1926.1400(a): OSHA rule
Key takeaways
- 1926.1400(a) is part of OSHA's construction standards (29 CFR Part 1926, Subpart CC).
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What this rule covers
29 CFR 1926.1400(a) is one requirement inside 1926.1400 Scope, an OSHA construction standard (Part 1926, Subpart CC). The official text below is copied word for word from the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR). The numbers, injury cases and training on this page show how OSHA enforces it on real job sites.
Official text
(a) This standard applies to power-operated equipment, when used in construction, that can hoist, lower and horizontally move a suspended load. Such equipment includes, but is not limited to: Articulating cranes (such as knuckle-boom cranes); crawler cranes; floating cranes; cranes on barges; locomotive cranes; mobile cranes (such as wheel-mounted, rough-terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck-mounted, and boom truck cranes); multi-purpose machines when configured to hoist and lower (by means of a winch or hook) and horizontally move a suspended load; industrial cranes (such as carry-deck cranes); dedicated pile drivers; service/mechanic trucks with a hoisting device; a crane on a monorail; tower cranes (such as a fixed jib, i.e., “hammerhead boom”), luffing boom and self-erecting); pedestal cranes; portal cranes; overhead and gantry cranes; straddle cranes; sideboom cranes; derricks; and variations of such equipment. However, items listed in paragraph (c) of this section are excluded from the scope of this standard.
Source: eCFR, text current as of 2026-10-15. Read all of 1926.1400.
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OSHA interpretation letters
- Monorail Hoists Enforcement Policies (2017-06-30)
- Applicability of Supbart CC standards to equipment with dragline attachments. (2012-10-03)
- Applicability of OSHA's Cranes and Derricks standard to hoists attached to mast climbing platforms. (2011-07-08)
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Sources
- 29 CFR 1926.1400 (eCFR), text current as of 2026-10-15
- U.S. Department of Labor enforcement data: OSHA inspections, citations and accident records, copied nightly
3-year window. Federal OSHA only; state-plan rules are not counted. Plain-language text is a summary, not legal advice; the official text controls. Black Belt Safety is not part of OSHA or the Department of Labor.
