The employer must follow every manufacturer procedure for the equipment's operating functions, including use with attachments. If the maker's procedures cannot be obtained, the employer must write and enforce all procedures needed for safe operation; operating control procedures come from a qualified person, and procedures related to capacity are prepared and signed by an RPE familiar with the equipment. The operator's manual, instructions, load charts, recommended speeds and special hazard warnings must be kept in the cab, within the operator's reach at every moment; if capacities held only electronically become inaccessible, the operator must stop at once or go through safe shut-down until they can be accessed again. The operator must avoid distractions such as cell phones other than for signalling. The operator may not leave the controls with a suspended load unless staying adjacent with no other duties, the load must be held longer than normal lifting, a competent person judges it safe and restrains boom hoist, telescoping, load, swing and outrigger functions, and barricades or caution lines and notices keep everyone out of the fall zone; negligible-weight working gear not over entrances or exits is exempt. Out-of-service equipment gets a tag in the cab, and a function taken out of service gets a conspicuous tag; operators may not start equipment or use a control carrying a do-not-operate tag until an authorised person removes it or they verify nobody is working on the machine and it is repaired. Before starting the engine, the operator checks controls are in starting position and personnel are clear. A competent person decides whether a local storm warning requires securing measures, handles slack rope re-spooling verification, and adjusts for wind, ice and snow. Needed adjustments or repairs must be reported in writing promptly by the operator to the employer's designee and to the next shift's operator, and the employer must tell affected employees at the start of each shift about them and the alternative measures. Safety devices and aids never replace the operator's judgment. Rated capacity may not be exceeded, and the operator may not be required to exceed it; load weight must be verified from a recognised source or calculation (given to the operator on request before the lift), or by starting the hoist with a weighing or moment device and, if the load is over 75 percent of maximum rated capacity for the longest radius of the lift, stopping to verify weight first. Other rules: no contact with obstructions; no side dragging; no lifts over the front of wheel-mounted equipment unless the maker permits; brakes tested by lifting a few inches whenever a load is 90% or more of maximum line pull (first lift only in repetitive duty); at least two full wraps left on drums; travelling with a load only if the maker allows, under a competent person's supervision and determinations, with tyre pressure kept; swing speed that keeps the load controllable; tag or restraint lines where rotation is hazardous; brakes adjusted per the maker; stop signals obeyed from anyone; locomotive cranes not swung into adjacent track until train movement is checked and flag protection set; counterweight and ballast as specified and never above the maker's maximum (tower cranes under 1926.1435(b)(8)).
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