New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 14A - CARNIVAL-AMUSEMENT RIDES
Subchapter 10 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR BUNGEE JUMPING OPERATIONS
Section 5:14A-10.3 - Prohibited activities, practices and conditions

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:14A-10.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The following activities, practices, and conditions shall be prohibited:

1. Catapulting, launching or reverse jumping, which shall mean the practice of stretching the bungee cord while attached to the jumper who is held on the ground, and then released and propelled upward;

2. Double or tandem jumping, which shall mean the practice of two or more individuals jumping simultaneously from the same jump platform, whether from a common bungee cord or individual bungee cords;

3. Sandbagging, which shall mean the practice of loading excess weight to a jumper intending to release the excess weight at the bottom of the jump, thus gaining extra momentum on the rebound;

4. Stunt jumping, which shall mean combining any other activity with bungee jumping;

5. Bungee jumping from a mobile or fixed-type crane or lifting device not designed, approved or manufactured to carry, transport or, in any fashion, move a person;

6. A bungee jumping operation that is in violation of any Federal, State or local law or regulation with respect to any part of its operation;

7. Any bungee type not specifically approved by the Department;

8. More than two persons shall not be allowed on the jump point, except that one additional employee who is approved for training shall be allowed for training purposes only; and

9. A bungee jumping operation that is exposed to wind velocity exceeding 25 miles per hour, or other dangerous weather condition;
i. Wind velocity shall be measured by an anemometer mounted on the tower at least as high as the jump point and shall be capable of being read from ground level as well as the jump point.

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