Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity › MIOSHA › General Industry and Construction Safety and Occupational Health Standards › General Industry Safety Standards › Part 33 - PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 408.13302 - Definitions, A to E

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
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.