Section R. 408.15105 - Definitions; A to CRule 5105.
(1) "Approved" means, unless otherwise indicated, approval or listing by either underwriters laboratories, incorporated, or factory mutual engineering corporation.(2) "Approved container" means an approved metal or nonmetallic container which does not have more than a 6-gallon capacity, which has a spring-closing lid and spout cover, and which is designed so that it will safely relieve internal pressure when exposed to fire.(3) "Arch" means an open-framed trailer or built-up framework that is used to suspend the leading ends of trees or logs when they are skidded.(4) "Auger log splitter" means a machine which is for splitting logs and which uses a rotating, cone-shaped screw to provide a splitting force to the log.(5) "Back cut" means the final cut made in felling a tree. It is made on the side away from the direction of fall. See figure 1 of R 408.15156.(6) "Ballistic nylon" means a nylon fabric which has high tensile properties and which is designed to provide protection from lacerations.(7) "Binder" means a wrapper which is a chain or wire rope and which is used to bind a load of logs or pulpwood.(8) "Buck" or "bucking" means the act of cutting a felled tree into shorter lengths.(9) "Bucker" means a person who cuts felled trees into shorter lengths.(10) "Cable yarding" means the movement of felled trees or logs from the area where they are felled to the landing on a system composed of a cable suspended from spars or towers, or both. The trees or logs may be either dragged across the ground on the cable or carried while suspended from the cable.(11) "Chain saw" means a saw which is powered by a gasoline engine, an electric motor, or other means and which has its cutting elements on an endless chain. A chain saw, for the purpose of this part, is hand-held during use.(12) "Chipper" means a mechanical device that reduces logs to small flakes or chips.(13) "Chock" means a block, often wedge shaped, that is used to prevent movement, such as preventing a log from rolling or a wheel from turning.(14) "Choker" means a sling that is used to encircle the end of a log for yarding. One end of the choker is passed around the load and through a loop eye, end fitting or other device at the other end of the sling. The end of the choker that passed through the end fitting or other device is then hooked to the lifting or pulling machine.Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.15105
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