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CRANE OPERATORS AND OPERATIONS QUALIFICATIONS

CRANE OPERATORS AND OPERATIONS QUALIFICATIONS

(1) An employee selected to operate a crane shall possess all of the following minimum qualifications and be examined for the qualifications at least once every 3 years:

(a) Have corrected vision that meets the same requirements as vision for a valid Michigan driver's license. Possession of a Michigan driver's license or a doctor's certificate is evidence of meeting this requirement.

(b) Have effective use of all 4 limbs.

(c) Be of a height sufficient to operate the controls and to have an unobstructed view over the controls into the work area.

(d) Have coordination between eyes, hands, and feet.

(e) Be free of known convulsive disorders and episodes of unconsciousness.

(2) An employee assigned to operate a crane shall have the ability to understand signs, labels, and instructions.

(3) An employee who is operating a crane on the effective date of this part, and who does not meet the requirements of subrules (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) and (2) of this rule may be continued as an operator if the handicap or disability does not prove detrimental to the task. (Note: the effective date of this part was July 25, 1973).

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