(1) RCW 49.17.400 through 49.17.430
apply to cranes used with or without attachments.
(2) RCW 49.17.400 through 49.17.430 do not apply to:
(a) A crane while it has been converted or adapted for a
nonhoisting or nonlifting use including, but not limited to,
power shovels, excavators, and concrete pumps;
(b) Power shovels, excavators, wheel loaders, backhoes,
loader backhoes, and track loaders when used with or without
chains, slings, or other rigging to lift suspended loads;
(c) Automotive wreckers and tow trucks when used to clear
wrecks and haul vehicles;
(d) Service trucks with mobile lifting devices designed
specifically for use in the power line and electric service
industries, such as digger derricks (radial boom derricks), when
used in the power line and electric service industries for
auguring holes to set power and utility poles, or handling
associated materials to be installed or removed from utility
poles;
(e) Equipment originally designed as vehicle-mounted aerial
devices (for lifting personnel) and self-propelled elevating work
platforms;
(f) Hydraulic jacking systems, including
telescopic/hydraulic gantries;
(g) Stacker cranes;
(h) Powered industrial trucks (forklifts);
(i) Mechanic's truck with a hoisting device when used in
activities related to equipment maintenance and repair;
(j) Equipment that hoists by using a come-along or
chainfall;
(k) Dedicated drilling rigs;
(l) Gin poles used for the erection of communication towers;
(m) Tree trimming and tree removal work;
(n) Anchor handling with a vessel or barge using an affixed
A-frame;
(o) Roustabouts;
(p) Cranes used on-site in manufacturing facilities or
powerhouses for occasional or routine maintenance and repair
work; and
(q) Crane operators operating cranes on-site in
manufacturing facilities or powerhouses for occasional or routine
maintenance and repair work.
[2007 c 27 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent -- Effective date -- 2007 c 27: See notes following RCW 49.17.400.