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 12-229-7.1 - Inspections and tests

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department
						shall inspect to ensure compliance with chapter
						397, HRS, any activity related to the
						erection, construction, alteration, demolition, or maintenance of buildings,
						structure, bridges, highways, roadways, dams, tunnels, sewers, underground
						buildings or structures, underground pipelines or ducts, and other construction
						projects or facilities containing elevators or kindred equipment.
(b) Elevators and kindred equipment. The
						following shall apply to inspections and tests:
(1) All permit renewal inspections and
						witnessing of tests of elevators or kindred equipment as required under this
						chapter shall be performed by qualified inspectors employed by the
						department;
(2) Where notifications
						of discrepancies, recommendations, or requirements are made, these notations
						shall refer to the applicable code, rule, or standard;
(3) Elevator or kindred equipment regulated
						under this part shall be inspected and tested in accordance with the schedule
						in Exhibit C, titled "Inspection and Test Intervals (In Months)", dated January
						1, 2017, which is made a part of this chapter and located at the end of this
						chapter;
(A) Internal inspection of escalators
						and moving walks shall be performed at intervals of thirty-six
						months;
(B) Personnel hoists shall
						be load tested at intervals of three months;
(C) The category 3 test shall be performed on
						all holed and holeless hydraulic elevator systems. The interval may be extended
						at the discretion of the department for those hydraulic elevator installations
						such as holeless hydraulic elevators in which all components are readily
						accessible for visual inspection; and
(D) The period between inspections may be
						extended by the department for cause.
A written application by the owner must be received by
						  the department prior to the expiration date for review;
Any elevator or kindred equipment that is out of
						  service and not continuously maintained for a period exceeding one year or has
						  not been inspected in accordance with paragraph (3) shall be taken out of
						  service by the owner by complying with the following:
(A) Car and counterweight (if any) shall be
						landed at the bottom of the hoistway and hoisting ropes shall be disconnected
						at both ends. For hydraulic driven elevators and hydraulic driven kindred
						equipment, the car shall be lowered to the bottom of the hoistway, oil line
						disconnected with partial or total oil supply line removal, and oil removed
						from the tank reservoir;
(B) All
						electric power shall be removed by disconnected and removing the power feeders;
						and
(C) All hoistway entrances or
						escalator entrances and exits shall be permanently blocked or barricaded to
						prevent inadvertent entry. The owner or the owner's agent shall submit a
						certification that the unit has been properly taken out of service as indicated
						in this paragraph, on a form provided by the department. Prior to placing the
						elevator or kindred equipment back in service, the department shall be notified
						and an inspection made; and
(4) While conducting tests and inspections
						required by section
						12-229-5.1 for
						acceptance of new elevators for load testing of elevators, a positive means of
						communication, such as a walkie-talkie system, between the various testing and
						witnessing personnel shall be furnished by the elevator maintenance company
						performing the test or inspection.