20,630R Marco Crane & Rigging

CRANES - SECURING SUSPENDED LOADS
Cal. Code Regs, tit. 8, § 4999(h)(1) (2004) - The Appeals Board reversed the ALJ's decision regarding a load momentarily suspended while the crane operator awaited instructions to make adjustments. A smaller crane was used to lift into place the jib of a tower crane being assembled. The safety order requires securing a load that is to be suspended for a "considerable time," but this load was not intended to be suspended for any length of time, just until it was lined up and fastened in place on the tower crane. Employer did not violate