Action
on C-DAC Proposal After
Fatal Crane Accidents
As
the Cranes
and Derricks Advisory
Committee (C-DAC) Consensus
Proposal moved slowly
through the regulatory
maze on its way to becoming
law, scores of construction
workers and bystanders
were killed -- many in
high profile accidents
in New York, Las Vegas,
Miami, and Houston. Each
accident led to increased
public awareness of crane
hazards and the not-yet-published
2004 C-DAC consensus standards,
which according to OSHA’s
analysis is expected to
save 37- 48 workers’
lives per year. Congress,
C-DAC members, the press,
and bloggers began to
question why one of OSHA’s
“priority”
regulations didn’t
seem to be getting the
attention it required.
On October 9, 2008, OSHA
published its proposed
cranes and derricks rule
in the Federal Register.
Congressional
Action
Senator
Hilary Clinton Calls
on Bush Administration
to Issue Long Overdue
Safety Regulations for
Cranes –
Senators
Barack Obama, Hillary
Rodham Clinton, Harry
Reid, Edward M. Kennedy,
Christopher Dodd, Jack
Reed, Patty Murray,
Sherrod Brown, and Charles
E. Schumer call on Labor
Secretary to Protect
Workers with Crane and
Worker Fall Standards
–
U.S.
Representatives Carolyn
B. Maloney, George Miller,
Lynn Woolsey, Carolyn
McCarthy, Timothy Bishop,
Yvette Clarke, Phil
Hare, Chaka Fattah,
Raul M. Grijalva, Jerrold
Nadler, Jose E. Serrano,
Chris Van Hollen, Eliot
L. Engel, Shelley Berkley,
Jesse L. Jackson Jr.,
Gary L. Ackerman, and
Anthony D. Weiner ask
OSHA to Explain Why
It Has Delayed Issuing
Updated Crane Regulations
for More Than Four Years
–
U.S.
House of Representatives
Committee on Education
and Labor holds Full
Committee Hearing: "Is
OSHA Failing to Adequately
Enforce Construction
Safety Rules?"
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
As
the 
