Each crane or hoisting equipment owner or operator shall immediately report any accident involving a crane or hoisting equipment he or she owns or operates to the board. Upon receipt of any such report, the board may cause a full investigation and inspection of such crane or hoisting equipment to determine the cause of the accident and may take any action it deems appropriate if, after notice and opportunity for hearing, it determines that a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulations adopted thereunder exists.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 29-224a

  • Board: means the Examining Board for Crane Operators established under §. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-221
  • crane: means power-operated equipment that can hoist, lower and horizontally move a suspended load and which has a manufacturer's maximum rated hoisting or lifting capacity exceeding two thousand pounds, including, but not limited to: (A) Articulating cranes such as knuckle-boom cranes, (B) crawler cranes, (C) floating cranes, (D) cranes on barges, (E) locomotive cranes, (F) mobile cranes such as wheel-mounted, rough terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck-mounted and boom truck cranes, (G) multipurpose machines when configured to hoist and lower, by means of a winch or hook, and horizontally move a suspended load, (H) industrial cranes such as carry-deck cranes, (I) dedicated pile drivers when used in construction, demolition or excavation work, (J) service or mechanic trucks with a hoisting device, (K) cranes on monorails, (L) tower cranes such as fixed jib hammerhead boom, luffing boom and self-erecting, (M) pedestal cranes, (N) portal cranes, (O) overhead and gantry cranes, (P) straddle cranes, (Q) side boom cranes, (R) derricks, and (S) variations of such equipment. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-221
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