California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 6 - Elevator Safety Orders › Group IV - Conveyance Installations for Which the Installation Contract Was Signed on or After May 1, 2008 › Article 41 - Conveyances Covered by ASME A17.1-2004 › Section 3141.7 - General Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Conveyances shall comply with the
						following general requirements:
(1) Hoistway
						door unlocking devices described in ASME A17.1-2004, section
						2.12.6, are prohibited on all
						conveyances;
(2) Emergency doors in
						blind hoistways as described in ASME A17.1-2004, section
						2.11.1.2, and access panels as
						described in ASME A17.1-2004, section
						2.11.1.4, are prohibited;
(3) All electrical equipment and wiring shall
						comply with CCR, Title 24, Part 3, California Electrical Code in effect at the
						time of installation;
(A) The light switch
						shall be located inside the machine room on the strike side of the machine room
						door;
(B) The light switch shall be
						located adjacent to the elevator pit access door within 18 inches to 36 inches
						above the access landing when access to the elevator pit is through the lowest
						landing door;
(C) Fire detecting
						systems for hoistways and the necessary wiring may be installed in hoistways,
						provided that the system is arranged to be serviced and repaired from outside
						the hoistway;
(4) The
						dimension specified as 4 inches by ASME A17.1-2004, section
						2.1.6.2, shall be 2 inches. The
						maximum permissible distance for freight elevators that are not equipped with
						horizontal swinging doors and that are not accessible to the general public is
						6 inches instead of 6.5 inches as specified by ASME A17.1-2004, section
						2.14.4.5.1(d);
(5) Door locking devices, oil buffers, car
						and counterweight safety devices, speed governors, and plunger engaging safety
						devices (plunger gripper) shall be approved by the Division based on the
						criteria contained in ASME A17.1-2004, sections
						2.12,
						2.17,
						2.18,
						2.22.4, and
						3.17.3; and Group II, sections
						3105(b),
						3106(b),
						3108(f), and
						3110(a);
(6) An audible signaling device complying
						with ASME A17.1-2004, section
						2.27.1.2, shall be provided on all
						conveyances regardless of the existence of an emergency stop switch;
(7) The car shall be capable of moving only
						one floor to re-establish absolute car position upon resumption of power
						(normal, emergency, or standby), instead of the unspecified number of floors
						allowed by ASME A17.1-2004, section
						2.27.3.4.
(8) Counterweight guards addressed in ASME
						A17.1-2004, section
						2.3.2.2(e), if
						perforated, shall reject a ½ inch ball;
(9) The speed governor and safety marking
						plates shall contain the manufacturer's model number;
(10) A reduced diameter governor rope of
						equivalent construction and material to that required by ASME A17.1-2004 is
						permissible if the factor of safety as related to the strength necessary to
						activate the safety is 5 or greater;
(11) Scissor type collapsible gates are
						prohibited;
(12) The guarding of
						counterweights in a multiple-elevator hoistway shall comply with Group II,
						section 3013(c)(1);
(13) Water removal systems used to address
						the accumulation of water in pits shall comply with Group III, section
						3120.6(c) and
						section 3120.6(d);
(14) Elevators in jails and penal
						institutions are exempt from the requirements related to the installation of
						fire fighters' emergency operation where the recall of elevators will interfere
						with security;
(15) Guarding of
						exposed equipment shall comply with Group II, section
						3014;
(16) Partitions not less than 6 feet (1.83 m)
						high from the pit floor shall be provided between the pits of adjacent
						hoistways;
(A) If openings are provided in the
						partition, they shall reject a 2-inch ball;
(B) The partitions may be omitted if the
						clearance between the underside of the car sling when resting on a fully
						compressed buffer and the bottom of the pit is not less than 7 ft. (2.13
						m);
(17) Looped pull
						straps are prohibited; and
(18)
						Access switches described in ASME A17.1-2004, section
						2.12.7, are required regardless of
						the rated speed and shall be installed in the hoistway entrance frame or within
						12 inches of the entrance frame and not less than 36 inches (914 mm) nor more
						than 78 inches (1.98 m) above floor level.