Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 539 - Operators of Cranes or Hoisting Equipment
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.

(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.)
History: P.A. 84-381 added Subdiv. (5) defining “apprentice”; P.A. 03-253 made a technical change in Subdiv. (3), added new Subdiv. (4) defining “hoisting equipment”, redesignated existing Subdivs. (4) and (5) as new Subdivs. (5) and (6), and amended Subdiv. (6) to include within the definition of “apprentice” anyone registered with the board for the purpose of learning hoisting equipment operation; P.A. 04-27 made technical changes in Subdiv. (3), effective April 28, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” and “Department of Public Safety” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-99 made definitions applicable to Sec. 29-224c and amended Subdiv. (6) to redefine “apprentice”, effective October 1, 2012, and made definitions applicable to Sec. 29-221a, amended Subdiv. (3) to redefine “crane” and amended Subdiv. (4) to redefine “hoisting equipment”, effective October 1, 2014; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-29 changed effective date of P.A. 12-99, S. 2, from October 1, 2014, to October 1, 2017, effective May 16, 2014.

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