to hoisting employees on the personnel platform, and after any repair or modification, the platform and rigging must be proof tested to 125 percent of the platform's rated capacity. The proof test may be done concurrently with the trial lift.

1926.1431(e)(1) · 11 citations

(e) Personnel platform criteria. (1) A qualified person familiar with structural design must design the personnel platform and attachment/suspension system used for hoisting personnel.

1926.1431(b)(1) · 9 citations

(b) Use of personnel platform. (1) When using equipment to hoist employees, the employees must be in a personnel platform that meets the requirements of paragraph (e) of this section.

1926.1431(k)(2)(ii) · 7 citations

(ii) Not stand, sit on, or work from the top or intermediate rail or toeboard, or use any other means/device to raise their working height.

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  • Construction 151
  • Wholesale Trade 4
  • Public Administration 4
  • Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 3
  • Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 3
  • Manufacturing 2

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