Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (Act No. 85 of 1993) Code of Practice Driven Machinery Regulations, 2015 : Commercial Zip line and Aerial Adventure Parks 1. Definitions

 

‘Aerial Adventure Park’

means an adventure activity conducted at height above the ground were participants are attached to a self belay system.

 

‘Anchorages’

means a secure point of attachment for a lifeline or lanyard

 

‘Arborist’

means a professional in the practice of the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees

 

‘Belay’

means securing a rope (a running rope) round a cleat, rock, pin, or other object, to secure it.

 

‘Braking device’

means a solid object placed on the cable that is connected to an active braking system such as a belay device, gravity stop, bungy cord, or manual rope control such that the braking device is able to decelerate the incoming client and bring them to a safe stop at the landing point

 

'certified equipment'

means equipment that has been certified to an applicable standard (Conformite Europeenne (CE), SANS, etc.).

 

‘Code of practice’

means a set of written rules which explains how people working in the Zipline and Aerial Adventure Park industry should behave.

 

‘Commercial Zipline’

means a Zipline in which the person is required to pay the owner for use thereof.

 

‘Competent person’

means a person who has in respect of the work or task to be performed, the required knowledge, training and experience and, where applicable, qualifications, specific to that work or task

 

‘Carabiners’

means a specialized type of shackle, a metal loop with a spring-loaded gate used to quickly and reversibly connect components, most notably in safety-critical systems.

 

‘Lifeline/safety cable/belay system'

means an overhead safety system designed to prevent a participant from falling off the Aerial Adventure Park.

 

‘Lifeline’

means as the safety line used to support persons while moving along elevated obstacles (climbing bridges, nets, etc).

 

‘Mast’

means tall structures designed to support a zipline

 

‘Rope’

means several strands of metal wire twisted into a helix forming a composite "wire rope", in a pattern known as "laid wire rope".

 

‘Rope splicing’

means the forming of a semi-permanent joint between two ropes or two parts of the same rope by partly untwisting and then interweaving their strands.

 

‘Shock load’

means a sudden and drastic increase of load.

 

‘Swaged fittings’

means wire rope components other than swage or stop sleeves, that are attached to the wire by compressing, (swaging) the fitting on to the wire

 

‘Tensioning device’

means a device that applies a force to create or maintain tension on a rope.

 

‘Wirerope clamp’

means clamps used to keep wire rope or cable in place

 

‘Zipline’

means a cable fixed between two points used for the transportation of people.