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# What types of power-operated equipment fall under OSHA's crane and derrick standard, 29 CFR 1926.1400? Answer in under 100 words.

The standard covers power-operated equipment used in construction that can hoist, lower, and horizontally move a suspended load, including articulating cranes, crawler cranes, mobile cranes, tower cranes, overhead cranes, derricks, and similar machinery. It also applies when such equipment uses attachments like hooks, magnets, or personnel platforms. Certain machinery, such as excavators, power shovels, and forklifts not configured for suspended loads, are excluded.

## Details / How it works

The scope of 29 CFR 1926.1400 (Subpart CC) applies to power-operated equipment in construction that hoists, lowers, and horizontally moves a suspended load. Examples include articulating cranes (knuckle-boom), crawler cranes, floating cranes, locomotive cranes, mobile cranes (wheel-mounted, rough-terrain, all-terrain, truck-mounted, boom truck), multi-purpose machines configured for hoisting, industrial cranes, dedicated pile drivers, service/mechanic trucks with hoisting devices, monorail cranes, tower cranes (hammerhead, luffing, self-erecting), pedestal cranes, portal cranes, overhead and gantry cranes, straddle cranes, sideboom cranes, and derricks. The standard also covers attachments such as hooks, magnets, grapples, clamshell buckets, concrete buckets, drag lines, personnel platforms, augers, drills, and pile driving equipment.

## Numbers & thresholds

| Equipment Type | Coverage |
|----------------|----------|
| Articulating/knuckle-boom cranes | Covered |
| Crawler cranes, floating cranes, locomotive cranes | Covered |
| Mobile cranes (wheel-mounted, rough-terrain, all-terrain, truck-mounted, boom truck) | Covered |
| Tower cranes (fixed jib, luffing boom, self-erecting) | Covered |
| Overhead and gantry cranes, straddle cranes, sideboom cranes | Covered |
| Derricks | Covered |
| Attachments (hooks, magnets, grapples, etc.) | Covered when used with listed equipment |
| Excluded: power shovels, excavators, backhoes, wheel loaders (even when rigging loads) | Not covered |
| Excluded: automotive wreckers, digger derricks under certain conditions, forklifts not configured for suspended loads | Not covered |

## Exceptions & edge cases

Paragraph (c) of § 1926.1400 lists exclusions: machinery converted for non-hoisting use (e.g., excavators adapted as pile drivers); power shovels, excavators, wheel loaders, backhoes, and loader backhoes regardless of rigging; automotive wreckers and tow trucks used for wreck clearing; digger derricks when used for pole work under Subpart V; vehicle-mounted aerial devices and self-propelled elevating work platforms; telescopic/hydraulic gantry systems; stacker cranes; forklifts not configured to hoist and move a suspended load; mechanic's trucks during maintenance; come-along or chainfall operations; dedicated drilling rigs; gin poles for communication towers; tree trimming; anchor handling with A-frames; roustabouts; helicopter cranes; certain articulating/knuckle-boom truck crane material delivery operations (subject to conditions); and flash-butt welding trucks used only for railroad track work.

## Sources

- [1] U.S. National Archives, Electronic Code of Federal Regulations — 29 CFR 1926.1400 — Scope · https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1926.1400 · as of 2026-08-26