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1926.1438 Overhead & gantry cranes

29 CFR 1926.1438 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued September 26, 2013 to October 4, 2023 · Data through November 10, 2026

Title checked against CFR editions from 2012 on.

Citations
7
citation items issued
Inspections
4
each counted once
Initial penalties
$53,821
as first assessed
Current penalties
$49,357
91.7% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$7,000median current penalty per citation
$7,000median initial penalty per citation
28.6%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced
71.4%of citations were contested

Same order as the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a type for all figures.

Serious (S)571.4% share$31,500current total100.0%contested
Citations
5
Share
71.4%
Current total
$31,500
Initial total
$31,500
Median current
$7,000
Contested
100.0%
Other (O)228.6% share$17,857current total0.0%contested
Citations
2
Share
28.6%
Current total
$17,857
Initial total
$22,321
Median current
$8,929
Contested
0.0%

Citations by year issued

Counts use the recorded citation issue year. "Of all citations" is the share of every citation issued that year.

Newest first, as in the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a year for all figures.

202320.00% of all citations1inspections$17,857current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$17,857
Median current
$8,929
All records issued in 2023
202110.00% of all citations1inspections$3,500current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$3,500
Median current
$3,500
All records issued in 2021
201340.00% of all citations2inspections$28,000current total
Citations
4
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$28,000
Median current
$7,000
All records issued in 2013

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1926.1438, each inspection counted once.

Unprogrammed Related (G)250.0%
Planned (H)250.0%

Cited alongside 1926.1438

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 4 inspections citing 1926.1438.

1926.1053 Ladders (Construction)125.0%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

50-249125.0%
250-999250.0%
1000+125.0%

Inspections, each counted once. Shares are of inspections with a usable employee count.

Owner

Private (A)4100.0%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

100.0% of these citations (7 of 7) come from inspections with an industry code. Coverage varies by decade of issue (see the table), so this view mostly reflects the decades with coded records. NAICS as recorded by DOL on the inspection record.

221Utilities457.1% of coded citations
321Wood Product Manufacturing228.6% of coded citations
236Construction of Buildings114.3% of coded citations

Bar: NAICS coverage, on a 0 to 100% scale.

2010s44 with NAICS (100.0%)
2020s33 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

19261438 B02 II A4$28,000 current penalties
19261438 A3$21,357 current penalties

Codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them. Counts reflect citation records, not the frequency of incidents or hazards.

About this data
  • Citations are citation items in DOL's OSHA enforcement data, federal and State Plan, deleted items excluded. Inspections are counted once each.
  • Initial penalties are the amounts first assessed (DOL "Initial Penalty"); current penalties include later changes such as settlements (DOL "Current Penalty"). Amounts are as recorded, not adjusted for inflation.
  • Median penalty per citation: the middle value of the amounts recorded on these citations, counting $0 amounts and leaving out citations with no amount recorded, shown in whole dollars. A median is computed for one group only and is never combined with another.
  • Later reduced: the share of citations with an initial penalty above $0 whose current penalty is lower than the initial penalty.
  • Contested: the share of citations with a DOL "Contested Date" recorded.
  • Violation, inspection and owner types use DOL's own labels. A value outside DOL's list is shown as recorded, marked "not in DOL's list". Paragraph codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them.
  • Industry is the NAICS code on the inspection record, as recorded by DOL. Employee counts are DOL "Number of Employees" on the inspection; counts of 99,999 or more are not published as a headcount, a rule of this site.
  • Having OSHA inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries.

Regulatory Reference

29 CFR 1926.1438: Overhead & gantry cranes

Read the full regulatory text on eCFR.gov

Official Resources

Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

Data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement database, accessed via the DOL public data API. Errors in data processing or establishment grouping are possible. Penalty amounts are the latest on record and may differ from the initial assessment or the final amount after informal conference, settlement or judicial review. Company pages group records by employer name, city and state as OSHA reported them, not by legal entity (methodology). Found an error? Report it. This product uses the DOL Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the DOL. For official and authoritative records, visit osha.gov.

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