Bill Text: FL S1174 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Regulation of Hoisting Equipment [CPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means [S1174 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1174-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1174 
        
       By Senator Altman 
       24-01073-10                                           20101174__ 
    1                        A bill to be entitled                       
    2         An act relating to the regulation of hoisting 
    3         equipment used in construction, demolition, or 
    4         excavation work; creating s. 489.1138, F.S.; defining 
    5         the terms “hoisting equipment,” “mobile crane,” and 
    6         “tower crane”; requiring an applicant for a building 
    7         permit to submit certain information to a local 
    8         building official; requiring radio communications 
    9         between certain crane operators; requiring certain 
   10         preparations for a hurricane or high-wind event; 
   11         requiring a preparedness plan for certain cranes; 
   12         requiring that hoisting equipment be secured in a 
   13         specified manner under certain circumstances; 
   14         providing penalties for violation of the act by 
   15         certain licensed contractors; preempting regulation of 
   16         hoisting equipment and persons operating the equipment 
   17         to the state; providing that the act does not apply to 
   18         the regulation of elevators; providing an effective 
   19         date. 
   20   
   21         WHEREAS, cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators, and conveyors 
   22  used in construction, demolition, or excavation work are 
   23  currently regulated under federal rules adopted by the 
   24  Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 29 C.F.R. parts 
   25  1910 and 1926, and 
   26         WHEREAS, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
   27  has conducted a thorough and exhaustive review of these rules in 
   28  an effort to better protect against the hazards presented by 
   29  these types of hoisting equipment, and 
   30         WHEREAS, the review conducted by the Occupational Safety 
   31  and Health Administration was undertaken in consultation with 
   32  many of the most knowledgeable engineering, construction, and 
   33  safety experts in the nation and in the world, and 
   34         WHEREAS, this review has culminated in the production of 
   35  proposed rules setting forth comprehensive and detailed new 
   36  regulations applicable to cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators, 
   37  and conveyors, and to the operators of these types of hoisting 
   38  equipment, as published in the Federal Register on October 9, 
   39  2008, and 
   40         WHEREAS, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
   41  should be commended and supported in these efforts, and 
   42         WHEREAS, cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators, and conveyors 
   43  are routinely transported across city, county, and state lines, 
   44  making uniform federal regulation of these types of hoisting 
   45  equipment and their operators essential to commerce, to 
   46  Florida’s economic competitiveness, and to minimizing 
   47  construction costs in our state, and 
   48         WHEREAS, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
   49  has recently entered into a strategic alliance with the 
   50  Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida, the South 
   51  Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of 
   52  America, the Construction Association of South Florida, and the 
   53  Florida Crane Owners Council to improve crane safety, NOW, 
   54  THEREFORE, 
   55   
   56  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
   57   
   58         Section 1. Section 489.1138, Florida Statutes, is created 
   59  to read: 
   60         489.1138 Regulation of hoisting equipment used in 
   61  construction, demolition, or excavation work.— 
   62         (1) As used in this section, the term: 
   63         (a) “Hoisting equipment” means power-operated cranes, 
   64  derricks, hoists, elevators, and conveyors used in construction, 
   65  demolition, or excavation work that are regulated by the 
   66  Occupational Safety and Health Administration under 29 C.F.R. 
   67  parts 1910 and 1926. 
   68         (b) “Mobile crane” means a type of hoisting equipment 
   69  incorporating a cable-suspended latticed boom or hydraulic 
   70  telescoping boom designed to be moved between operating 
   71  locations by transport over a roadway. The term does not include 
   72  a mobile crane with a boom length of less than 25 feet or a 
   73  maximum rated load capacity of less than 15,000 pounds. 
   74         (c) “Tower crane” means a type of hoisting equipment using 
   75  a vertical mast or tower to support a working boom in an 
   76  elevated position, where the working boom can rotate to move 
   77  loads laterally either by rotating at the top of the mast or 
   78  tower or by the rotation of the mast or tower itself, whether 
   79  the mast or tower base is fixed in one location or ballasted and 
   80  moveable between locations. 
   81         (2) An applicant for a building permit for construction, 
   82  demolition, or excavation work involving the use of a tower 
   83  crane or mobile crane must submit to the local building official 
   84  of the appropriate county, municipality, or other political 
   85  subdivision: 
   86         (a) A site plan accurately identifying the location of the 
   87  crane, clearances from above-ground power lines, the location of 
   88  adjacent buildings, and the structural foundation of the crane. 
   89         (b) Documentation of compliance with the requirements of 
   90  all governmental authorities related to operation of the crane 
   91  on the work site, including compliance with the lighting 
   92  requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration. 
   93         (3) When two or more tower cranes or mobile cranes are 
   94  operating within the same swing radius, there must be at all 
   95  times a clear, independent, and operable channel of radio 
   96  communications between the persons operating the cranes. 
   97         (4)(a) When a tower crane or mobile crane is located on a 
   98  work site, a hurricane and high-wind event preparedness plan for 
   99  the crane must be available for inspection at the site. 
  100         (b) In preparation for a hurricane or high-wind event, 
  101  hoisting equipment must be secured in the following manner: 
  102         1. All hoisting equipment must be secured in compliance 
  103  with manufacturer recommendations relating to hurricane and 
  104  high-wind events, including any recommendations relating to the 
  105  placement, use, and removal of advertising banners and rigging. 
  106         2. Tower crane turntables must be lubricated before the 
  107  event. 
  108         3. Fixed booms on mobile cranes must be laid down whenever 
  109  feasible. 
  110         4. Booms on hydraulic cranes must be retracted and stored. 
  111         5. The counterweights of any hoists must be locked below 
  112  the top tie-in. 
  113         6. Tower cranes must be set in the weathervane position. 
  114         7. All rigging must be removed from hoist blocks. 
  115         8. All power at the base of tower cranes must be 
  116  disconnected. 
  117         (5) A person licensed under this part who intentionally 
  118  violates this section is subject to discipline under ss. 455.227 
  119  and 489.129. 
  120         (6) This section preempts any local act, law, ordinance, or 
  121  regulation, including, but not limited to, a local building code 
  122  or building permit requirement, of a county, municipality, or 
  123  other political subdivision that pertains to the regulation of 
  124  hoisting equipment and persons operating the equipment in the 
  125  state. 
  126         (7) This section does not apply to the regulation of 
  127  elevators under chapter 399. 
  128         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.