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A crane is designed to lift and lower a load and move it horizontally. Mobile cranes come in all sizes, so the task of manipulating materials is made safer and easier.
This applies to crawler cranes, locomotive cranes, wheel mounted cranes of both truck and self-propelled wheel type, and any variations which retain the same fundamental characteristics. These types of cranes are powered by internal combustion engines or electric motors and utilize drums and ropes. Cranes designed for railway and automobile wreck clearances are excepted.
In general, the standard requires covered employees to: