# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 12 — Division of Labor and Industry

### Chapter 38 — General Industry Standard for Personnel Platforms Suspended from Cranes, Derricks, and Hoists

#### Regulation .12 Traveling.

*COMAR 09.12.38.12*

A. Except for a crane which travels on a fixed track, while a crane is traveling it may not be used to hoist an employee.

B. When using a crane that travels on a fixed track, an employer may hoist employees on a personnel platform while the crane is traveling, upon implementing the following procedures to safeguard employees:

  (1) The boom shall be parallel to the direction of travel;

  (2) A complete trial run to test the route of travel:

    (a) Shall be performed before employees are allowed to occupy the platform, and

    (b) May be performed at the time of the trial lift required by Regulation .08 of this chapter.