R 408.15108 Definitions R to Y.

Rule 5108. (1) "Rated capacity" means the maximum load that a system, vehicle, machine, or piece of equipment was designed by the manufacturer to handle. (2) "Root wad" means the ball of a tree root and dirt that is pulled from the ground when a tree is uprooted. (3) "Serviceable condition" means a state or ability of a tool, machine, vehicle, or other device to operate as it was intended by the manufacturer to operate. (4) "Skid" or "skidding" means the act of dragging logs on the ground. (5) "Skidder" means a person or machine that skids logs. (6) "Slasher saw" means a mechanical saw used for bucking. (7) "Slope" means the increase or decrease in altitude over a horizontal distance expressed as a percentage. For example, a change of altitude of 20 feet (6m) over a horizontal distance of 100 feet (30m) is expressed as a 20% slope. (8) "Snag" means a standing dead tree. (9) "Spring pole" means a tree, sapling, or limb which is bent under tension and which springs out after the tension is released. (10) "Tie down" means a chain, cable, steel strips, or fiber webbing and binders attached to a truck, trailer, or other conveyance as a means of securing loads and preventing them from shifting or moving when being transported. (11) "Tractor" means a powered vehicle which is for off-the-road hauling or towing and which is equipped with crawler tracks or wheels. (12) "Tree harvester" means a mechanized, self-propelled machine that is designed to perform 1 or several logging functions, such as felling, limbing, bucking, chipping, skidding or loading. (13) "Undercut" means a notch cut in a tree to guide the direction of the tree fall and to prevent splitting or kickback. (14) "Vehicle" means a car, bus, truck, trailer, or semitrailer which is owned, leased, or rented by an employer and which is used to transport employees or move material. (15) "Winching" means the winding of cable or rope onto a spool or drum. (16) "Yarding" means the movement of logs from the place they are felled to a landing. EMPLOYER--EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES