Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 6000 - AMUSEMENT RIDE AND ATTRACTION SAFETY ACT › Section 6000.340 - Bungee Jumping

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
This Section specifies the site, site approval, design, testing
				of equipment, management of the operation, operating procedures, emergency
				provisions and procedures for Bungee Jumping from any mechanically operated
				platforms that carry jumpers to the top of the structure.
a) In addition to the definitions in Section
			 6000.10, the
			 following shall apply:
"Air Bag" - means an inflated device that cradles the body,
				with an air release breather system that dissipates the energy due to fall and
				allows the person to land without an abrupt stop or bounce.
"Ankle-binding" - means a harness used to wrap and hold
				together the jumper's ankles and attach the jumper to the bungee cord.
"Binding of Cord" - means a material used to hold the cord
				threads in place. May also protect the cord threads from damage.
"Bungee Cord" - means the elastic rope to which the jumper is
				attached. It lengthens and shortens and thus produces the bouncing
				action.
"Bungee Jumping" - means that activity in which a person free
				falls from a height and the person's descent is limited by the person's
				attachment to the bungee cord.
"Carabiners" - means shaped metal or alloy device used to
				connect sections of the jump rigging, equipment or safety gear.
"Catapulting" - means that the jumper is held on the ground
				while the bungee cord is stretched. On release, the jumper is propelled
				upwards.
"Cord" - See Bungee Cord.
"Double Jumping" - See Tandem Jumping.
"Dynamic Loading" - means the load placed on the rigging and
				attachments by the initial free fall of the jumper and the bouncing movements
				of the jumper.
"Equipment" - means the equipment, power or manually operated,
				used to raise, lower and hold loads.
"Incident" - means an event that could or does result in harm
				to a person or damage or loss of process (jumping interrupted or
				stopped).
"Jump Direction" - means the direction (forward or backward) in
				which a jumper is designed to jump from the jump point.
"Jump Height" - means the distance from the jump platform to
				the bottom of the jump zone.
"Jump Master" - means a person who has responsibility for the
				bungee jumping operation and who takes a jumper through the final stages to the
				actual jump.
"Jump Operator" - means a person who assists the jump master to
				prepare a jumper for jumping and operates the lowering system to lower the
				jumper to the landing pad.
"Jump Point" - means the position from which the jumper begins
				to fall or jump.
"Jump Space" - means the jump zone plus a safety factor in all
				directions.
"Jump Zone" - means the space bounded by the maximum designed
				movements of the jumper or any part of the jumper.
"Jumper" - means the person who falls or jumps from a height
				attached to a bungee cord.
"Jumper Safety Harness" - means an assembly to be worn by a
				jumper and to be attached to a bungee cord. It is designed to prevent the
				patron from becoming detached from the bungee cord.
"Jumper Weight" - means the weight of the jumper only.
"Landing Area" - means the surface area of the air bag or water
				directly under the jump space.
"Landing Pad" - means a padded area on which the jumper lands
				by means of the lowering appliance or equipment.
"Lateral Direction" - means movement of the jumper measured at
				90 degrees to the designed jump direction.
"Launching" - See Catapulting.
"Licensed Professional Engineer" - means an individual who
				holds a valid license as a licensed professional engineer from the Illinois
				Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or comparable authority in
				another state.
"Loaded Length" - means the length of the bungee cord when
				extended to its fullest designed length.
"Moused" - means a binding around the point and shank of a hook
				to prevent it from slipping off.
"Operating System" - means the system of processing a jumper
				through the jump methods used on a particular site. This includes registration,
				preparation, getting to the jump point, methods of attachment, the rigging and
				lowering system, and the landing recovery method.
"Operating Manual" - means a document containing the procedures
				and forms for the operation of the bungee jumping activity and equipment on the
				site.
"Platform" - means the area attached to a lifting appliance
				from which the jumper falls or jumps.
"Preparation Area" - means the area where the jumper is
				prepared for jumping. It is a separate area on the ground.
"Recovery Area" - means an area beside the landing area where
				the jumper may recover from the jump before returning to the public
				area.
"Reverse Jumping" - See Catapulting.
"Rigging System" - means a combination of components that
				connects the jumper to the lifting point or hook of the appliance. The rigging
				system includes ropes, pulleys, carabiners, shackles and lowering
				equipment.
"Safe Working Load" or "SWL" - means the maximum rated load
				which can be safely handled under specified conditions, by a machine, equipment
				or component of the rigging.
"Safety Factor" - means the ratio obtained by dividing the
				breaking load of any piece of equipment by its working load.
"Safety Harness" - means an assembly to be worn by an operator.
				It is designed to be attached to a safety line and to prevent the operator from
				falling.
"Safety Line" - means a line used to connect safety harness or
				belt to an anchorage point or rail.
"Safety Space" - means the space extending beyond the jump zone
				as a safety factor (i.e., a space beyond the maximum designed movements of the
				jumper).
"Sandbagging" - is the practice of a jumper holding onto any
				object (including another person) while jumping off of a platform and during
				the initial descent, for the purpose of exerting more force on the bungee cord
				in order to stretch it further and then releasing the object at the bottom of
				the jump, causing the jumper to rebound with more force than could be created
				by the jumper's weight alone.
"Stunt Jumping" - is the combining of any other activity with
				bungee jumping; or, bungee jumping with a disregard for clearances with the
				ground or other structures.
"Tandem Jumping" - means the practice of two people harnessed
				together while jumping simultaneously from the same jump platform.
"Thread" - means a single strand of material used in a bungee
				cord. A bungee cord is constructed of a varying number of threads.
"Unloaded Length" - means the length of the bungee cord laid on
				a horizontal flat surface without load or stress applied.
b) Site and Operating Approval
1) Site Plan and Equipment Design and
			 Construction
A) A licensed professional
			 engineer's report that the design and construction of the structures,
			 equipment, and operating areas meet the engineering requirements of ANSI B30.5,
			 29 CFR
			 1910.180 and 29 CFR 1926.550(g). These
			 standards are incorporated by reference, do not include any later editions,
			 amendments or corrections, and are considered suitable for a bungee jumping
			 operation. The report shall contain site plans, safety zones, drawings and
			 specifications of equipment, platform, rigging system and safety equipment and
			 be submitted to the Department before construction.
B) An engineering evaluation shall be
			 conducted annually and each time a major component is modified.
C) The Department shall maintain the
			 confidentiality of the engineer's report as authorized by Section 7(1)(g) of
			 the Freedom of Information Act.