Excluded Equipment
OSHA 1926.1400 also covers the types of equipment that are specifically excluded from coverage. Below is a partial list of excluded items:
- equipment that would otherwise be covered while it has been converted or adapted for a non-hoisting/lifting use;
- power shovels, excavators, wheel loaders, backhoes, loader backhoes, and track loaders;
- automotive wreckers and tow trucks when used to clear wrecks and haul vehicles;
- digger derricks when auguring holes for poles carrying electric and telecommunication lines, placing and removing the poles, and for handling associated materials;
Digger Derrick
- machinery originally designed as vehicle-mounted aerial devices (for lifting personnel) and self-propelled elevating work platforms;
- telescopic/hydraulic gantry systems;
- stacker cranes;
- powered industrial trucks (forklifts), except when using a hook or winch to hoist, lower, or move a suspended load;
- mechanic's truck with a hoisting device when used for equipment maintenance and repair;
- machinery that hoists using a come-a-long or chainfall;
- dedicated drilling rigs;
- gin poles when erecting communication towers;
- tree trimming and tree removal work;
- anchor handling or dredge-related operations with a vessel or barge using an affixed A-frame;
- roustabouts; and
- helicopter cranes.
Refer to OSHA 1926.1400(c) for a more complete discussion of excluded items and their use.
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1-8. Which of the following types of equipment is excluded from OSHA 29 1926.1400?
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