Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES › Building Code Council › State Elevator Code › Subtitle 8 - DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › 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
						  12229-3.1.
"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 eighthour
						  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.