# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 5. Occupational Safety and Health

### Subtitle 5. Training of Power Equipment Operators

#### Section 5-501

(a) In this subtitle, "power equipment" means:

  (1) a backhoe;

  (2) a bulldozer;

  (3) a front-end loader;

  (4) skid steer equipment;

  (5) a gradall;

  (6) a scraper pan;

  (7) a crane; or

  (8) a hoist.

(b) "Power equipment" does not include agricultural equipment that is used in a farming operation.

#### Section 5-502

This subtitle does not apply to an employer with fewer than 6 employees.

#### Section 5-503

(a) Each employer that hires employees to operate power equipment shall develop and carry out an employee safety training program designed to inform employees of and train employees in applicable standards for safe operation of power equipment including:

  (1) limitations and use;

  (2) rated load capacities; and

  (3) special hazards.

(b) On request by the Commissioner, an employer shall give the Commissioner a copy of its safety training program.

(c) Each employer that hires employees to operate power equipment shall:

  (1) keep on file for inspection:

    (i) a written description of its employee training program; and

    (ii) a notation of where an employee received safety training, if the employer did not provide the employee with safety training;

  (2) assure that specifications of a manufacturer applicable to operation of a piece of power equipment are available to each operator; and

  (3) post operating instructions as required by occupational safety and health standards.

#### Section 5-504

This subtitle may not be construed to allow or require licensing, registration, or certification of an operator of power equipment.

#### Section 5-505

Sections 5-804, 5-805, and 5-806 of this title do not apply to this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)