As used in the Crane Operators Safety Act:

A. "class I crane operator" means a person who is authorized to operate a crane of any size or weight;

B. "class II crane operator" means a person who is authorized to operate:

(1) a hydraulic crane of up to one hundred tons lifting capacity with a maximum boom length of one hundred fifty feet, regardless of mounting or means of mobility; and

(2) any other type or size of crane under the direct supervision of a class I crane operator;

C. "class III crane operator" means a person who is authorized to work as an apprentice, trainee or crane oiler or driver under the direct supervision of a class I or class II crane operator;

D. "council" means the crane operators licensure examining council;

E. "crane" means:

(1) a conventional crane;

(2) a tower crane;

(3) a hydraulic crane equipped with a winch, cable and hook with over one ton lifting capacity;

(4) a power-operated derrick; or

(5) a mobile, carrier-mounted, track or crawler type power-operated hoisting machine that is used to hoist, lower or horizontally and laterally move a suspended load by means of a winch, cable and hook but does not mean an excavator or forklift;

F. "department" means the regulation and licensing department;

G. "endorsement" means an authorization stamped on a class I crane operator's license indicating authorization to operate a conventional crane, a tower crane or a hydraulic crane of any size or weight;

H. "licensee" means a person licensed under the Crane Operators Safety Act;

I. "person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization or any combination thereof;

J. "seat time" means the actual hands-on operation of a crane by a class II crane operator while under the direct supervision of a licensed class I crane operator or the actual hands-on operation of a crane by a class III crane operator while under the direct supervision of a licensed class I or II crane operator; and

K. "superintendent" means the superintendent of regulation and licensing.

History: Laws 1993, ch. 183, § 3; 1995, ch. 138, § 2; 2017, ch. 31, § 3.

The 2017 amendment, effective June 16, 2017, updated definitions in the Crane Operators Safety Act; replaced "hoisting" or "hoisting equipment" with "crane" throughout the section; in Subsection E, added new Paragraph E(1) and provided paragraph designations for the different types of cranes in Subsection E, in Paragraph E(2), after "crane", deleted "used in construction, demolition or excavation work", in Paragraph E(3), after "crane", added "equipped with a winch, cable and hook with over one ton lifting capacity", and in Paragraph E(5), after "machine that", deleted "utilizes a power-operated boom capable of lateral movement by the rotation of the machine on the carrier. 'Crane' does not include a crane, except as provided in Subsection M of this section" and added "is used to hoist, lower or horizontally and laterally move a suspended load by means of a winch, cable and hook but does not mean an excavator or forklift"; deleted Subsection H, which defined "hoisting equipment", and redesignated former Subsections I through L as Subsections H through K, respectively; in Subsection J, after "crane operator or", added "the actual hands-on operation of a crane"; in Subsection K, after "licensing", deleted "department; and"; and deleted Subsection M, which provided exemptions from the definition of "crane" or "hoisting equipment".

The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, rewrote the section.

Federal acts. — The federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, the federal Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and the federal Pipeline Safety Act, referred to in Subsection M, formerly appeared as part of 49 App. U.S.C. Following the revision of Title 49 in 1994, present comparable provisions appear as 49 U.S.C. § 60101 et seq.