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.
âHorses get trained by poles,â he notes. âThey take them from a certain pole to the finish line, then the next pole to the finish line. Youâve got to get a feel for them and what they can do and the poles can help tell you. Some horses will have a good quarter mile in them; some only have an eighth; some even less.