The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has renewed an exemption from the 30-minute rest break provision for a group representing mobile crane operators.
The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association has held the exemption since October 2016 for carriers and drivers operating mobile cranes with a rated lifting capacity of more than 30 tons.
The exemption applies to approximately 65,000 mobile crane operators. SC&RA says it requested the exemption because of the difficulty of finding suitable parking due to their size when crane operators are required to go off-duty.
The 30-minute break exemption renewal is effective through Nov. 1, 2023.
