Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Labor and Economic Opportunity
MIOSHA
General Industry and Construction Safety and Occupational Health Standards
Construction Safety and Health Standard
Part 19 - TOOLS
Section R. 408.41929 - Definitions; Q to W

(1) "Qualified operator" means an employee who possesses a valid operator's card issued pursuant to R 408.41942 for the operation of powder-actuated tools.

(2) "Radial saw" means a machine with a circular blade suspended from a horizontal arm.

(3) "Rating" means the maximum working load that an object is designed to handle under given circumstances.

(4) "Roll form machine" means a machine that has in-running rolls which are arranged to form a desired shape of metal when the metal is fed through the rolls.

(5) "Slitter" means a machine that has circular knives mounted on powered shafts with the cutting faces adjacent to each other in a manner that shears metal when it is fed through the knives.

(6) "Squaring shear" means a machine which has a table and which utilizes a driven ram with a blade for shearing action. The ram moves a nonrotary blade, at a constant rate, past the edge of a fixed blade at the table and cuts metal.

(7) "Stationary machine tool" means a machine that is set up on a construction project in a temporary, stationary position.

(8) "Tool" means a machine, instrument, or device covered by this part.

(9) "Tuck-point grinding" means the removal of mortar or cement between masonry units by grinding.

(10) "Woodworking machine" means a machine which removes, shapes, or cuts wood or is used to assemble parts.