Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 326-360 - General, Part II › Chapter SPS 334 - Amusement Rides › Subchapter VIII - Bungee Jumping › Section SPS 334.56 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) "Air bag" means a device which cradles
					 the body and which uses an air release breather system to dissipate the energy
					 due to a fall, thereby allowing the person to land without an abrupt stop or
					 bounce.
(2) "Binding" means the
					 material used to hold the bungee cord threads in place.
(3) "Bungee cord" means the elastic rope to
					 which the jumper is attached and which lengthens and shortens to produce the
					 bouncing action.
(4) "Bungee
					 jumping" means a procedure where a person free falls from a height and the
					 descent is limited by attachment to a bungee cord.
(5) "Catapulting" means a procedure where a
					 person is held on the ground while the bungee cord is stretched, and when the
					 person is released, he or she is propelled upwards.
Note:
Catapulting is also referred to as
						launching or reverse jumping.
(6) "Dynamic load" means the load placed on
					 the rigging and attachments by the initial free fall of the jumper and the
					 bouncing movements of the jumper.
(7) "Equipment" means power or manually
					 operated devices used to raise, lower and hold loads.
(8) "Failure" means breakage, separation of
					 components, or the point where the ultimate strength is exceeded.
(9) "Hoist" or "hoisting" means all functions
					 such as lowering, lifting, swinging or suspending a platform.
(10) "Jump harness" means an assembly which
					 is worn by a jumper and attached to a bungee cord.
(11) "Jump height" means the distance from
					 the jump platform to the bottom of the jump zone.
(12) "Jump master" means a person who has
					 responsibility for the bungee jumping operation and who prepares the jumper for
					 the actual jump.
(13) "Jump
					 operator" means a person who assists the jump master to prepare a jumper for
					 jumping and operates the lowering system.
(14) "Jump zone" means the space bounded by
					 the maximum designed movements of the jumper or any part of the
					 jumper.
(15) "Jumper" means the
					 person who falls or jumps from a height when attached to a bungee
					 cord.
(16) "Landing area" means the
					 surface area of a net, air bag or water where the jumper lands.
(17) "Lowering system" means any manual or
					 mechanical equipment capable of lowering a jumper to the designated landing
					 area.
(18) "Maximum intended load"
					 means the total load of all persons, tools, materials and other loads
					 reasonably anticipated to be applied to a platform or platform component at any
					 one time.
(19) "Platform" means the
					 area attached to a structure from which the jumper falls or jumps.
(20) "Rigging system" means the bungee cord
					 plus any webbing or rope connected to the bungee cord.
(21) "Recovery area" means an area next to
					 the landing area, where the jumper may recover from the jump before returning
					 to the public area.
(22) "Safety
					 harness" means an approved assembly to be worn by an operator and which is
					 designed to be attached to a lanyard and prevent the jump site operator from
					 falling.
(23) "Safety space" means
					 a space extending beyond the jump zone as a safety factor.
(24) "Sandbagging" means the practice of a
					 jumper holding onto any object, including another person, during the initial
					 descent after jumping off of a platform, 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.
(25) "Site operating manual" means the
					 document containing the procedures and forms for the operation of all bungee
					 jumping activities and equipment.
(26) "Structure" means the apparatus
					 supporting the platform.
(27)
					 "Tandem jumping" means the practice of 2 people harnessed together while
					 jumping simultaneously from the same jump platform.