Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.13302

Current through Vol. 24-21, December 1, 2024

Section 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.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.13302

1983 AACS; 2014 AACS; 2018 MR 3, Eff. 2/8/2018