Industry Safety Standards and Recommendations

Industry Safety Standards and Recommendations

"Formula for Safety", A Powerpoint Presentation

Product Certifications (CE, CSA, etc)

Rieker Boom Angle Indicators comply with current OSHA Standards

OSHA -- Occupational Safety & Health Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

• Part Title: Safety and Health Regulations for Construction
• Subpart Title: Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors

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ASME B56.6 Rough Terrain Forklifts Para. 8.5.5 requires a boom angle indicator on telescoping boom forklifts.

ANSI A92.6 Self-propelled aerial lifts (scissors lifts) 4.6.6 slope warning.

ANSI A92.5 Boom-supported aerial lifts (telescoping boom) Para. 4.10.6, 5 degree out of level warning device.

ASME B56.7 Industrial Crane Trucks. Their capacity is based on radius and a boom angle could be used to determine this.

ANSI/SIA A92.2	1990	Vehicle-Mounted Elevating & Rotating Aerial Devices
ANSI/SIA A92.3	1990	Manually Propelled Elevating Aerial Platforms
ANSI/SIA A92.5	1992	Boom-Supported Elevating Work Platforms
ANSI/SIA A92.6	1999	Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms

TITLE 8:

CHAPTER 4, SUBCHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 24, GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY ORDERS
SECTION 3638(b); AERIAL DEVICES, UPDATE OF NATIONAL CONSENSUS STANDARDS (ANSI, ANSI/SIA)

Amend Section 3638(b) to read: §3638. Equipment Instructions and Marking

(b)(1) Each aerial device placed in service prior to 2001 shall have a conspicuously displayed legible plate or other legible marking verifying the aerial device is designed and manufactured in accordance with the following applicable specifications:
ANSI A92.2-1969 or 1979 for vehicle mounted elevating and rotating aerial devices
ANSI A92.3-1980 for manually propelled elevating work platforms,
ANSI A92.5-1980 for boom supported elevating work platforms,
ANSI A92.6-1979 for self-propelled elevating work platforms,
ANSI A92.7-1981 for airline ground support vehicle-mounted vertical lift devices.
(2) Each aerial device placed in service on or after ( * ) shall have a conspicuously displayed legible plate or other legible marking verifying the aerial device is designed and manufactured in accordance with the following applicable specifications:
ANSI/SIA A92.2-1990 for vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating aerial devices,
ANSI/SIA A92.3-1990 for manually propelled elevating aerial platforms,
ANSI/SIA A92.5-1992 for boom-supported elevating work platforms,
ANSI/SIA A92.6-1990 for self-propelled elevating work platforms,
ANSI/SIA A92.7-1990 for airline ground support vehicle-mounted vertical lift devices.

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