Mich. Admin. Code R. 408.10503 - Definitions; A to D
Rule 503.
(1)
"Anemometer" means an instrument for measuring wind velocity.
(2) "Angulated roping" means a suspension
method where the upper point of suspension is inboard from the attachments on
the suspended unit, thus causing the suspended unit to bear against the face of
the building.
(3) "Building face
roller" means a rotating cylindrical member that is designed to ride on the
face of the building wall to prevent the platform from abrading the face of the
building and to assist in stabilizing the platform.
(4) "Building maintenance" means operations
such as window cleaning, caulking, metal polishing, re-glazing, and general
maintenance on building surfaces.
(5) "Cable" means a conductor, or group of
conductors, enclosed in a weatherproof sheath, that may be used to supply
electrical power or control current, or both, for equipment or to provide voice
communication circuits.
(6)
"Carriage" means a wheeled vehicle used for the horizontal movement and support
of other equipment.
(7)
"Certification" means a written, signed, and dated statement confirming the
performance of a requirement of this standard.
(8) "Combination cable" means a cable having
both steel structural members capable of supporting the platform, and copper or
other electrical conductors insulated from each other and the structural
members by nonconductive barriers.
(9) "Competent person" means a person who,
because of training and experience, is capable of identifying hazardous or
dangerous conditions in powered platform installations and of training
employees to identify such conditions.
(10) "Continuous pressure" means the need for
constant manual actuation for a control to function.
(11) "Control" means a mechanism used to
regulate or guide the operation of the equipment.
(12) "Davit" means a device that is used
singly or in pairs and that is for suspending a powered platform from work,
storage, or rigging locations on the building being serviced. Unlike
outriggers, a davit reacts its operating load into a single roof socket or
carriage attachment.
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