Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-221

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 29-221 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Examining Board for Crane Operators established under section 29-222;

(2) "commissioner" means the Commissioner of Administrative Services;

(3) "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;

(4) "hoisting equipment", other than cranes, means motorized equipment (A) used in construction, demolition or excavation work, (B) at a construction site for a project, other than a project involving residential structures of less than four stories, the estimated cost of which is more than one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and (C) which has a manufacturer's rated hoisting or lifting capacity exceeding five tons and a manufacturer's rated maximum reach in excess of thirty-two feet;

(5) "department" means the Department of Administrative Services; and

(6) "apprentice" means a person who is not licensed under this chapter, who has filed an application for a license with the board and whose employer has registered him or her with the board to learn crane operations or hoisting equipment operations under the direct supervision of a licensed operator in accordance with section 29-224c.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-221

(P.A. 81-321, S. 1; P.A. 84-381, S. 5, 12; P.A. 03-253, S. 1; P.A. 04-27, S. 4; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 12-99, S. 1, 2; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 14-29, S. 3.)