N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 § 21.2 - Definitions

As used in or in connection with this Part, the following terms mean:

(a) Anchor. Window cleaners' safety anchor.

(b) Approved. In compliance with a subsisting resolution of approval adopted by the board.

(c) Authorized. Specified by rule or resolution of the board for use in complying with the provisions of this Part.

(d) Industrial Board of Appeals. The New York State Board of Standards and Appeals.

(e) Cleaner. A person doing the actual work of cleaning a window.

(f) Commissioner. The Industrial Commissioner of the State of New York.

(g) Extension device. A hand tool used to do window cleaning on surfaces beyond the normal reach of the window cleaner.

(h) From the inside. From a position in which all of the cleaner's body except one arm is interior to the window sash.

(i) From the outside. From a position in which more of the cleaner's body than one arm is exterior to the window sash.

(j) Owner. The owner of a public building which is subject to the provisions of section 202 of the Labor Law, or the lessee of the whole thereof, or the agent, manager or superintendent in charge of the property.

(k) Public building. Public building shall include a factory building, an office building, a mercantile building, a hotel building, a theatre building, a warehouse building, an apartment building, a State or municipal building, a school, a college or university building, a building containing a place of public assembly maintained or leased for pecuniary gain, or any other building more than one story high except a dwelling house less than three stories high or occupied by less than three families. (Labor Law, §2, subd. 13.)

(l) Shall. The word shall is always mandatory.

(m) Unobstructed. Unobstructed during window cleaning operations.

(n) Window. A window installed in a public building which is subject to the provisions of section 202 of the Labor Law.

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N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 § 21.2