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84-181 - Safety Code for Elevating Devices and Amusement Devices

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Revoked on 18 August 2014
NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 84-181
under the
Elevators and Lifts Act
(O.C. 84-613)
Filed July 26, 1984
Under section 19 of the Elevators and Lifts Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
Repealed: 2014-147
1This Regulation may be cited as the Safety Code for Elevating Devices and Amusement Devices - Elevators and Lifts Act.
2(1)In this Regulation
“Act” means the Elevators and Lifts Act;(loi)
“Code” means(Code)
(a) when applied to elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, material lifts and incline lifts, CSA Standard ASME 17.1-2010/CSA-B44-10, entitled Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, except sections 5.3 and 5.4,
(a.1) when applied to elevators and escalators, CSA Standard ASME A17.7-2007/CSA-B44.7-07, entitled Performance-based safety code for elevators and escalators,
(b) when applied to personnel hoists, tower and cantilever type, CSA Standard CAN/CSA-Z185-M87 (Reaffirmed 2001), entitled Safety Code for Personnel Hoists,
(c) when applied to construction hoists, CSA Standard CAN/CSA-Z256-M87 (Reaffirmed 2001), entitled Safety Code for Material Hoists,
(d) when applied to passenger ropeways, CSA Standard Z98-07, entitled Passenger ropeways and passenger conveyors,
(e) when applied to manlifts, CSA Standard CAN/CSA-B311-02, entitled Safety Code for Manlifts,
(f) when applied to elevating devices, CSA Standard C22.1-06, entitled Canadian Electrical Code, Part I (Twentieth Edition), Safety Standard for Electrical Installations, and
(g) when applied to lifts for persons with physical disabilities, CSA Standard B355-09, entitled Lifts for persons with physical disabilities;
“CSA” means the Canadian Standards Association;(ACNOR)
“Department” means the Department of Public Safety;(Ministère)
“existing installation” means an installation for which, prior to June 1, 1961,(installation existante)
(a) all work of the installation was completed, or
(b) the plans and specifications were filed with the Department and work started not later than six months after the approval of the plans and specifications,
but does not include an installation moved to a new location;
“factor of safety” means the ultimate breaking strength of the material divided by the maximum design load;(coefficient de sécurité)
“installation” means a complete elevating device and includes its hoistway, hoistway enclosure and related construction and all machinery and equipment necessary for its operation;(installation)
“machine” means an apparatus for applying mechanical power to an elevating device;(machine)
“operator” means a person who operates an elevating device;(préposé)
“passenger ropeway” means a device used to transport passengers and includes a ski lift and ski tow;(remontée mécanique)“rated speed” means the speed for which the elevating device is designed to operate.(vitesse nominale)
2(2)Definitions listed in the Code apply to this Regulation unless defined in subsection (1) or the Act.
2(3)For the purposes of paragraph a) of the French version of the definition « Code » in subsection (1) and unless the context otherwise requires, references in the French version of CSA Standard ASME A17.1-2010/CSA-B44-10
(a) to “petit monte-charge” shall be read as “monte-plats”, and
(b) to “escalier mécanique” shall be read as “escalier mobile”.
2(4)For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition “Code” in subsection (1) and unless the context otherwise requires, references to “inclined elevator” in CSA Standard ASME A17.1-2010/CSA-B44-10 and its updates shall be read as “incline lift”.
2(5)For the purposes of paragraph b) of the French version of the definition « Code » in subsection (1) and unless the context otherwise requires, references in the French version of CSA Standard CAN/CSA-Z185-M87
(a) to “monte-charge pour personnes” shall be read as “monte-personnes”, and
(b) to “monte-charge en porte-à-faux” shall be read as “monte-personnes de type à cantilever”.
2(6)For the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition “Code” in subsection (1) and unless the context otherwise requires, references to “material hoist” in CSA Standard CAN/CSA-Z256-M87 shall be read as “construction hoist”.
2(7)For the purposes of paragraph e) of the French version of the definition « Code » in subsection (1) and unless the context otherwise requires, references to “monte-personne” in the French version of CSA Standard CAN/CSA-B311-02 shall be read as “ascenseur à courroie sans fin”.
86-113; 91-126; 93-118; 94-58; 96-3; 1998, c.41, s.44; 99-49; 2000, c.26, s.100; 2005-7; 2008-11; 2008-129; 2010-46; 2011-69
I
CODE
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
3Except as provided in this Regulation, the standards governing the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration and repair of passenger ropeways, construction hoists, personnel hoists, elevators, dumbwaiters, material lifts, incline lifts, escalators, manlifts and lifts for persons with physical disabilities, including their hoistways, wells and runways, if any, shall be those set forth in the Code.
86-113; 96-3; 2005-7
II
GENERAL
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
WORKMANSHIP
4(1)In the installation of all the work governed by this Regulation, special attention shall be paid to the mechanical execution of the work.
4(2)Work badly arranged or poorly executed shall not be approved.
EXCEPTIONS
5(1)For the purposes of paragraph 2(f) of the Act, the following classes and sub-classes of elevating devices are excluded from the application of the Act:
(a) wharf ramps;
(b) private residence elevators; and
(c) private residence incline lifts.
5(2)Deviations from the requirements of this Regulation in cases of practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship may be made only where it is evident that reasonable safety is assured and only with the written permission of the Chief Inspector.
2005-7
RESPIRATORS
6(1)Every elevator installed in a location where the possibility of the presence of noxious gases exists shall be provided with suitable respirators stored in containers in the car and readily available to passengers.
6(2)Respirators shall be inspected periodically and inspected or replaced after being used.
GUARDS
7(1)Where a sheave or sheaves are installed in the car crosshead for the hoisting ropes, a proper guard shall be installed over and under these sheaves in order to prevent objects or persons from becoming entangled between the ropes and the sheaves.
7(2)A proper guard shall be installed around all openings in the machine room floor to prevent objects from accidentally being dropped down the hoistway.
INSPECTION AND TESTING
8(1)After the completion of an installation, the elevating device, including safety and electrical protective devices, shall be tested in the presence of an inspector to determine if they are functioning properly.
8(2)An installation shall not be placed into service unless an operating permit has been issued for the installation.
8(3)An operating permit is valid for one year from the date of its issuance or renewal unless sooner suspended or revoked.
8(4)The owner shall display the operating permit
(a) for an elevator, in a conspicuous position in the car of the elevator, and
(b) for any other elevating device, in a conspicuous position on or adjacent to the elevating device.
96-31
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND WIRING
9All electrical equipment and wiring shall conform to the requirements of Part I of CSA Standard C22.1-06, entitled Canadian Electrical Code (Twentieth Edition), Safety Standard for Electrical Installations.
91-126; 2005-7; 2008-11
INSTALLATIONS
10(1)Before commencing a new installation, the person making it shall deliver to the Chief Inspector, not less than seventy-two hours before starting any work, other than excavation, written notification of the day that work is to commence.
10(2)When a new installation has been completed, the person making it shall notify the Chief Inspector not less than seventy-two hours before the date on which an inspection is required.
III
EXISTING INSTALLATIONS OF PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ELECTRIC ELEVATORS
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
SCOPE
11This Part applies to existing installations of passenger and freight electric elevators.
HOISTWAYS
12(1)Every elevator hoistway shall be fully enclosed with an unperforated material.
12(2)Openwork enclosures may be used above the six foot level on the sides not used for loading and unloading, provided that any opening in the openwork enclosure rejects a ball one inch in diameter, but any part of the enclosure within four inches of the counterweight runway shall be solid.
12(3)Openwork enclosures may be constructed of
(a) steel wire grille or expanded metal which shall be at least No. 13 U.S. wire gauge, or
(b) wood slats which shall be mounted vertically and at least one inch thick.
12(4)The height of a landing opening shall not exceed the height from the car floor to the top of the car enclosure or the underside of the crosshead if there is no top and the width of a landing opening shall not exceed that of the corresponding car opening.
13(1)Projections extending inwardly from the hoistway enclosure, except interlocks and other similar operative devices, which are within four inches of an entrance side of an elevator car shall be bevelled and substantially guarded on the underside by smooth concrete or by smooth metal or wood plates set at an angle of not less than sixty degrees nor more than seventy-five degrees from the horizontal.
13(2)If the car is equipped with a levelling or inching device, the concrete or plates at each landing shall extend vertically the height of the levelling or inching zone and may continue vertically downward but the bottom edges shall be bevelled and guarded as required in subsection (1).
14No hoistway enclosure on the sides used for loading or unloading shall be more than five inches from the edge of the car platform except
(a) where the hoistway doors are installed wholly within the hoistway, it shall not be more than 7 ½″, or
(b) where the elevator car is equipped on that side with a door or gate having an interlocking device.
15No person shall install any electrical conductor or any piping to convey air, gases or liquids through or in a hoistway except
(a) electrical conductors and air-lines for the elevator,
(b) piping in the pit for a hydraulic elevator, and
(c) low pressure steam or hot water pipes for heating and sprinkler piping for protecting the hoistway.
16(1)The minimum clearance between a side of a car and a hoistway enclosure shall be ¾″ and the clearance between the car and counterweight shall be one inch.
16(2)The minimum clearance between a car platform and a landing sill shall be at least ½″ for an elevator car having a side-post construction and ¾″ for an elevator having a corner-post construction.
16(3)The maximum clearance between a car platform and a landing sill shall be 1 ½″.
PENTHOUSES AND MACHINE ROOMS
17(1)Safe and convenient access to a machine room and overhead machines shall be provided by a stair with handrails or by a fixed ladder not located in the hoistway.
17(2)Every machine room and machinery space shall be enclosed to a height of at least six feet so that unauthorized persons cannot have access thereto.
17(3)Every machine room and machinery space shall be enclosed and guarded from adjacent portions of the hoistway.
17(4)Every machine room and machinery space shall be lighted artificially to a minimum intensity of ten foot candles.
MACHINE SUPPORTS, LOAD ON SUPPORTS AND FACTORS OF SAFETY
18All elevator machinery shall be supported so as not to endanger the safety of persons in or adjacent to the elevator and to prevent any part of the elevator from becoming displaced.
19The factors of safety, safe working stresses and allowable deflections of overhead beams and their supports to be used when computing the maximum capacity of the elevator shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector.
PITS
20(1)Every elevator shall have a pit which, when four or more feet in depth,
(a) shall be provided with an access ladder of steel construction located so that it is easily accessible from the bottom landing opening, and
(b) shall run from the pit floor to a height of not less than four feet above the sill of the bottom landing opening.
20(2)Where structurally possible, a clearance of at least twenty-four inches between the underside of a car platform and the floor of the pit vertically below it shall be provided when the car has fully compressed its buffers or is resting on its bumpers.
21Every pit shall be provided with an emergency stop switch located on the side of the hoistway not more than seven feet above the pit floor.
22(1)Suitable spring buffers shall be provided for the car and counterweight in the bottom of every pit.
22(2)If space limitations prevent the installation of spring buffers and the rated speed of the elevator does not exceed fifty feet per minute, solid bumpers may be provided.
23(1)Where a separate pit access door is provided, it shall be self-closing and provided with a spring type lock arranged to permit the door to be opened from inside without a key.
23(2)Where a separate pit access door is provided and the lowest structural or mechanical part, equipment or device installed beneath the car platform, except guide shoes, roller guides or safety jaw assemblies, projects below the top of the access door opening when the car is level with the bottom landing, an electric contact shall be provided to prevent operation of the elevator when the door is open.
24Every pit shall be kept clean and reasonably dry.
25(1)A solid metal or perforated guard shall be provided in a pit, on the open side of the space between the counterweight guides, and the guard shall extend from twelve inches above the pit floor to a height of at least seven feet.
25(2)The guard required by subsection (1) may be omitted on the side facing the elevator car which the counterweight serves if compensating chains or ropes are attached to the underside of the counterweight.
25(3)Perforated guards, if provided, shall reject a ball one inch in diameter.
CAR CLEARANCES OVERHEAD
26(1)A clearance of at least two feet between the crosshead, or from the top of the car if there is no crosshead, and the bottom of any part of the hoistway or elevator machinery vertically above it shall be provided:
(a) on a traction elevator when the counterweight has fully compressed the counterweight buffer;
(b) on a winding-drum elevator when the car has been stopped by the top final terminal stopping device; or
(c) on a hydraulic plunger elevator equipped with a ring or similar device when the plunger is in its fully extended position.
26(2)The clearance required by subsection (1) may be omitted where a manually-operated disconnecting switch, conveniently located on top of the car, will prevent operation of the elevator by any person not on top of the car.
COUNTERWEIGHT CLEARANCES OVERHEAD
27Every elevator shall have a clearance between the top of the counterweight and the bottom of any part of the hoistway, or elevator machinery, vertically above it, when the car is stopped at the lowest point to which it can safely travel.
DISCONNECTING SWITCH
28(1)Every elevator shall have an externally operated, fused, multipole disconnecting switch for the conductors supplying current to it and such switch shall be properly designated.
28(2)Subject to subsection (3), the disconnecting switch shall be readily available and visible from the elevator machine or motor generator set and provision shall be made to lock the switch in its open position.
28(3)If structural conditions prevent the disconnecting switch from being visible from the elevator machine or motor generator set, a supplementary disconnecting means shall be provided.
PASSAGE UNDER HOISTWAY
29There shall be no passageway or habitable space under an elevator hoistway or pit unless the Chief Inspector is satisfied that provision has been made to prevent injury to a person in the passageway or habitable space through normal or abnormal operation of the elevator car or its counterweight.
HOISTWAY DOORS AND GATES FOR PASSENGER ELEVATORS
30(1)Every hoistway opening of a passenger elevator shall be guarded by a door extending from the door sill to the top of the opening.
30(2)The minimum headroom clearance of a hoistway opening shall be six feet six inches unless structural conditions prevent such clearance.
30(3)Every hoistway door or gate for a passenger elevator shall be solid or have openings which reject a ball one inch in diameter.
31The distance between the hoistway side of a landing door or gate and the hoistway edge of the landing sill shall be
(a) six inches or less if the passenger elevator can only be operated from the car, or
(b) four inches or less if the passenger elevator can be operated from the car and a landing.
32Every hoistway door or gate for a passenger elevator shall be provided with an interlocking device which shall prevent
(a) the car from moving away from the landing until the hoistway door or gate is closed and locked, and
(b) the hoistway door or gate from being opened from the landing side unless the car is in the landing zone.
LANDING SILLS FOR PASSENGER AND FREIGHT ELEVATORS
33(1)Every landing sill for an elevator shall be maintained to prevent a person tripping or slipping thereon.
33(2)Every landing sill shall be plainly visible and illuminated to an intensity of five or more foot candles.
HOISTWAY DOORS AND GATES FOR FREIGHT ELEVATORS
34(1)Every hoistway opening of a freight elevator shall be guarded by a wood or metal door or gate.
34(2)The distance between the hoistway side of a door or gate and the hoistway edge of the landing sill shall be
(a) six inches or less if the freight elevator can only be operated from the car, or
(b) four inches or less if the freight elevator can be operated from the car and a landing.
35No person shall install a landing door or gate unless it is vertically sliding, except at a landing where insufficient headroom or a structural condition makes the installation or use of such door or gate impracticable in which case the Chief Inspector may permit:
(a) a one-piece horizontally swinging or sliding door or gate;
(b) a vertical collapsible gate;
(c) a horizontal collapsible gate; or
(d) double-swing doors.
36(1)A landing gate in the closed position shall extend downwardly from a height of not less than sixty-six inches to the landing sill.
36(2)The minimum headroom clearance of an open hoistway gate or hoistway door shall be six feet six inches unless structural conditions prevent such clearance.
37An opening in a landing door or gate shall reject a ball two inches in diameter except that
(a) a collapsible gate may have openings which reject a ball 4 ½″ in diameter, and
(b) a landing door or gate may have a hand-rope opening which is not more than five inches wide by thirty-six inches high, with its bottom approximately thirty inches above the landing floor.
38Every hoistway landing door for an elevator which can be operated from outside the hoistway shall be provided with a vision panel of clear wired glass, not over six inches wide and eighty square inches in area unless the hoistway door automatically opens when the car is at the landing.
39A landing door or gate shall withstand a force of seventy-five pounds applied perpendicularly to it at any point, without causing permanent damage to the door or its mechanism.
40Every hoistway landing door or gate for a freight elevator shall be provided with an interlocking device which shall prevent
(a) the car from moving until the door or gate is closed, and
(b) the door or gate from being opened from the landing side unless the car is within the landing zone.
GUIDES
41Every guide rail shall be rigidly fixed and supported in proper alignment to safely withstand the loads likely to be imposed upon it by a car or counterweight.
COUNTERWEIGHTS
42Every counterweight of an elevator shall have guide rails made of metal or wood.
CAR ENCLOSURES FOR PASSENGER ELEVATORS
43(1)The sides of a passenger elevator car shall be enclosed with solid or perforated materials to a height of six feet above the car floor, except at an entrance opening, provided that
(a) any part of the car side that is within four inches of a counterweight runway shall be solid,
(b) subject to paragraph (c), any opening in the sides shall reject a ball two inches in diameter, and
(c) any opening in any side installed after March 6, 1973 shall reject a ball ½″ in diameter.
43(2)The car enclosure shall be made of metal, wood or other suitable material capable of safely withstanding any load to which it may likely be subjected.
44(1)Subject to subsection (2), every passenger elevator car shall have an unperforated top.
44(2)An unperforated and removable panel for emergency exit may be installed in the top.
45(1)The entrance to a passenger elevator car shall have a door or gate extending the full width of the entrance opening and to a height of at least six feet.
45(2)A car door or gate shall provide a minimum headroom clearance of six feet six inches unless structural conditions prevent such clearance.
45(3)Any opening in a closed entrance door or gate less than six feet above the car floor shall reject a ball two inches in diameter, except that
(a) a collapsible gate may have openings which reject a ball 3 ½″ in diameter, and
(b) every other type of door or gate installed after March 6, 1973 shall be solid or have openings which reject a ball ½″ in diameter.
46Every car door or gate of a passenger elevator shall be equipped with a door or gate electric contact to prevent operation of the car unless the door or gate is either fully closed or within two inches of being fully closed.
CAR ENCLOSURES FOR FREIGHT ELEVATORS
47(1)The sides of a freight elevator car shall be enclosed with solid or perforated materials to a height of six feet above the car floor, except at an entrance opening, provided that
(a) any part of the car side that is within four inches of a counterweight runway shall be solid,
(b) subject to paragraph (c), any opening in the sides shall reject a ball two inches in diameter, and
(c) any opening in any side installed after March 6, 1973 shall reject a ball ½″ in diameter.
47(2)The car enclosure shall be made of metal, wood or other suitable material capable of safely withstanding any load to which it may likely be subjected.
48(1)Every car for a freight elevator, except when its travel does not exceed fifteen feet, shall be fully covered by a substantial top which shall be securely fastened, except a portion adjacent to a car entrance which may be hinged.
48(2)Every car top for a freight elevator shall be either solid or perforated and if perforated, the openings shall reject a ball one inch in diameter.
48(3)Every car top shall be capable of safely supporting a concentrated load of one hundred and fifty pounds.
49(1)A door or gate shall be provided at each entrance to the car, where practicable, or the entire hoistway facing the car entrances shall be sheathed with a substantial, smooth material, including proper toe guards where required, to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector and the maximum clearance between the car platform and the hoistway shall be 1 ½″.
49(2)A car door or gate shall guard the entire width of the entrance opening to a height of at least five feet six inches above the car floor and any opening in a closed gate shall be as specified in section 37.
49(3)A car door or gate shall provide a minimum headroom clearance of six feet six inches unless structural conditions prevent such clearance.
49(4)A car door or gate shall have a door or gate electric contact.
50Equipment prohibited inside cars shall be as specified in the Code.
91-126
CAR SAFETIES AND GOVERNORS
51Every elevator, except a plunger hydraulic elevator, shall have a car safety.
52(1)Every passenger elevator, except a plunger hydraulic elevator, shall have a car safety actuated by an overspeed governor.
52(2)Overspeed governors shall be set to trip at the speeds indicated in the following table:
 
Rated
Speed
Maximum
Trip Speed
Maximum Speed at
Which Governor Switch Operates
0 - 150(x)
185
185*
150
210
210*
175
250
250*
200
280
280*
225
308
277
250
337
303
300
395
355
350
452
407
400
510
459
450
568
512
500
625
563
600
740
703
* Governor Overspeed Switch Not Required
(x) When used with type A safeties
53When the governor rope of an elevator shows any sign of becoming unsafe for use, it shall be replaced by a new rope equal in size, material and construction.
MACHINES
54(1)No friction gearing or clutch mechanism shall be used to connect the drum or sheave of an elevator to the main driving gear.
54(2)Every power elevator, except a hydraulic elevator, shall be equipped with an electric brake which, when applied, shall be capable of stopping and supporting the car and its maximum capacity.
HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS
55(1)Every hydraulic elevator shall have a device which will prevent a car from moving away from the landing due to leakage of liquid or gas under pressure in the machine, unless every hoistway door is arranged to close automatically if the car leaves a landing.
55(2)Every cylinder of a hydraulic elevator shall be provided with the means to vent air or other gas.
55(3)Every pump connected to a pressure tank of a hydraulic elevator shall be equipped with a relief valve which is capable of safely passing the full discharge of the pump and installed so that it cannot be made inoperative and the discharge from the relief valve shall be into a discharge tank or the intake of the pump.
55(4)Every pump of a hydraulic elevator shall be equipped with a device to automatically cut off the motive power to the pump at a safe maximum pressure unless the pump is equipped with a relief valve fulfilling the requirements of subsection (3).
55(5)A pressure gauge fitting, identified as reading line pressure, shall be provided on the pressure side of the system in close proximity to the pumping unit.
56Every tank of a hydraulic elevator shall be provided with means for checking the oil level.
57Every tank of a hydraulic elevator not subject to a pressure above atmospheric pressure in normal operation shall have an open vent pipe without a valve therein and the pipe shall discharge into a safe location.
TERMINAL STOPPING AND OTHER SAFETY DEVICES
58(1)Every electric elevator shall be equipped with:
(a) an electric brake;
(b) a reverse phase and phase failure relay on drum machines;
(c) a potential switch;
(d) an electric slack rope switch on drum machines;
(e) a stop motion switch on drum machines;
(f) a v-belt drive or directly driven machine; and
(g) motor overload protective devices.
58(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), every electric hydraulic elevator shall have a potential switch and motor overload protection.
58(3)Every elevator shall have normal terminal stopping devices which will stop the car at its top and bottom landings.
58(4)A hand rope type of control may be used if the devices in subsection (1) are installed and
(a) any opening in the entrance gates, hoistway or car enclosures for the operation of the hand rope is not larger than five inches wide by thirty-six inches high, with the bottom approximately thirty inches above the floor, and
(b) a person is not required to reach across or through any part of the car enclosure to operate the hand rope from outside the hoistway.
59(1)Every elevator shall have a final terminal stopping device to prevent the car from over-running its safe limits of travel.
59(2)A final terminal stopping device of an electric elevator
(a) operated by a hand rope or similar device shall prevent such operating device from causing the car or counterweight to continue in the same direction as when the final terminal stopping device was engaged, or
(b) not operated by a hand rope or similar device shall prevent the operating device from causing the car or the counterweight to move in either direction.
59(3)The operation of the final terminal stopping device of an elevator shall cause the brake on the machine to automatically apply.
59(4)The normal and final terminal stopping device shall not control the same controller switches unless two or more separate and independent switches are provided, two of which shall be closed to complete the driving machine motor and brake circuit in either direction of travel.
59(5)Where a two or three phase alternating current driving machine motor is used, these switches shall be of the multipole type.
59(6)The control circuit shall be so designed and installed that a single ground or short circuit may prevent either, but shall not prevent both, the normal and final stopping devices from stopping the car.
59(7)An elevator provided with a winding-drum machine shall be provided with a final stopping device, a stop motion switch, which shall
(a) automatically open the main current supply circuit to the elevator motor, and
(b) automatically apply the electric brake.
60Every winding-drum elevator having a poly-phase motor shall be provided with a device which prevents the motor from operating when
(a) the phase rotation is in the wrong direction, or
(b) there is failure in any phase.
61Every elevator motor shall be so protected that when there is excessive current due to single-phase operation from a mechanical cause, the current to the motor is cut off before the windings are damaged.
62No elevator having a winding-drum machine shall have a terminal limit device driven by a chain, rope or belt from the machine.
63Every elevator having a winding-drum machine shall be provided with a device to cut off the power to the machine and automatically apply the brake, regardless of the position of the car in the hoistway, when any hoisting rope becomes slack or breaks and the power shall remain cut off until the device is manually reset.
64Every hydraulic elevator shall be so constructed that the elevator car will be prevented from over-running its safe limits of travel independently of the operating device.
OPERATING DEVICE
65(1)If an operating device of an electric elevator has a handle, the handle shall automatically return to the “stop” position when the hand of the operator is removed from the handle.
65(2)No elevator shall have an operating device requiring a hand rope, cable or rod, if the rated speed of the elevator exceeds one hundred feet per minute.
ROPES
66Every elevator car, except that of a plunger hydraulic elevator, and every counterweight shall be hoisted by steel or iron wire rope or ropes without any covering, except where the hazard of excessive corrosion or any other hazard exists, in which case the Chief Inspector may permit the use of a wire rope covered with marlin or other material.
67(1)The inspection of ropes is determined by the number of broken wires in a Rope Lay or the loss of rope diameter.
67(2)A Rope Lay is one complete turn of a rope strand around the rope core.
67(3)In rope length a Rope Lay is approximately 3 ¼″ for ½″ rope, 3 ⅝″ for 9/16″ rope, 4 1/16″ for ⅝″ rope, 4 ½″ for 11/16″ rope, and 4 ⅞″ for ¾″ rope.
67(4)Hoisting and counterweight ropes shall be replaced when conditions are equal to or in excess of those given in the following tables:
 
DISTRIBUTED BREAKS IN A ROPE LAY
Drum Machines
Traction Machines
(6 × 19)
12 breaks any rope
24 breaks
(6 × 21)
 ropes
(6 × 25)
(8 × 19)
32 breaks 
(8 × 21)
 ropes
(8 × 25)
 
UNEQUAL OR BROKEN WIRE IN ONE OR TWO STRANDS IN A ROPE LAY
Drum Machines
Traction Machines
(6 × 19)
8 breaks any rope
8 breaks
(6 × 21)
 ropes
(6 × 25)
(8 × 19)
10 breaks
(8 × 21)
 ropes
(8 × 25)
 
LOSS OF ROPE DIAMETER
Size of Rope
Loss of Diameter
1/2″
1/32″
9/16″
1/32″
5/8″
3/64″
11/16″
3/64″
3/4″
3/64″
1″
1/16″
CORROSION (RUST, RED DUST, ROUGE)
For corrosion, replace ropes when broken wires exceed fifty per-cent of the above values.
68The factor of safety to be used when determining the maximum safe capacity of a wire rope shall be equal to, or greater than, that provided in the Code.
91-126; 2005-7
69A rope, chain or belt for an elevator car, counterweight or governor shall not be spliced.
70(1)When either the car or the counterweight rope of an elevator having a winding-drum machine is extended to the extreme limits of travel, one or more turns of such rope shall remain on the drum.
70(2)Where a rope is fastened inside a winding-drum, the rope shall pass around the drum shaft before being fastened or be fastened to a clevice passing around the shaft if the drum revolves in a direction opposite to the shaft.
71Every hoisting rope for a car or counterweight shall be securely and individually fastened at each end by babbitt-filled sockets or by
(a) two clips for ropes not over ⅜″ in diameter,
(b) three clips for ropes over ⅜″ but not over ⅝″ in diameter, and
(c) four clips for ropes over ⅝″ in diameter.
72(1)Every person who installs a hoisting rope, counterweight rope or governor rope shall provide a metal or plastic tag legibly showing the date of installation, the grade of material, diameter, breaking strength and notice if the rope is “preformed”.
72(2)The tag shall be attached to the rope at the car crosshead, counterweight or governor, as the case may be.
SIGNALS
73Every automatic operation passenger elevator car shall have a push-button or a telephone to electrically transmit or a mechanical gong to sound a clearly audible emergency signal to a person outside the hoistway.
CAPACITY AND DATA PLATES
74Every elevator shall be provided with capacity and data plates as required by the Code.
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ILLUMINATION
75(1)A permanent lighting fixture shall be provided in all pits which shall provide an illumination of not less than five foot candles at the pit floor.
75(2)Every elevator car shall be provided with illumination conforming to the Code.
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IV
EXISTING INSTALLATIONS OF ELECTRIC DUMBWAITERS
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
SCOPE
76This Part applies to existing installations of electric dumbwaiters.
77(1)Every hoistway of a dumbwaiter shall be fully enclosed, except at the landing openings, with an unperforated material.
77(2)Openwork enclosures may be used above the six foot level on the sides not used for loading and unloading, provided that any opening in the openwork enclosure rejects a ball one inch in diameter, but any part of the enclosure within four inches of the counterweight runway shall be solid.
77(3)Openwork enclosures may be constructed of
(a) steel wire grille or expanded metal which shall be at least No. 13 U.S. wire gauge, or
(b) wood slats which shall be mounted vertically and at least one inch thick.
77(4)The height of a landing opening shall not exceed the height from the car floor to the underside of the car crosshead and the width of a landing opening shall not exceed the width of a car opening adjacent to that landing opening.
HOISTWAY DOORS AND GATES
78(1)Every hoistway opening of a dumbwaiter shall be guarded by a wood or metal door or gate extending from the sill to the top of the opening.
78(2)No person shall install a hoistway door or gate unless it is vertically sliding.
78(3)Every hoistway door or gate shall be solid or have openings which reject a ball two inches in diameter.
78(4)No person shall install a hoistway door unless it is provided with a vision panel of clear wired glass, except where “Car Here” lights or other similar devices are installed.
79Every hoistway door or gate of a dumbwaiter shall be provided with an interlocking device which shall prevent it from moving until such door or gate is closed and prevent such door or gate from being opened unless the dumbwaiter is at a landing.
GUIDES
80Every guide rail shall be rigidly fixed and supported in proper alignment to safely withstand the loads likely to be imposed upon it by a car or counterweight.
CAR ENCLOSURES
81(1)Every dumbwaiter car shall be fully enclosed on the side or sides adjacent to landing openings.
81(2)Every dumbwaiter car shall have a fixed top.
81(3)The car enclosure shall be made of metal, wood or other suitable material capable of safely withstanding any load to which it may likely be subjected.
PASSAGE UNDER HOISTWAY
82There shall be no passageway or habitable space under a hoistway or pit unless the Chief Inspector is satisfied that provision has been made to prevent injury to a person in the passageway or habitable space.
MACHINE ROOMS AND SUPPORTS
83Safe and convenient access to a machine room and overhead machines shall be provided by a stair with handrails or by a fixed ladder not located in the hoistway.
84(1)Every machine room and machinery space shall be enclosed so that unauthorized persons cannot have access thereto.
84(2)Every machine room and machinery space shall be enclosed and guarded from adjacent portions of the hoistway.
85Every machine room and machinery space shall be lighted artificially to a minimum intensity of ten foot candles.
86(1)All dumbwaiter machinery shall be supported so as not to endanger the safety of persons adjacent to the dumbwaiter and to prevent any part of the dumbwaiter from becoming displaced.
86(2)The factors of safety, safe working stresses and allowable deflections of overhead beams and their supports to be used when computing the maximum capacity of the dumbwaiter shall be to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector.
BRAKES
87Every dumbwaiter shall have an electric brake which shall
(a) stop and support the car with its load, and
(b) automatically apply when the power is cut off.
SLACK ROPE DEVICE
88Every dumbwaiter having a winding-drum machine or other positive method of hoisting shall have a slack rope device.
CONTROL AND OPERATING DEVICES
89Every dumbwaiter shall have a terminal stopping device to automatically stop the car at its terminal landings.
90The operating device of a dumbwaiter shall be located so that it may be operated safely.
91Every dumbwaiter shall have an externally operated, fused, multipole disconnecting switch readily available and visible from the machine.
ROPES
92The rope or other means of hoisting the car or the counterweight shall:
(a) safely withstand the loads likely to be imposed upon it;
(b) have a factor of safety equal to or greater than that shown in Table 7.2.6.4 of the Code;
(c) not be spliced; and
(d) be securely and individually fastened at each end by babbit-filled sockets, clamps or shackle-pins.
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CAPACITY AND DATA PLATES
93Every dumbwaiter shall be provided with a capacity plate as required by the Code.
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V
EXISTING INSTALLATIONS OF HAND POWER ELEVATORS
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
SCOPE
94(1)This Part applies to existing installations of hand power elevators.
94(2)Hand power elevators shall be used for freight only and no person shall be allowed to ride on them.
CONSTRUCTION OF HOISTWAYS AND HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES
95(1)Every elevator hoistway shall be fully enclosed, except at the landing openings, with an unperforated material.
95(2)Openwork enclosures may be used above the six foot level, provided that any opening in the openwork enclosure rejects a ball one inch in diameter, but any part of the enclosure within four inches of the counterweight runway shall be solid.
95(3)Openwork enclosures may be constructed of
(a) steel wire grille or expanded metal which shall be at least No. 13 U.S. wire gauge, or
(b) wood slats which shall be mounted vertically and at least one inch thick.
95(4)The entire hoistway facing the car entrance shall be sheathed with a substantial smooth material, including proper toe guards where required, to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector.
MACHINE ROOMS AND SUPPORTS
96Elevator machines may be located inside the hoistway enclosure at the top or bottom without intervening enclosures or platforms.
97A permanent, unobstructed safe and convenient means of access to machine rooms and machinery space shall be provided from outside the hoistway.
98(1)Permanent electric lighting shall be provided in all machine rooms and machinery spaces.
98(2)The light control switch shall be located within easy reach of the access to machine rooms or machinery spaces.
99All elevator machinery shall be supported so as not to endanger the safety of persons in or adjacent to the elevator and to prevent any part of the elevator from becoming displaced.
PITS
100A suitable pit shall be provided to prevent the car from bottoming.
CAR TOP OVERTRAVEL
101A substantial coil spring car buffer shall be installed at the top of the hoistway and so located to prevent the bottom edge of the car platform from travelling more than eight inches above the top landing when the buffer is fully compressed.
HABITABLE SPACE UNDER HOISTWAYS
102There shall be no habitable space below the elevator or counterweight unless the floor is supported to withstand any impact caused by the car with rated load or counterweight dropping freely onto the floor.
PROTECTION OF HOISTWAY LANDING OPENINGS
103(1)All elevator hoistway landing openings shall be provided with hoistway doors or gates.
103(2)The distance between the hoistway side of a door or gate and the hoistway edge of the landing sill shall be not more than four inches.
103(3)Every hoistway landing door shall guard the full height and width of the opening and shall be one of the following types:
(a) self-closing horizontally sliding or swinging;
(b) manually operated vertically sliding counterweighted, single or double section; or
(c) manually operated vertically sliding bi-parting counter-balanced.
103(4)Every hoistway landing gate shall guard the full width of the opening and, when in the closed position, shall extend downwardly from a height of not less than five feet six inches to the landing sill unless lack of headroom at the bottom landing opening makes such protection impracticable, in which case a gate may extend downwardly to a point not higher than eighteen inches above the landing sill.
103(5)The headroom clearance of a landing entrance opening shall be the same as the inside car clear height.
103(6)Any opening in a hoistway landing gate shall reject a ball two inches in diameter.
103(7)Every hoistway landing door shall be provided with a vision panel of clear wired glass, not over six inches wide and eighty square inches in area.
103(8)A hoistway landing door or gate shall be built to withstand a force of seventy-five pounds applied perpendicularly to it at any point, without permanently deforming it or leaving its guides.
104(1)Every hoistway landing door or gate shall be provided with a locking device actuated by the car which will prevent the door or gate from opening, unless the car is at that particular landing.
104(2)Hoistway landing doors shall be provided with a device which will close them automatically when released.
104(3)Hoistway landing gates shall be provided with a device which will close the gates automatically when the car leaves the landing.
CAR CONSTRUCTION
105(1)Cars shall be fully enclosed on the sides not used for entrances to a height of at least six feet with a material capable of rejecting a ball two inches in diameter.
105(2)Every car shall have a top capable of rejecting a ball one inch in diameter.
105(3)The deflection of the enclosures shall not be more than ¼″ when subjected to a force of one hundred and seventy-five pounds applied perpendicularly to the enclosure at any point.
105(4)The car enclosure shall be secured to the car platform or frame in such a manner that it cannot work loose or become displaced in ordinary service.
105(5)A door or gate is not required on the car.
CAPACITY AND NOTICE PLATES
106(1)A capacity plate indicating the rated load shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the elevator car and at each landing entrance.
106(2)A notice plate shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the elevator car and at every landing entrance and shall bear the following information in letters not less than ½″ high:
FOR FREIGHT ONLY
NO PERSON SHALL RIDE ON ELEVATOR
GUIDE RAILS
107Every elevator shall have at least two guide rails for the car and they shall:
(a) extend at least six inches beyond the maximum possible travel of the car;
(b) be securely fastened by through bolts or lag screws to their continuous support for their full length; and
(c) have smooth and even joints.
COUNTERWEIGHTS
108(1)Sections of counterweights, whether carried in frames or not, shall be secured by at least two tie rods passing through holes in the sections or by an arrangement approved by the Chief Inspector.
108(2)The counterweight tie rods shall have lock nuts at each end, secured by cotter pins.
DRIVING MACHINE BRAKES
109(1)Driving machines shall be equipped with a hand brake or an automatic brake operating in either direction of motion of the elevator and capable of stopping and holding the car with its rated load.
109(2)When the brake has been applied, it shall remain locked in the “ON” position until released by the operator.
SUSPENSION MEANS
110The hoisting ropes shall be fastened to the car crosshead and counterweight by babbitting or by a proper equalizing arrangement using suitable thimbles and at least three or more clips with the “U” of the clip bearing on the dead end of the rope.
OPERATING AND BRAKE ROPES
111(1)The operating hand rope and brake rope shall be located outside the hoistway.
111(2)The operating rope shall be of soft hemp at least ⅝″ in diameter and securely fastened at each end and shall be in proper vertical alignment to prevent bending or cutting where it passes through an opening in a floor.
POWER ATTACHMENTS NOT PERMITTED
112Elevators shall not be equipped with any means or attachment for applying electric or other power unless the elevator is permanently and completely converted into an electric elevator complying with all requirements for electric elevators.
LIGHTING
113Adequate lighting shall be provided at each landing entrance.
HOISTWAY CLEARANCES
114(1)The minimum clearance between the side of the car and the hoistway enclosure shall be one inch.
114(2)The clearance between the car platform and the landing sill shall be not less than ½″ and not more than 1 ½″.
VI
EXISTING INSTALLATIONS OF HAND POWER DUMBWAITERS
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
SCOPE
115This Part applies to existing installations of hand power dumbwaiters.
CONSTRUCTION OF HOISTWAYS AND HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES
116(1)Every hoistway of a dumbwaiter shall be fully enclosed, except at the landing openings, with an unperforated material.
116(2)Openwork enclosures may be used above the six foot level, provided that any opening in the openwork enclosure rejects a ball one inch in diameter, but any part of the enclosure within four inches of the counterweight runway shall be solid.
116(3)Openwork enclosures may be constructed of
(a) steel wire grille or expanded metal which shall be at least No. 13 U.S. wire gauge, or
(b) wood slats which shall be mounted vertically and at least one inch thick.
116(4)The entire hoistway facing the car entrance shall be sheathed with a substantial smooth material, including proper toe guards where required, to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector.
MACHINE ROOMS AND SUPPORTS
117(1)Dumbwaiter machines may be located inside the hoistway enclosure at the top or bottom without intervening enclosures or platforms.
117(2)All dumbwaiter machinery shall be supported so as not to endanger the safety of persons adjacent to the dumbwaiter and to prevent any part of the dumbwaiter from becoming displaced.
118(1)Permanent electric lighting shall be provided in all machine rooms and machinery spaces.
118(2)The light control switch shall be located within easy reach of the access to machine rooms or machinery spaces.
PITS
119Pits are not required for dumbwaiters.
HABITABLE SPACE UNDER HOISTWAY
120There shall be no habitable space below the dumbwaiter or counterweight unless the floor is supported to withstand any impact caused by the car with rated load or counterweight dropping freely onto the floor.
PROTECTION OF HOISTWAY LANDING OPENINGS
121(1)All dumbwaiter hoistway landing openings shall be provided with hoistway doors which shall guard the full height and width of the landings and shall be one of the following types:
(a) manually operated vertically sliding counterweighted, single or double section; or
(b) horizontal swing doors equipped with automatic door closers.
121(2)Every hoistway landing entrance shall have conspicuously displayed on the landing side of each door in letters, not less than two inches high, the following:
DANGER - DUMBWAITER - KEEP CLOSED
122Hoistway doors shall be provided with spring type latches to hold them in the closed position.
CONSTRUCTION OF CARS
123(1)Cars shall be enclosed, except at the entrances, with an unperforated material.
123(2)Doors or gates are not required at the car entrances.
123(3)A capacity plate indicating the rated load shall be posted in a conspicuous place inside the car and at each landing entrance.
DRIVING MACHINE BRAKES
124(1)Driving machines shall be equipped with a hand brake or an automatic brake which will sustain the car with its rated load.
124(2)When the brake is applied, it shall remain locked in the “ON” position until released by the operator.
SUSPENSION MEANS
125(1)Dumbwaiters having a rated load of more than seventy-five pounds shall be suspended by steel wire ropes having a factor of safety of not less than 4 ½.
125(2)Dumbwaiters having a rated load of seventy-five pounds or less may be suspended by manila or braided cotton rope having a factor of safety of not less than six.
POWER ATTACHMENTS NOT PERMITTED
126Dumbwaiters shall not be equipped with any means or attachments for applying electric or other power unless the dumbwaiter is permanently and completely converted into an electric dumbwaiter complying with all requirements for electric dumbwaiters.
LIGHTING
127Adequate lighting shall be provided at each landing entrance.
HOISTWAY CLEARANCES
128(1)The minimum clearance between the side of the car and the hoistway enclosure shall be one inch.
128(2)The clearance between the car platform and the loading sill shall be not less than ½″ and not more than 1 ½″.
VII
CHAIN OR ROPE HOIST ELEVATORS
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
SCOPE
129(1)This Part applies to chain or rope hoist elevators.
129(2)Chain or rope hoist elevators shall be used for freight only and no person shall be allowed to ride on the elevator car.
CONSTRUCTION OF HOISTWAYS AND HOISTWAY ENCLOSURES
130(1)Every hoistway of an elevator shall be fully enclosed, except at the landing openings, with an unperforated material.
130(2)Openwork enclosures may be used above the six foot level, provided that any opening in the openwork enclosure rejects a ball one inch in diameter, but any part of the enclosure within four inches of the counterweight runway shall be solid.
130(3)Openwork enclosures may be constructed of
(a) steel wire grille or expanded metal which shall be at least No. 13 U.S. wire gauge, or
(b) wood slats which shall be mounted vertically and at least one inch thick.
130(4)The entire hoistway facing the car entrances shall be sheathed with a substantial smooth material, including proper toe guards where required, to the satisfaction of the Chief Inspector.
MACHINE ROOMS AND SUPPORTS
131Elevator machines may be located inside the hoistway enclosure at the top without intervening enclosures or platforms.
132(1)Permanent electric lighting shall be provided in all machine rooms and machinery spaces.
132(2)The light control switch shall be located within easy reach of the access to machine rooms or machinery spaces.
133All elevator machinery shall be supported so as not to endanger the safety of persons in or adjacent to the elevator and to prevent any part of the elevator from becoming displaced.
PITS
134A suitable pit shall be provided to keep the car from bottoming.
HABITABLE SPACE UNDER HOISTWAYS
135There shall be no habitable space below the elevator or counterweight unless the floor is supported to withstand any impact caused by the car with rated load or counterweight dropping freely onto the floor.
PROTECTION OF HOISTWAY LANDING OPENINGS
136(1)All elevator hoistway landing openings shall be provided with hoistway doors or gates.
136(2)The distance between the hoistway side of a door or gate and the hoistway edge of the landing sill shall be not more than four inches.
136(3)Every hoistway landing door shall guard the full height and width of the openings and shall be one of the following types:
(a) self-closing horizontally sliding or swinging, single or double section;
(b) manually operated vertically sliding counterweighted, single or double section; or
(c) manually operated vertically sliding bi-parting counter-balanced.
136(4)Every hoistway landing gate shall guard the full width of the opening and when in the closed position shall extend downwardly from a height of not less than five feet six inches to the landing sill.
136(5)The headroom clearance of a landing entrance opening shall be the same as the inside clear car height.
136(6)Any opening in a hoistway landing gate shall reject a ball two inches in diameter.
136(7)Every hoistway landing door shall be provided with a vision panel of clear wired glass, not over six inches wide and eighty square inches in area.
136(8)A hoistway landing door or gate shall be built to withstand a force of seventy-five pounds applied perpendicularly to it at any point without permanently deforming it or leaving its guides.
137Every freight elevator hoistway landing door or gate shall be provided with an interlocking device which shall prevent the car from moving until such door or gate is closed and which shall prevent such door or gate from being opened from the landing side unless the car is within the landing zone.
CAR CONSTRUCTION
138(1)Cars shall be fully enclosed on the sides not used for entrances.
138(2)Every car shall have a solid or perforated top and if a perforated material is used, it shall reject a ball one inch in diameter.
138(3)The deflection of the enclosures shall not be more than ¼″ when subjected to a force of seventy-five pounds applied perpendicularly to the enclosure at any point.
138(4)The car enclosure shall be secured to the car platform or frame in such a manner that it cannot work loose or become displaced in ordinary service.
138(5)A door or gate is not required on the car.
CAPACITY AND NOTICE PLATES
139(1)A capacity plate indicating the rated load shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the elevator car and at each landing entrance.
139(2)A notice plate shall be fastened in a conspicuous place in the elevator car and at every landing entrance and shall bear the following information in letters not less than ½″ high:
FOR FREIGHT ONLY
NO PERSON SHALL RIDE ON ELEVATOR
GUIDE RAILS
140Every elevator shall have at least two guide rails for the car and they shall:
(a) extend at least six inches beyond the maximum possible travel of the car;
(b) be securely fastened by through bolts or lag screws to their continuous support for their full length; and
(c) have smooth and even joints.
COUNTERWEIGHTS
141(1)Sections of counterweights, whether carried in frames or not, shall be secured by at least two tie rods passing through holes in the sections or by an arrangement approved by the Chief Inspector.
141(2)The counterweight tie rods shall have lock nuts at each end, secured by cotter pins.
CONTROL
142(1)Driving machines shall be controlled by push button or, subject to the approval of the Chief Inspector, a hand rope.
142(2)Machines that are controlled by a hand rope shall have such an arrangement that the rope shall return to the neutral position and shut off the electrical power to the machine when released.
142(3)Hand control ropes shall be located outside the hoistway and shall be inaccessible from inside the car.
SUSPENSION MEANS
143(1)Suspension means shall consist of not less than two wire ropes or one roller chain.
143(2)Hooks on the ends of the chains or rope shall be provided with a device which will prevent the hook from accidentally slipping off its connection on the car crosshead and overhead connection.
LIGHTING
144(1)Adequate lighting shall be provided at each landing entrance.
144(2)A proper light with switch shall be provided inside every car.
HOISTWAY CLEARANCES
145(1)The minimum clearance between the side of the car and the hoistway enclosure shall be one inch.
145(2)The clearance between the car platform and the landing sill shall be not less than ½″ and not more than 1 ½″.
NORMAL TERMINAL STOPPING SWITCHES
146(1)Upper and lower normal terminal stopping switches shall be provided and arranged to slow down and stop the car automatically at or near the top and bottom terminal landings, with any load up to and including rated load in the car and from any speed attained in normal operation.
146(2)Normal terminal stopping switches shall:
(a) be located on the car or in the hoistway; and
(b) be operated by the movement of the car.
146(3)All lifting chains or ropes shall be provided with mechanical stops to actuate the final limit switch on the machine.
MAIN LINE DISCONNECTING MEANS
147A main line fused disconnect switch shall be provided and installed outside the hoistway in the proximity of the hoisting machine.
VIII
NEW INSTALLATIONS, ALTERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
Repealed: 2014-147
96-31, 2009-41; 2014-147.
148No person shall commence a new installation or an alteration of an elevating device unless
(a) the drawings and specifications thereof have been approved by the Chief Inspector, and
(b) that person has been issued an installation permit by the Chief Inspector.
96-31
149The drawings and specifications and the specification forms supplied by the Department shall be submitted in triplicate and shall furnish full information as to the size, composition and arrangement of the proposed new installation or the specifications of the alteration.
96-31
150Repealed: 96-31
96-31
151The drawings submitted for approval shall:
(a) be clear prints, other than photostats;
(b) be prepared in conformity with good drafting practices; and
(c) have on their face or endorsed on them, a statement, signed in waterproof ink by the person submitting them, that the drawings are identical with all other corresponding drawings submitted with them.
152The top sheet of each set of drawings shall set forth the following details:
(a) the name and address of the owner of the building or premises where the new installation or the alteration of the elevating device is to be made;
(b) such information as will enable an inspector to conveniently locate that building or premises;
(c) the name and address of the contractor, if known at the time;
(d) the name, address and qualifications of the person by whom the drawings were prepared;
(e) indication as to whether passengers or freight or both are to be lifted or lowered; and
(f) the maximum capacity of the elevating device.
96-31
153The specifications submitted that are not embodied on drawings shall bear on the first page thereof a statement, signed in ink by the person submitting them, that all sets of specifications submitted at the same time are identical.
154The drawings shall have the information prescribed in the Code.
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155All drawings and specifications submitted to the Department shall be stamped and endorsed by a registered professional engineer.
155.1If the proposed new installation or alteration complies with this Regulation
(a) the drawings and specifications thereof shall be stamped “Registered” by the Chief Inspector and one set shall be returned to the person who submitted them, and
(b) the Chief Inspector may, subject to section 155.2 and on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to that person an installation permit.
96-31
155.2(1)The Chief Inspector may only issue an installation permit to the holder of a valid elevator contractor licence class A, B or C issued or renewed under this Regulation.
155.2(2)The Chief Inspector may defer issuing an installation permit to a person who has failed to comply with an order made by an inspector under the Act or this Regulation until the person has complied with the order.
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155.3The person to whom an installation permit is issued shall display the installation permit in a conspicuous location at the installation site.
96-31
155.31In section 155.4, “Type B material lift” means a Type B material lift under CSA Standard ASME A17.1-2010/CSA-B44-10, entitled Safety Code for Elevators.
2005-7; 2008-11; 2011-69
155.4(1)Subject to subsection (2) and (3), no person shall undertake to install, alter, maintain or repair elevating devices unless the person is the holder of a valid elevator contractor licence class A.
155.4(2)No person shall undertake to install, alter, maintain or repair dumbwaiters, lifts for persons with physical disabilities, freight platform lifts or Type A or B material lifts unless the person is the holder of a valid elevator contractor licence class A or B.
155.4(3)No person shall undertake to install, alter, maintain or repair construction hoists unless the person is the holder of a valid elevator contractor licence class A or C.
155.4(4)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no person shall install, alter, maintain or repair elevating devices unless the person is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic licence class A.
155.4(5)No person shall install, alter, maintain or repair dumbwaiters, lifts for persons with physical disabilities, freight platform lifts or Type A or B material lifts unless the person is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic licence class A or B.
155.4(6)No person shall install, alter, maintain or repair construction hoists unless the person is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic licence class A or C.
96-31; 2005-7; 2009-41
155.41(1)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue an elevator contractor licence class A to a person or to the employer of a person who is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic licence class A.
155.41(2)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue an elevator contractor licence class B to a person or to the employer of a person who is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic licence class B.
155.41(3)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue an elevator contractor licence class C to a person or to the employer of a person who is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic licence class C.
155.41(4)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue an elevator mechanic licence class A to a person
(a) who is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic’s card issued by an institution recognized by the Chief Inspector, or
(b) who has at least 8,000 hours experience in the installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of elevating devices, excluding construction hoists, lifts for persons with physical disabilities, limited use/limited application elevators, Type A or B material lifts, freight platform lifts and dumbwaiters, and successfully completes a competency test provided by the Chief Inspector.
155.41(5)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue an elevator mechanic licence class B to a person
(a) who is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic’s card issued by an institution recognized by the Chief Inspector, or
(b) who has at least 4,000 hours experience in the installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of dumbwaiters, lifts for persons with physical disabilities or Type A or B material lifts and successfully completes a competency test provided by the Chief Inspector.
155.41(6)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue an elevator mechanic licence class C to a person
(a) who is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic’s card issued by an institution recognized by the Chief Inspector, or
(b) who has at least 4,000 hours experience in the installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of construction hoists and successfully completes a competency test provided by the Chief Inspector.
2009-41
155.5(1)An elevator contractor licence class A, B or C is valid for one year from the date of its issuance or renewal.
155.5(2)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, renew an elevator contractor licence class A, B or C.
155.5(3)A person applying for an elevator contractor licence class A, B or C, or the renewal of such a licence, shall complete an application form provided for that purpose by the Chief Inspector and shall forward the application form together with the prescribed fee to the Chief Inspector.
155.5(4)An elevator mechanic licence class A, B or C is valid for one year from the date of its issuance or renewal.
155.5(5)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, renew an elevator mechanic licence class A, B or C.
155.5(6)A person applying for an elevator mechanic licence class A, B or C, or for the renewal of that licence, shall complete an application form provided for that purpose by the Chief Inspector and shall forward the application form together with the prescribed fee to the Chief Inspector.
96-31; 2009-41
155.6(1)The fee for the issuance of an elevator contractor licence class A, B or C is $400.
155.6(2)The fee for the renewal of an elevator contractor licence class A, B or C is $400.
155.6(3)The fee for the issuance and renewal of an elevator mechanic licence class A, B or C is $40.
96-31; 2003-69; 2009-41; 2011-20
155.7(1)The Chief Inspector may suspend or revoke an elevator contractor licence, elevator mechanic licence or industrial site elevator mechanic licence if, in the opinion of the Chief Inspector, the holder of the licence
(a) has obtained his or her licence through misrepresentation or fraud,
(b) is incompetent or grossly negligent in the discharge of his or her duties,
(c) has performed or engaged in an activity that is not authorized by his or her licence, or
(d) has violated or failed to comply with any provision of this Regulation.
155.7(2)In addition to the reasons set out in subsection (1), the Chief Inspector may suspend or revoke an elevator contractor licence if
(a) the holder of the elevator contractor licence is also the holder of a valid elevator mechanic licence of the same class as the elevator contractor licence and the Chief Inspector suspends or revokes the elevator mechanic licence, or
(b) the holder of the elevator contractor licence no longer employs a person who is the holder of a valid elevator mechanic licence of the same class as the elevator contractor licence.
2009-41
155.8(1)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue an industrial site elevator mechanic licence to a person
(a) who, immediately before the commencement of this section, maintained elevating devices that
(i) are located at an industrial site, and
(ii) are not available to the public,
(b) who has experience in and understands
(i) the operational and safety functions of all the components of the elevating devices maintained by the industrial site elevator mechanic, and
(ii) the safety hazards that the industrial site elevator mechanic and any person who uses the elevating devices maintained by the industrial site elevator mechanic may be exposed to as a result of any maintenance procedure, and
(c) who is able to reasonably assess the compatibility of replacement components for the elevating devices maintained by the industrial site elevator mechanic.
155.8(2)An industrial site elevator mechanic licence is valid for one year from the date of its issuance or renewal.
155.8(3)The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the prescribed fee, renew an industrial site elevator mechanic licence.
155.8(4)A person applying for an industrial site elevator mechanic licence, or for the renewal of that licence, shall complete an application form provided for that purpose by the Chief Inspector and shall forward the application form together with the prescribed fee to the Chief Inspector.
155.8(5)The fee for the issuance and renewal of an industrial site elevator mechanic licence is $40.
2009-41
IX
FEES FOR ELEVATING DEVICES
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
156(1)The fee for the issuance of an operating permit for an elevating device is $100 per hour, or any part of an hour, required to perform an initial inspection of the elevating device, with a minimum charge of $100.
156(2)The fee for the renewal of an operating permit
(a) for an elevator
(i) servicing more than ten floors is $400;
(ii) servicing ten floors or less is $300;
(b) for a dumbwaiter is $210;
(c) for an escalator is $400;
(d) for a manlift is $300;
(e) for a material lift is $300;
(f) for a chair or gondola lift is $900;
(g) for a T-Bar, J-Bar or platter pull is $400;
(h) for a rope tow is $300;
(i) for a construction hoist is $100 per hour, or any part of an hour, required to perform an inspection of the construction hoist, with a minimum charge of $100;
(j) for a lift for persons with physical disabilities is $165.
156(3)The fee for the inspection of an elevating device, where the inspection is not related to the issuance or renewal of an operating permit for the elevating device, is $100 per hour or any part of an hour, with a minimum charge of $100.
156(4)The fee for the issuance of an installation permit
(a) for an elevator is $300;
(b) for a dumbwaiter is $300;
(c) for an escalator is $300;
(d) for a manlift is $300;
(e) for a material lift $300;
(f) for a chair or gondola lift is $500;
(g) for a T-Bar, J-Bar or platter pull is $300;
(h) for a rope tow is $300;
(i) for a construction hoist is $300;
(j) for a lift for persons with physical disabilities is $300.
88-61; 89-25; 93-118; 96-3; 96-31; 97-14; 98-25; 2003-69; 2005-7
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Repealed: 96-31
96-31
CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION FOR ELEVATING DEVICES
Repealed: 96-31
96-31
157Repealed: 96-31
96-31
XI
AMUSEMENT DEVICES
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
158In this Part
“amusement park” means a tract of land used as a temporary or permanent location for amusement devices and includes any place where amusement devices are installed or are in operation;(parc d’attractions)
“owner” means any person, syndicate, association, corporation or club operating, conducting or managing an amusement device or amusement park.(propriétaire)
159This Part applies to any amusement device except
(a) a coin operated children’s amusement device that is on a nonmoving base and which is designed to accommodate one child, or
(b) an amusement device not operated for profit or reward.
160Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Part, the standards governing the design, manufacture, construction, testing, assembling and erection, dismantling, inspection, operation, alteration and maintenance of amusement devices shall be those set forth in CSA Standard CAN/CSA-Z267-00, entitled Safety Code for Amusement Rides and Devices.
2005-7
161(1)Each year an amusement device shall be
(a) registered with the Department, and
(b) inspected by an inspector,
before the commencement of the season for the operation of that device.
161(2)Each year the owner of an amusement device shall file a schedule of set-up with the Department before the commencement of the season for the operation of that device.
162(1)At the time of the registration of the amusement device, an installation number data plate for the amusement device shall be issued.
162(2)The owner shall affix the plate referred to in subsection (1) to the amusement device in a conspicuous location acceptable to the inspector.
163(1)Upon being satisfied that an amusement device
(a) has been registered,
(b) has been inspected, and
(c) complies with the standards prescribed by the Act and this Part,
the Chief Inspector may issue a Certificate of Inspection in Form 50-1845, published by the Queen’s Printer, to the owner of the amusement device.
163(2)A Certificate of Inspection shall designate the amusement device for which it is issued and the maximum capacity and speed thereof.
163(3)A Certificate of Inspection shall not be issued until the prescribed fee for registration has been paid by the owner of the amusement device.
163(4)A Certificate of Inspection shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of the year of issuance unless
(a) sooner suspended or revoked, or
(b) otherwise expressly indicated on the Certificate.
163(5)A Certificate of Inspection shall be posted by the owner of the amusement device in a conspicuous location acceptable to the inspector.
163(6)Where the Certificate of Inspection of an amusement device is suspended or revoked, the Chief Inspector may cause such things to be done as he considers necessary to ensure that it will not be operated contrary to the Act or this Part.
164No owner of an amusement device shall cause or permit the device to be operated unless he is the holder of a valid Certificate of Inspection.
165No owner of an amusement device shall cause or permit the device to be operated unless he ensures that:
(a) all equipment, materials and safeguards used comply with the standards prescribed by the Act and this Part;
(b) all equipment, materials and safeguards used are maintained in good condition;
(c) the amusement device is operated by a competent person;
(d) the amusement device is maintained by a competent person;
(e) the amusement device is examined daily by a competent person; and
(f) a log book approved by an inspector is maintained.
166The owner of an amusement device shall ensure that the amusement device
(a) is properly assembled,
(b) is not defective, and
(c) is safe in all parts, components, controls and safety equipment.
notwithstanding that a Certificate of Inspection has been issued respecting the amusement device.
167(1)Where
(a) an amusement device is taken out of operation due to a broken weld, structural or mechanical failure, or
(b) an accident occurs in connection with the operation of an amusement device that causes injury to any person,
the owner of the amusement device shall give notice with full particulars to the Chief Inspector within twenty-four hours of the occurrence.
167(2)No owner shall use or cause or permit the device referred to in subsection (1) to be used until the device is inspected.
168The Chief Inspector may suspend or revoke a Certificate of Inspection issued under this Part if he is satisfied on reasonable grounds that there is evidence of
(a) a violation of the Act or this Part, or
(b) failure to comply with a direction of an inspector.
169(1)Pursuant to his duties, an inspector may
(a) enter at any time upon the premises where an amusement device is being operated and inspect the device in order to ensure that the device and the operation of the device complies with the Act and this Part,
(b) question the owner of or an employee of the owner of an amusement device or any person operating an amusement device, and
(c) direct the adjustment of any amusement device or procedure which in his opinion is not in accord with the Act or this Part.
169(2)Where the inspector finds that an amusement device or any procedure does not comply with the Act or this Part, the inspector shall advise the owner immediately.
170The fee for the registration of an amusement device is $125.
88-61; 89-25; 93-118; 2003-69
171(1)In this section, “overtime” means time worked on a Saturday or holiday and any time worked after 5 p.m. of any day and before 8 a.m. of the following day.
171(2)Subject to subsection (4), the fee for an inspection done under section 167 is $100 per hour or any part of an hour, with a minimum charge of $100.
171(3)Subject to subsection (4), the fee for an inspection done under section 169 is $100 per hour or any part of an hour, with a minimum charge of $100.
171(4)The fees under subsections (2) and (3) are $150 per hour or any part of an hour for inspections done during overtime, with a minimum charge of $150.
88-61; 89-25; 95-150; 97-14; 98-25; 2003-69; 2011-20
XII
REPEAL
Repealed: 2014-147
2014-147.
172Regulation 73-29 under the Elevators and Lifts Act is repealed.
N.B. This Regulation is consolidated to August 18, 2014.