Connecticut General Statutes 29-225 – Suspension or revocation of crane or hoisting equipment operator’s license, apprentice’s certificate or crane owner’s registration. Penalty
(a) The board may suspend or revoke a crane operator’s license, a hoisting equipment operator’s license or an apprentice‘s certificate after notice and hearing upon a finding that the holder has demonstrated incompetence or has been guilty of negligence in the performance of his or her work.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 29-225
- apprentice: means a person who is not licensed under this chapter, who has filed an application for a license with the board and whose employer has registered him or her with the board to learn crane operations or hoisting equipment operations under the direct supervision of a licensed operator in accordance with section 29-224c. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-221
- Board: means the Examining Board for Crane Operators established under section 29-222. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-221
- crane: means power-operated equipment that can hoist, lower and horizontally move a suspended load and which has a manufacturer's maximum rated hoisting or lifting capacity exceeding two thousand pounds, including, but not limited to: (A) Articulating cranes such as knuckle-boom cranes, (B) crawler cranes, (C) floating cranes, (D) cranes on barges, (E) locomotive cranes, (F) mobile cranes such as wheel-mounted, rough terrain, all-terrain, commercial truck-mounted and boom truck cranes, (G) multipurpose machines when configured to hoist and lower, by means of a winch or hook, and horizontally move a suspended load, (H) industrial cranes such as carry-deck cranes, (I) dedicated pile drivers when used in construction, demolition or excavation work, (J) service or mechanic trucks with a hoisting device, (K) cranes on monorails, (L) tower cranes such as fixed jib hammerhead boom, luffing boom and self-erecting, (M) pedestal cranes, (N) portal cranes, (O) overhead and gantry cranes, (P) straddle cranes, (Q) side boom cranes, (R) derricks, and (S) variations of such equipment. See Connecticut General Statutes 29-221
(b) The board may suspend or revoke a crane owner’s registration after notice and hearing upon a finding that the holder has failed to properly maintain his or her crane or has permitted the operation of his or her crane in an unsafe manner.
(c) The board may impose a civil penalty of not more than three thousand dollars on any crane or hoisting equipment owner or operator who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulations adopted thereunder.
(d) The board shall not renew a license or registration of any crane or hoisting equipment owner or operator who has an unpaid civil penalty until such time as such penalty is paid in full.