Another week, another crane collapse.
August 15, 2008
This time, it’s at a shipyard outside of Boston.
Crane accidents have been in the news quite a bit lately. First in New York, then in Miami, and locally in Annapolis.
Recently, the state has been talking more about strengthening its oversight of crane use, and Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation officials are touting some new rules they proposed to do that at the Maryland Association of Counties conference this week.
Ron DeJuliis, the state commissioner of labor and industry, said in an interview Friday that he believes the new regulations, which could be in effect by the end of the year, will be some of the strongest in the country.
He said 15 states regulate crane use (Maryland is not among them), but none regulate the riggers who put them together or the signal folks who help operators navigate the machines. DeJuliis said almost all accidents happen when cranes are being put together or dismantled.
Maryland’s new regulations, which must be reviewed by a panel of state lawmakers, would regulate operators, signalers, riggers and people who are being trained.
DeJuliis — formerly a crane operator himself — said he began weighing new safety rules since he became commissioner in February 2007, but he kicked the process into high gear after the New York disaster, and prior to the crash in Annapolis.
ANDY ROSEN, Business Writer
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