Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.13302 - Definitions, A to E
Rule 3302.
(1)
"Absorptive lens" means a filter lens whose physical properties are designed to
attenuate the effect of glare, reflective, and stray light.
(2) "Anchorage" means a secure point of
attachment for equipment such as lifelines, lanyards, or deceleration
devices.
(3) "Apparatus" means
electrical equipment.
(4) "Bare
hand technique" means a method of working on energized conductors by isolating
the employee from any ground potential and by placing the employee in
continuous firm contact with the energized electric field.
(5) "Belt terminal" means an end attachment
of a window cleaners positioning system used for securing the belt or harness
to a window cleaners belt anchor.
(6) "Body belt" means a strap with means both
for securing about the waist and for attaching to other components such as a
lanyard used with positioning systems, travel restraint systems, or ladder
safety systems.
(7) "Body harness"
means straps that secure about the employee in a manner to distribute the fall
arrest forces over at least the thighs, pelvis, waist, chest, and shoulders,
with a means for attaching the harness to other components of a personal fall
protection system.
(8) "Bump hat or
cap" means a device worn on the head to protect the wearer from bumps or blows
but which does not meet the requirements of protective helmets.
(9) "Carabiner" means a connector generally
comprised of a trapezoidal or oval shaped body with a closed gate or similar
arrangement that may be opened to attach another object and, when released,
automatically closes to retain the object.
(10) "Chin protector" means the portion of a
device that offers protection to a wearers chin, lower face, and
neck.
(11) "Competent person" means
a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in any
personal fall protection system or any component of it, as well as in their
application and uses with related equipment, and who has authorization to take
prompt, corrective action to eliminate the identified hazards.
(12) "Conductor" means a material, such as a
bus bar, wire, or cable, suitable for carrying an electric current.
(13) "Connector" means a device used to
couple or connect parts of the fall protection system together.
(14) "Corrective lens" means a lens ground to
the wearers individual prescription.
(15) "Cover lens" means a removable disc or
colorless glass, plastic-coated glass, or plastic that covers a filter lens and
protects it from weld spatter, pitting, or scratching when used in a
goggle.
(16) "Cover plate" means a
removable pane of colorless glass, plastic-coated glass, or plastic that covers
a filter plate and protects it from weld spatter, pitting, or scratching when
used in a helmet, hood, or goggle.
(17) "D-ring" means a connector used on any
of the following:
(a) In a harness as an
integral attachment element or fall arrest attachment.
(b) In a lanyard, energy absorber, lifeline,
or anchorage connector as an integral connector.
(c) In a positioning or travel restraint
system as an attachment element.
(18) "Deceleration device" means any
mechanism that serves to dissipate energy during a fall.
(19) "Deceleration distance" means the
vertical distance a falling employee travels from the point at which the
deceleration device begins to operate, excluding lifeline elongation and free
fall distance, until stopping. It is measured as the distance between the
location of an employee's body harness attachment point at the moment of
activation, at the onset of fall arrest forces, of the deceleration device
during a fall, and the location of that attachment point after the employee
comes to a full stop.
(20)
"Energized", also known as "live", means to be electrically charged, or that to
which voltage is being applied.
(21) Equivalent means alternative designs,
equipment, materials, or methods that the employer can demonstrate will provide
an equal or greater degree of safety for employees compared to the designs,
equipment, materials, or methods specified in the standard.
(22) "Eye size" means a measurement expressed
in millimeters and denoting the size of the lens-holding section of an eye
frame.
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