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Coupler: A fitting used to fix scaffold tubes together.Employee: Subject to section (3) of the Act, means a person employed byany other person to do any work (other than residential work) for hire orreward; and, in relation to any employer, means an employee of the employer.Employer: Means a person who or that employs any other person to do anywork for hire or reward; and, in relation to any employee, means an employerof the employee.Factor of safety: The ratio of the load that would cause failure of a memberor structure to the load that is imposed upon it in service, and, unlessotherwise prescribed or directed, shall be a minimum of 3.Free-standing scaffold: A standing scaffold which is not attached to anyother structure and is stable against overturning on its own account or, ifnecessary, assisted by rakers and anchors.Guardrail: A rail or barrier secured to standards or upright members, anderected along the exposed sides and ends of working platforms to preventpersons from falling. A lower rail which is fixed to standards midway betweenthe guardrail and platform is termed a midrail.Hanging scaffold: A working platform suspended by tubes, bolts, fixed ropeslings or other methods and not intended for raising or lowering while in use.Health and safety inspector: An officer of the Department of Labourappointed under section 29 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.High: In relation to scaffolding, means the vertical height of the actualscaffold (referred to in 2.2 and 2.10).Height: In relation to scaffolding or part of scaffolding, means the greatestvertical distance from which any article may fall from the highest workingplatform of the scaffolding to the ground or structure on which the scaffoldingis supported or above which the scaffolding is suspended or fixed, as the casemay be. In determining the distance which an article may fall, no account shallbe taken of any obstruction which may delay or stop the fall unless there is nopossibility of the fall continuing after the obstruction is reached.Ladder: Means a portable appliance consisting of two stiles joined by steps orrungs and designed for the purpose of climbing and descending.Ladder bracket: A bracket designed to be attached to at least two rungs of aladder for the purpose of supporting a plank for a person to work on.Ledger: A horizontal member placed in the longitudinal direction betweenstandards for the purpose of supporting putlogs.Lift: The assembly of ledgers and putlogs forming each horizontal level of ascaffold. The lift height is the vertical distance between two lifts, measuredcentre to centre.Live load: That portion of a load which does not include any part of thescaffolding or decking supporting the load, and comprises the weight ofworkers and/or materials.Notifiable work: Means (a) Any restricted work, as that term is defined inregulation 2(1) of the Asbestos Regulations 1983:(b) Any logging operation or tree-felling operation, being an operation that isundertaken for commercial purposes;(c) Any construction work of one or more of the following kinds:14 SAFE ERECTION AND USE OF SCAFFOLDING