---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1926.1441"
title: "29"
number: "1926.1441"
heading: "Equipment with a rated hoisting/lifting capacity of 2,000 pounds or less."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1926.1441"
---

# §1926.1441. Equipment with a rated hoisting/lifting capacity of 2,000 pounds or less.


The following paragraphs of this section specify requirements for employers using equipment with a maximum rated hoisting/lifting capacity of 2,000 pounds or less.

- (a) The employer using this equipment must comply with the following provisions of this subpart: [§ 1926.1400 (Scope)](/cfr/29/1926.1400.md?p=Scope); [§ 1926.1401](/cfr/29/1926.1401.md) (Definitions); [§ 1926.1402](/cfr/29/1926.1402.md) (Ground conditions); [§ 1926.1403](/cfr/29/1926.1403.md) (Assembly/disassembly—selection of manufacturer or employer procedures); [§ 1926.1406](/cfr/29/1926.1406.md) (Assembly/disassembly—employer procedures); [§§ 1926.1407 through 1926.1411](/cfr/29/1926.1407..1926.1411.md) (Power line safety); [§ 1926.1412(c)](/cfr/29/1926.1412.md?p=c) (Post-assembly); [§§ 1926.1413 through 1926.1414](/cfr/29/1926.1413..1926.1414.md) (Wire rope); [§ 1926.1418](/cfr/29/1926.1418.md) (Authority to stop operation); [§§ 1926.1419 through 1926.1422 (Signals)](/cfr/29/1926.1419..1926.1422.md); [§ 1926.1423](/cfr/29/1926.1423.md) (Fall protection); [§ 1926.1425](/cfr/29/1926.1425.md) (Keeping clear of the load) (except for [§ 1926.1425(c)(3)](/cfr/29/1926.1425.md?p=c-3) (qualified rigger)); [§ 1926.1426](/cfr/29/1926.1426.md) (Free fall and controlled load lowering); [§ 1926.1432](/cfr/29/1926.1432.md) (Multiple crane/derrick lifts—supplemental requirements); [§ 1926.1434](/cfr/29/1926.1434.md) (Equipment modifications); [§ 1926.1435](/cfr/29/1926.1435.md) (Tower cranes); [§ 1926.1436 (Derricks)](/cfr/29/1926.1436.md?p=Derricks); [§ 1926.1437](/cfr/29/1926.1437.md) (Floating cranes/derricks and land cranes/derricks on barges); [§ 1926.1438](/cfr/29/1926.1438.md) (Overhead & gantry cranes).
- (b) **Assembly/disassembly.**
  - (1) In addition to compliance with [§§ 1926.1403](/cfr/29/1926.1403.md) (Assembly/disassembly—selection of manufacturer or employer procedures) and 1926.1406 (Assembly/disassembly—employer procedures), the employer must also comply with [§ 1926.1441(b)(2)-(3)](#b-2..b-3).
  - (2) **Components and configuration.** The employer must ensure that:
    - (i) The selection of components, and the configuration of the equipment, that affect the capacity or safe operation of the equipment complies with either the:
      - (A) **Manufacturer instructions, recommendations, limitations, and specifications.** When these documents and information are unavailable, a registered professional engineer familiar with the type of equipment involved must approve, in writing, the selection and configuration of components; or
      - (B) Approved modifications that meet the requirements of [§ 1926.1434](/cfr/29/1926.1434.md) (Equipment modifications).
    - (ii) **Post-assembly inspection.** Upon completion of assembly, the equipment is inspected to ensure that it is in compliance with [paragraph (b)(2)(i)](#b-2-i) of this section (see [§ 1926.1412(c)](/cfr/29/1926.1412.md?p=c) for post-assembly inspection requirements).
  - (3) **Manufacturer prohibitions.** The employer must comply with applicable manufacturer prohibitions.
- (c) **Operation—procedures.**
  - (1) The employer must comply with all manufacturer procedures applicable to the operational functions of the equipment, including its use with attachments.
  - (2) **Unavailable operation procedures.** The employer must:
    - (i) When the manufacturer's procedures are unavailable, develop, and ensure compliance with, all procedures necessary for the safe operation of the equipment and attachments.
    - (ii) **Ensure that procedures for the operational controls are developed by a qualified person.**
    - (iii) Ensure that procedures related to the capacity of the equipment are developed and signed by a registered professional engineer familiar with the equipment.
  - (3) **Accessibility.** The employer must ensure that:
    - (i) The load chart is available to the operator at the control station;
    - (ii) Procedures applicable to the operation of the equipment, recommended operating speeds, special hazard warnings, instructions, and operator's manual are readily available for use by the operator.
    - (iii) When rated capacities are available at the control station only in electronic form and a failure occurs that makes the rated capacities inaccessible, the operator immediately ceases operations or follows safe shut-down procedures until the rated capacities (in electronic or other form) are available.
- (d) **Safety devices and operational aids.**
  - (1) The employer must ensure that safety devices and operational aids that are part of the original equipment are maintained in accordance with manufacturer procedures.
  - (2) **Anti two-blocking.** The employer must ensure that equipment covered by this section manufactured more than one year after November 8, 2010 have either an anti two-block device that meets the requirements of [§ 1926.1416(d)(3)](/cfr/29/1926.1416.md?p=d-3), or is designed so that, in the event of a two-block situation, no damage or load failure will occur (for example, by using a power unit that stalls in response to a two-block situation).
- (e) **Operator qualifications.** The employer must train each operator, prior to operating the equipment, on the safe operation of the type of equipment the operator will be using.
- (f) **Signal person qualifications.** The employer must train each signal person in the proper use of signals applicable to the use of the equipment.
- (g) [Reserved]
- (h) **Inspections.** The employer must ensure that equipment is inspected in accordance with manufacturer procedures.
- (i) [Reserved]
- (j) **Hoisting personnel.** The employer must ensure that equipment covered by this section is not used to hoist personnel.
- (k) **Design.** The employer must ensure that the equipment is designed by a qualified engineer.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2007 (72 FR 31159) or 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable; and 29 CFR Part 1911.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 48135, Aug. 9, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 3704; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657; and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31159), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911, unless otherwise noted Sections 1926.58, 1926.59, 1926.60, and 1926.65 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553 and 29 CFR part 1911. Section 1926.61 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 1926.62 also issued under sec. 1031, Public Law 102-550, 106 Stat. 3672 (42 U.S.C. 4853). Section 1926.65 also issued under sec. 126, Public Law 99-499, 100 Stat. 1614 (reprinted at 29 U.S.C.A. 655 Note) and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 8577, Feb. 9, 1979; 44 FR 20940, Apr. 6, 1979, unless otherwise noted.