[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33860-33862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13311]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2010-0015]


Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes Standard; Extension of the 
Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information 
Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to 
extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the 
information collection requirements contained in the General Industry 
Standard on Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck cranes (29 CFR 1910.180).

DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by 
August 5, 2013.

ADDRESSES: 
    Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting 
comments.
    Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, are not longer 
than 10 pages you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
    Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service: 
When using this method, you must submit a copy of your comments and 
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2010-0015, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger, and 
courier service) are accepted during the Department of Labor's and 
Docket Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., e.t.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and OSHA 
docket number (OSHA-2010-0015) for the Information Collection Request 
(ICR). All comments, including any personal information you provide, 
are placed in the public docket without change, and may be made 
available online at http://www.regulations.gov. For further information 
on submitting comments, see the ``Public Participation'' heading in the 
section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at 
the address above. All documents in the docket (including this Federal 
Register notice) are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index; 
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly 
available to read or download through the Web site. All submissions, 
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and 
copying at the OSHA Docket Office. You also may contact Theda Kenney at 
the address below to obtain a copy of the ICR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theda Kenney or Todd Owen, Directorate 
of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2222.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an 
opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information 
collection requirements in accord with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (PRA-95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that 
information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs) 
is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's 
estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the OSH Act) (29 USC 651 et 
seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or 
appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act, or for developing 
information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational 
injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657).
    The Standard specifies several paperwork requirements. The 
following sections describe who uses the information collected under 
each

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requirement, as well as how they use it. The purpose of each of these 
requirements is to prevent workers from using unsafe cranes and ropes, 
thereby reducing their risk of death or serious injury caused by a 
crane or rope failure during material handling.

(A) Inspection of and Certification Records for Cranes (Sec.  
1910.180(d)(4) and (d)(6))

    Paragraph 1910.180(d) specifies that employers must prepare a 
written record to certify that the monthly inspection of critical items 
in use on cranes (such as brakes, crane hooks, and ropes) has been 
performed. The certification record must include the inspection date, 
the signature of the person who conducted the inspection, and the 
serial number (or other identifier) of the inspected crane. Employers 
must keep the certificate readily available. The certification record 
provides employers, workers, and OSHA compliance officers with 
assurance that critical items on cranes have been inspected, and that 
the equipment is in good operating condition so that the crane and rope 
will not fail during material handling. These records also enable OSHA 
to determine that an employer is complying with the Standard.

(B) Rated Load Tests (Sec.  1910.180(e)(2))

    This provision requires employers to make available written reports 
of load-rating tests showing test procedures and confirming the 
adequacy of repairs or alterations, and to make readily available any 
rerating test reports. These reports inform the employer, workers, and 
OSHA compliance officers of a crane's lifting limitations, and provide 
information to crane operators to prevent them from exceeding these 
limits and thereby causing crane failure.

(C) Inspection of and Certification Records for Ropes (Sec.  
1910.180(g)(1) and (g)(2)(ii))

    Paragraph (g)(1) requires employers to thoroughly inspect any rope 
in use at least once a month. The authorized person conducting the 
inspection must observe any deterioration resulting in appreciable loss 
of original strength and determine whether or not the condition is 
hazardous. Before reusing a rope that has not been used for at least a 
month because the crane housing the rope is shut down or in storage, 
paragraph (g)(2)(ii) specifies that employers must have an appointed or 
authorized person inspect the rope for all types of deterioration. 
Employers must prepare a certification record for the inspections 
required by paragraphs (g)(1) and (g)(2)(ii). These certification 
records must include the inspection date, the signature of the person 
conducting the inspection, and the identifier for the inspected rope; 
paragraph (g)(1) states that employers must keep the certificates ``on 
file where readily available,'' while paragraph (g)(2)(ii) requires 
that certificates ``be . . . kept readily available.'' The 
certification records assure employers, workers, and OSHA that the 
inspected ropes are in good condition.

(D) Disclosure of Crane and Rope Inspection Certification Records

    The disclosure of certification records provides the most efficient 
means for OSHA compliance officers to determine that an employer is 
complying with the Standard.

II. Special Issues for Comment

    OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
     Whether the proposed information collection requirements 
are necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions, 
including whether the information is useful;
     The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and 
costs) of the information collection requirements, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     The quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; and
     Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; 
for example, by using automated or other technological information 
collection and transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

    OSHA is requesting that OMB extend its approval of the collection 
of information requirements contained in the General Industry Standard 
on Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes (29 CFR 1910.180). The Agency 
is not requesting any adjustments in the burden hours of the paperwork 
requirements contained in 29 CFR 1910.180 for the Crawler, Locomotive, 
and Truck Cranes Standard, and is requesting that it be allowed to 
retain its previous estimate of 30,452 burden hours.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Title: Crawler, Locomotive, and Truck Cranes (29 CFR 1910.180).
    OMB Control Number: 1218-0221.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profits; Federal Government; 
State, Local, or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 3,499.
    Frequency of Responses: On occasion; Monthly, Semi-annually.
    Average Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes (.08 hour) to 
disclose certification records to 1 hour to conduct rated load tests.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 30,452.
    Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.

IV. Public Participation-Submission of Comments on This Notice and 
Internet Access to Comments and Submissions

    You may submit comments in response to this document as follows: 
(1) Electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All 
comments, attachments, and other material must identify the Agency name 
and the OSHA docket number for this ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2010-0015). 
You may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files 
electronically. If you wish to mail additional materials in reference 
to an electronic or facsimile submission, you must submit them to the 
OSHA Docket Office (see the section of this notice titled ADDRESSES). 
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic comments 
by your name, date, and the docket number so the Agency can attach them 
to your comments.
    Because of security procedures, the use of regular mail may cause a 
significant delay in the receipt of comments. For information about 
security procedures concerning the delivery of materials by hand, 
express delivery, messenger, or courier service, please contact the 
OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627).
    Comments and submissions are posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about 
submitting personal information such as social security numbers and 
dates of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted 
material) is not publicly available to read or download through this 
Web site.
    All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for 
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using 
the http://www.regulations.gov Web site to submit comments and access 
the docket is available at the Web site's ``User Tips'' link. Contact 
the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not available 
through the Web site, and for assistance in using the Internet to 
locate docket submissions.

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V. Authority and Signature

    David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this 
notice. The authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 
(77 FR 3912).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on May 31, 2013.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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