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.
: a pole that marks the starting or finishing point of a horse race â usually singular. 1  a horse's post position [=the position of a horse in the line of horses at the start of a race] ( 2 Brit) The horses galloped toward the finishing post.