• Last November, OSHA said cranes and derricks had to have laboratory-approved power-line proximity warning devices and insulating gear if they were working near power lines.
• OSHA now says, however, that it turns out there is no such lab-OK’d equipment or labs that can test it, so the rule is on hold until Nov. 3, 2013.
• What suffices until then, OSHA said in a June 25 notice from Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard Fairfax, is that current equipment plus a worker assigned to be a spotter or a “range control warning device” is enough.

From the notice:

Effective July 26, 2012, up to November 8, 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) intends to follow the temporary enforcement policy described below for use of proximity alarms and insulating links with cranes or derricks while engaged in construction activities near power lines. …