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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="9.5-101" title_number="9.5" title_name="Crane Operators" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Certificate of Competence” means certification obtained by a person through any organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), or the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) that states the holder of the certificate demonstrates knowledge of and training in safe crane operating procedures.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry in the Division of Labor and Industry in the Department.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Crane” means a machine for lifting, lowering, and horizontally moving a load, that has a hoisting mechanism that is an integral part of the machine.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Crane” includes tower cranes.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Crane” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>aircraft;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a bucket truck;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a digger derrick truck;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a fork lift;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a knuckle boom;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a trolley boom;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>a hydraulic crane;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>a power–operated derrick; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>a public utility company line truck used by a public utility company in the construction or maintenance of its transmission and distribution lines.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Crane operator” means a person who operates a crane.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Operate a crane” means to use mechanisms inside a crane to guide the machine in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the lifting, moving, positioning, and placing of large and heavy objects, earth, or other materials; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the driving of large objects or materials into the ground.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Operate a crane” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the inspection of a crane;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assisting in the erection, adding to, or dismantling of a crane; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the performance of routine maintenance on a crane.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Operate a crane” does not include the movement of a crane on a State highway from one location to another location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
