Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS › Subtitle 8 - HAWAII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH DIVISION › Part 11 - ELEVATORS AND RELATED SYSTEMS › Chapter 229 - GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND LEGAL PROVISIONS › Section 12-229-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this part:
"Alteration" means any change to equipment, including
					 parts, components, or subsystems other than maintenance, repair, or
					 replacement.
"Amusement ride" means a mechanically or electrically
					 operated device designed to carry passengers in various modes and used for
					 entertainment and amusement.
"ANSI" means the American National Standards
					 Institute.
"ANSI/American Society of Safety Engineers A10.4" means
					 ANSI/ASSE, Personnel Hoists and Employee Elevators on Construction and
					 Demolition Sites, as adopted and incorporated by reference in section
					 12-229-3.1.
"Appeals board" means the labor and industrial relations
					 appeals board, department of labor and industrial relations.
"Approved" means approved by the department.
"Appurtenance" means a device installed on and used in the
					 normal operation of an elevator, escalator, or kindred equipment.
"ASME" means American Society of Mechanical
					 Engineers.
"ASME A17.1" means ASME A17.1, Safety Code for Elevators
					 and Escalators, as adopted and incorporated by reference in section
					 12-229-3.1.
"ASME A17.3" means ASME A17.3, Safety Code for Existing
					 Elevators and Escalators, as adopted and incorporated by reference in section
					 12-229-3.1.
"ASME A17.6" means ASME A17.6, Standard for Elevator
					 Suspension, Compensation and Governor Systems, as adopted and incorporated by
					 reference in section
					 12-229-3.1.
"ASME A18.1" means ASME A18.1, Safety Standard for Platform
					 Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, as adopted and incorporated by reference in
					 section
					 12-229-3.1.
"ASTM" means American Society for Testing and
					 Materials.
"ASTM-F24" means ASTM-F24 1997 standard on amusement rides
					 and devices.
"Attorney general" means the attorney general of the State
					 of Hawaii or any of the attorney general's deputies.
"Authority Having Jurisdiction" or "AHJ", means the
					 director of labor and industrial relations or the director's designee.
"Authorized inspection agency" means the department of
					 labor and industrial relations, elevator inspection section.
"Building code" means the currently adopted, applicable
					 county code in the revised ordinances of the applicable county, or the code
					 adopted by the State of Hawaii for state buildings.
"Certificate of competency" means a certificate issued to a
					 person who has passed the examination prescribed by the director.
"Contractor" means any person, firm, or corporation
					 installing, repairing, or servicing any amusement ride, elevator, or kindred
					 equipment or structure inspected pursuant to chapter
					 397, HRS.
"Department" means the department of labor and industrial
					 relations, State of Hawaii.
"Director" means the director of the department of labor
					 and industrial relations or the director's designee.
"Discrepancy" means the non-conformance to codes,
					 standards, rules, or regulations required by this part.
"Division" means the Hawaii occupational safety and health,
					 department of labor and industrial relations, State of Hawaii.
"Elevator" means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped
					 with a car that moves within guides and serves two or more fixed landings, and
					 is classified by elevator types as described in ASME A17.1, as adopted and
					 incorporated by reference in section
					 12-229-3.1.
"Elevators and related systems" means elevators and kindred
					 equipment and amusement rides.
"Existing installation" means any device or equipment where
					 the application for the installation was properly filed with the department
					 before the effective date of this chapter.
"HAW" means the registration number assigned to an elevator
					 and kindred equipment or amusement ride by the AHJ.
"Hawaii Revised Statutes" or "HRS" means laws enacted by
					 the Hawaii state legislature.
"IBC" means the International Building Code, as adopted and
					 incorporated by reference in section
					 12-229-3.1.
"Installation" means a complete elevator or kindred
					 equipment, including its hoistway, hoistway enclosures and related
					 construction, and all machinery and equipment necessary for its
					 operation.
"Installation or alteration permit" means a document, which
					 may be electronic, issued by the department authorizing the installation or
					 alteration of an elevator or kindred equipment, or the department approval of a
					 new amusement ride.
"Kindred equipment" means escalators, moving walks,
					 dumbwaiters, permanently installed material lifts, platform lifts, inclined
					 lifts, stage lifts, stairway chairlifts, personnel hoists, and any other
					 similar mechanized equipment used to convey people in places other than a
					 public right-of-way, but does not include amusement rides.
"May" means not mandatory.
"New installation" means any device or equipment that is
					 not an existing installation or an existing installation that is being
					 relocated.
"NFPA" means the National Fire Protection
					 Association.
"NFPA 1, UFC" means the NFPA 1, Uniform Fire Code, as
					 adopted and incorporated by reference in section
					 12-229-3.1.
"NFPA 70" means NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, as
					 adopted and incorporated by reference in section
					 12-229-3.1.
"Operating permit" means a permit issued by the department
					 authorizing the operation of an elevator, kindred equipment, or amusement
					 ride.
"Order" means a command to perform a mandatory act issued
					 by the department.
"Overtime" means hours outside a regular eight-hour working
					 day.
"Owner" means any person, firm, or corporation with legal
					 title to any amusement ride, and elevator and kindred equipment inspected
					 pursuant to chapter
					 397, HRS.
"Permit to operate" means a document, which may be
					 electronic, issued by the department authorizing the operation of an elevator,
					 kindred equipment, or an amusement ride.
"Qualified elevator inspector" means an elevator inspector
					 employed by the department holding a valid certificate of competency issued by
					 the department and a Qualified Elevator Inspector certification that meets the
					 criteria of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the standards for
					 the qualification of elevator inspectors of the American National Standards
					 Institute. The certificate of competency is valid only while the inspector is
					 employed by the department.
"Regular operating permit" means an operating permit that
					 is not indicated as temporary.
"Shall" means mandatory.
"Unsafe" means potential exposure to a recognized
					 hazard.
"Violation" means the failure to comply with any citation,
					 notice, or order of the department, or rule or standard promulgated under
					 chapter
					 397, HRS.