Your May 18 letter to Mr. Jim Knorpp, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Area Director for Fort Worth, was forwarded to this office for response. I apologize for the delay in replying to your inquiry as to OSHA's interpretations of the terms certified and qualified as used in ANSI standards for aerial lifts.
Pole bending. Pole bending is a timed event that features a horse and one mounted rider, running a weaving or serpentine path around six poles arranged in a line.
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to jump over a bar.Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, Cretans and Celts. Pole: The fiberglass equipment used to propel the vaulter up and over the bar. 2  One side is more stiff than the other to facilitate the bending of the pole after the plant. 3  A vaulter may rest the pole on their arm to determine which side is the stiff side.