More than 250,000 crane operators and a very large but undetermined number of other workers and the general public are at risk of serious and often fatal injury due to accidents involving cranes, derricks, hoists, and hoisting accessories. There are approximately 125,000 cranes in operation today in the construction industry as well as an additional 80,000-100,000 in general and maritime industries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, 79 fatal occupational injuries were related to cranes, derricks, hoists, and hoisting accessories in 1993. OSHA's analysis of crane accidents in general industry and construction identified an average of 71 fatalities each year. While we lack adequate worker exposure data to calculate the risk of death for the entire population exposed, the risk of death among crane operators alone is significant, corresponding to a risk of more than one death per thousand workers over a working lifetime of 45 years. OSHA is developing an action plan to gather additional information and reduce worker exposures to this hazard but is not initiating rule making at this time.
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