Heavy equipment

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Overview

Heavy equipment is not necessarily heavy and you won’t find “heavy equipment” in Oregon OSHA’s rules. Nevertheless, the term has been in use for centuries to describe equipment that can move, dig, carry, or lift, or process heavy loads.

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Publications

Brochures/Guides
- Machines used in forest activities
  The Associated Oregon Loggers and Oregon OSHA have provided this handout to summarize important Division 7, Subdivision H, requirements for protective structures on all cab-designed machines used in forest activities, and includes effective dates.
  English 06/11/2014
Hazard alerts
- Garbage truck - Lockout/Tagout failure
  Hazard alert on lockout/tagout failure for garbage trucks.
  English 08/07/2013
- Ignition hazard from drilling into sealed frames of agricultural equipment
  Do not drill, cut, weld, or otherwise penetrate sealed frames of agricultural equipment.
  English 07/05/1998
References
- Rules with requirements
  We get many calls and emails from employers asking the same question. It begins: “Which of your rules have requirements for…” You can finish the sentence with words like “recordkeeping,” “employee training,” and “written documents.” To answer those questions, we’ve organized these rules requirements into a filterable, sortable, searchable table.
  English 05/10/2019

Education and training

PESO
- La Construcción Residencial: Preparación del Área, Excavación, y Cimientos
  Residential Construction: Site Preparation, Ground Work, and Foundation
  Del programa PESO para la seguridad en la construcción residencial - PESO English-Spanish residential construction safety training
  Training program English Spanish 10/14/2020

Rules and rule-related

Final Rules
Interpretations
- Heavy equipment operation training
  05/05/1999
- Heavy equipment training requirements
  06/13/1996
- Installing suspension seats in heavy equipment
  06/18/1998
- Operations of cranes
  12/16/1994

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