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Worker Safety in the Construction Industry: The Crane and Derrick Standard (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Aug. 5, 2010
Report Number RL34658
Report Type Report
Authors Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

This report first examines the incidence of fatal and nonfatal on-the-job injuries in the private sector. It next analyzes the causes of fatalities in the construction industry and the involvement of cranes in those deaths. The report then addresses the status of a proposed rule to update the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) crane and derrick standard. It closes with an overview of jurisdictions having safety regulations for cranes more stringent, in whole or part, than the existing federal standard.