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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.030 - General certificate of fitness

Current through May 31, 2024
A certificate of fitness authorizes the holder to use
				  explosives in connection with activities described in
				  AS
				  08.52.020, if the use of the explosives is
				  not otherwise prohibited by law. A certificate of fitness, effective for three
				  years after the date of issue, will be issued by the department if the
				  applicant
(1) passes an examination
				provided by the department;
(2) has
				at least six months of documented, hands-on experience in this state as a chuck
				tender, driller, or helper of a holder of a certificate of fitness;
(3) is not afflicted with a mental or
				physical disability that could affect the applicant's safe handling and use of
				explosives;
(4) pays a $150
				fee;
(5) is not under indictment
				for, and has not been convicted of, a crime as described in
				18 U.S.C.
				842(i)(1);
(6) is not under indictment for, and has not
				been convicted of, any of the following crimes:
(A) a misdemeanor, including an attempted
				misdemeanor, under AS 11.41 (Offenses Against the Person), or an offense under
				a law or ordinance of another jurisdiction having elements similar to that
				offense;
(B) a misdemeanor,
				including an attempted misdemeanor, under AS 11.46 (Offenses Against Property),
				or an offense under a law or ordinance of another jurisdiction having elements
				similar to that offense;
(C) a
				misdemeanor involving domestic violence; in this subparagraph, "misdemeanor
				involving domestic violence" means a misdemeanor within the meaning of "crime
				involving domestic violence" in
				AS
				18.66.990; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.035 - Duplicate certificate of fitness

Current through May 31, 2024
Upon losing a certificate of fitness identification card, the
				  holder shall immediately notify the mechanical inspection section of the
				  department. The cardholder may apply for a duplicate certificate of fitness by
				  paying a $25 fee and providing a government-issued identification card
				  containing the individual's photograph.
Authority:
AS
					 08.52.010
AS 08.52.020
AS 08.52.030
AS 08.52.040
AS
					 08.52.050
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.050 - Examinations

Current through May 31, 2024
If an applicant fails to pass the examination, another
				  examination will be given at the request of the applicant, if at least 30 days
				  have elapsed from the date of the first examination. Only two examinations will
				  be given in a six-month period.
Authority:
AS
					 08.52.010
AS
					 08.52.040
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.055 - Renewal of certificate of fitness

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A certificate
				of fitness is effective for three years after the date of issue, and may be
				renewed without reexamination if the certificate holder
(1) submits an updated application on a form
				prescribed by the department within 30 calendar days after the expiration date
				of the certificate;
(2) pays a $150
				fee; and
(3) provides proof of
				having completed, within 18 months before application for renewal,
(A) the 32-hour initial training course
				required under
				8 AAC 62.059; or
(B) the eight-hour refresher course required
				under 8 AAC 62.059.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.056 - Renewal of a lapsed certificate of fitness

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a
				certificate of fitness is not renewed on or before its expiration date as
				established under
				AS
				08.52.060, the certificate of fitness
				lapses.
(b) If a certificate of
				fitness is lapsed no more than 12 months, the holder may apply for renewal
				under 8 AAC 62.055. An applicant for
				renewal under this subsection must meet the requirements of
				8 AAC 62.055. The applicant is not required to pass an
				examination.
(c) If a certificate
				of fitness is lapsed more than 12 months and less than five years, the holder
				may apply for renewal under
				8 AAC 62.055. In addition to meeting the requirements of
				8 AAC 62.055, an applicant for renewal under this
				subsection must re-take and pass the examination required under
				8 AAC 62.030(1).
(d) A certificate of fitness may not be
				renewed if it has been lapsed for five years or more.
Authority:
AS
					 08.52.010
AS 08.52.030
AS 08.52.040
AS
					 08.52.060
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.059 - Training requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For an applicant for a certificate of
				fitness to satisfy the training course requirement in
				8 AAC 62.020, or for an applicant for renewal of a
				certificate to meet the refresher course requirement in
				8 AAC 62.055, the applicant must document that the
				course provides at least
(1) 32 hours of
				instruction in the subject areas listed in (b) of this section, if the course
				is an initial training course;
(2)
				eight hours of instruction in the subject areas listed in (b) of this section,
				if the course is a refresher course.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.060 - Revocation of certificate of fitness

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will, in its discretion, revoke a certificate of fitness for cause. The
				director will hold a hearing to take testimony and will consider the testimony
				before a decision is made whether to revoke the certificate.
(b) When the department revokes a
				certificate, the certificate holder will be
(1) promptly notified in writing of the
				reason for the revocation; and
(2)
				advised in writing of the right to appeal the revocation action to the
				commissioner.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.065 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A revocation under
				8 AAC 62.060 or a refusal by the department to renew a
				certificate under
				8 AAC 62.055 is final unless the person affected files
				an appeal with the commissioner within 30 calendar days after receipt of the
				notice of refusal or revocation. The appeal must be in writing and must include
(1) a specification of objections to the
				department's findings, and a concise summary of facts in support of each
				objection; and
(2) a description of
				the relief which is sought.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 62 - Explosives Handlers › 8 AAC 62.070 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  8 AAC 62.010 -
				  8 AAC 62.065
(1) "cause" means
(A) providing false information on the
				application furnished by the applicant or certificate holder to the
				department;
(B) evidence of
				improper handling, transportation, use, or storage of explosives by the
				applicant or certificate holder;
(C) a mental or physical disability that,
				even with reasonable accommodation, would interfere with the applicant or
				certificate holder's safe handling of explosives;
(D) the applicant's or certificate holder's
				indictment for or conviction of a crime as described in
				18 U.S.C.
				842(i)(1) or
				8 AAC 62.030(a) (6);
(E) prohibition of the applicant or
				certificate holder from transporting, possessing, storing, or manufacturing
				explosives under 18 U.S.C.
				842(i)(2) - (7);
				or
(F) other conduct considered by
				the department to show the applicant not to be competent to hold a certificate
				of fitness as set out in
				8 AAC 62.020(a);
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 63 - Plumbing Code › 8 AAC 63.010 - Minimum plumbing standards

Current through May 31, 2024
The codes set out in this section are adopted in accordance
				  with AS
				  18.60.705 as the minimum plumbing standards
				  to be followed throughout the state. The Department of Labor and Workforce
				  Development adopts the following codes by reference that are published by the
				  International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (lAPMO):
(1)
Uniform Plumbing Code.
2018 edition, sections 101.0-103.2, 103.3.1 -103.4, 105.0 - 105.2.2, and 105.3
				- 106.6 of chapter 1, chapters 2 - 10, chapter 11 excluding the requirements of
				section 1101.5, chapters 12 - 17, and appendices A - L, with the following
				revisions:
(A) Section 1210.2.3 (prohibited
				locations), of the
Uniform Plumbing Code
is amended by adding
				section 1210.2.3.1 to read: "1210.2.3.1. Liquefied petroleum gas piping may not
				serve any gas fired appliance located in a pit or basement where heavier than
				air gas might collect to form a flammable mixture.";
(B) Section 612.2 (types of systems) of the
Uniform Plumbing Code
is revised to read: "This section shall
				apply to multipurpose wet-pipe sprinkler systems that do not include the use of
				antifreeze. A multipurpose tire sprinkler system shall provide potable water to
				both fire sprinklers and plumbing fixtures. A stand-alone sprinkler system
				shall be separate and independent from the potable water distribution system
				and must have a backflow preventer to separate it from the potable water
				distribution system. Stand-alone sprinkler systems are not subject to the
				remaining provisions of this section.";
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 63 - Plumbing Code › 8 AAC 63.020 - Permits

Current through May 31, 2024
Permits will be issued on a fee basis in accordance with the
				  schedule outlined in
				  AS
				  18.60.720.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.710
AS
					 18.60.720
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 63 - Plumbing Code › 8 AAC 63.025 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A notice issued under
				AS
				18.60.725 for a violation of
				AS
				18.60.705 - 18.60.790 or of this chapter is
				final unless the person affected or the owner or contractor of a construction
				premise affected files an appeal with the commissioner within 30 days after
				receipt of the notice. The appeal must be in writing and must include
(1) a specification of objections to the
				department's findings, and a concise summary of facts in support of each
				objection; and
(2) a description of
				the relief sought.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.010 - Scope and effect

Current through May 31, 2024
8 AAC 70.010 -
				  8 AAC 70.090 apply to all installations of new
				  electrical wiring and alterations to existing electrical wiring in all "public
				  structures," as defined in
				  8 AAC 70.090, and any place of
				  employment.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.580
AS 18.60.590
AS 18.60.600
AS 18.60.640
AS
					 18.60.660
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.020 - Minimum standards (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
AS 18.60.580 adopts the 1981
					 edition of National Electrical Code and the latest published edition of the
					 National Electrical Safety Code. Copies of the National Electrical Code are
					 available through the National Fire Protection Association, 470 Atlantic
					 Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Copies of the National Electrical Safety
					 Code are available through the Institute of Electric and Electronics
					 Engineering, 345 East 47th Street, New York, New York
					 10017.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.025 - Minimum electrical standards

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The 2020
				Edition of
NEFA 70
, National Electrical Code, issued by the
				National Fire Protection Association on August 5, 2019, and approved by the
				American National Standards Institute on August 25, 2019, constitutes the
				minimum electrical code for the state and is adopted by reference.
(b) The 2017 Edition of the National
				Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C2-2017), approved by the American National
				Standards Institute on April 26, 2016, constitutes the minimum electrical
				safety standards of the state and is adopted by reference.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.580
AS
					 18.60.600
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.035 - Electrical maintenance

Current through May 31, 2024
For purposes of
				  AS
				  18.60.640(a), new
				  installations and alterations to existing installations do not include
				  electrical maintenance. For purposes of this section,
(1) the replacement or repair of electrical
				utilization equipment or devices with equipment or devices having the same
				electrical and mechanical characteristics constitutes electrical maintenance,
				if the replacement equipment or devices do not
(A) need alteration or adaptation to be
				installed; or
(B) change the
				electrical load of the affected circuit; and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.040 - Authorization

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An application for authorization to
				perform an inspection under
				AS
				18.60.610 must contain the name of the
				inspector to be authorized, the inspector's working experience and certificate
				of fitness number, and evidence that the inspector is employed by a
				corporation, electric utility firm, public utility district, rural
				electrification association, or municipal utility district furnishing
				electrical current. This information must be submitted to the department on the
				employer's letterhead stationery.
(b) If the applicant meets the requirements
				of this section and
				AS
				18.60.610, the department will appoint the
				applicant as a deputy electrical inspector.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.600
AS
					 18.60.610
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.060 - Inspections

Current through May 31, 2024
Inspections conducted under
				  AS
				  18.60.610 must be reported to the department
				  within 15 days after the date of inspection. The report must contain the
(1) name of the entity employing the
				inspector;
(2) name of the
				inspector;
(3) type of
				inspection;
(4) name of the owner
				of the premises;
(5) name of the
				installer of electrical wiring;
(6)
				address of the premises;
(7) type
				of premises;
(8) code violations
				observed; and
(9) fee charged for
				the inspection.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.600
AS
					 18.60.610
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.070 - Inspection fees

Current through May 31, 2024
A person, corporation, electric utility firm, rural
				  electrification association, public utility district or municipal utility
				  district that performs an inspection provided for by
				  8 AAC 70.020 -
				  8 AAC 70.040, may charge a fee not to exceed $50 per
				  inspection or reinspection.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.600
AS
					 18.60.620
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.075 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A notice issued under
				AS
				18.60.630 for a violation of
				AS
				18.60.580 -
				AS
				18.60.695 or this chapter, based upon a
				department inspection under
				AS
				18.60.600(a)(2), is final
				unless a person affected, or the owner or contractor of the premises inspected,
				files an appeal with the commissioner within 30 days after receipt of the
				notice. The appeal must be in writing and must include
(1) a specification of objections to the
				department's findings, and a concise summary of facts in support of each
				objection; and
(2) a description of
				the relief sought.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.080 - Computation of time

Current through May 31, 2024
Sundays and holidays recognized by the State of Alaska are
				  excluded from the computation of time a notice is mailed. If notice is mailed,
				  the day of mailing and the day of receipt are not included in the computation
				  of time.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.600
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.085 - Sale or transfer of consumer electrical products

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In order to
				qualify as an approved third-party certification program, it must be conducted
				by a third-party testing/inspection body that meets the requirements of ANSI
				Z34.1 - 1987,
American National Standards for Certification -
				Third-Party Certification Program
, published by the American National
				Standards Institute.
(b) Consumer
				electrical products manufactured before August 14, 1990 that are not listed by
				an approved third-party certification program must bear a bright mustard-yellow
				one and one-half inch by one inch label illustrated below that states the
				following:
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(c) A
				person who sells, offers to sell, or otherwise transfers a consumer electrical
				product manufactured before August 14, 1990 shall obtain warning labels from
				the mechanical inspection section in the Anchorage office of the Department of
				Labor and Workforce Development. The request must identify the following
				information about the product to be labeled:
(1) date of manufacture, or if the date of
				manufacture is not known, a copy of the invoice must be submitted showing date
				of purchase;
(2) model or catalog
				number;
(3) product name;
(4) location where the product will be
				displayed or offered for sale or transfer; and
(5) name and address of the person
				responsible for the proper application of the label to the product and for the
				return of all unused or damaged labels to the department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.086 - Exemptions to third-party certification

Current through May 31, 2024
The following products are exempt from the requirements of
				  AS
				  45.45.910:
(1) a work of art reviewed by the department
				and determined to be within the definition of
				8 AAC 70.090(10); or
(2) a consumer electrical product that has
				been determined by the department to be an unusual application design for which
				no standard of manufacture exists and, in the opinion of the department, does
				not present an undue hazard to life or property.
Authority:
AS
					 45.45.910
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 70 - Electrical Safety Code › 8 AAC 70.090 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In
				  8 AAC 70.010 -
				  8 AAC 70.090
(1) "department" means the Department of
				Labor and Workforce Development;
(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				labor and Workforce Development and his authorized designee;
(3) "electrical wiring" means the entire
				electrical system, including all conducting and shielding material, all
				regulatory and safety apparatus, and all devices used in the process of
				installation;
(4) "public
				structure" means buildings such as hotels, resident housing with more than one
				rental unit, restaurants, taverns, lodging houses, children's homes,
				auditoriums, town halls, or any structure designed or used for public assembly,
				whether publicly or privately financed;
(5) repealed 5/19/84;
(6) "alteration" means an addition to an
				existing structure where the total cost of the new construction is $2,000 or
				more;
(7) "electrical product"
				means any electrical equipment, appliance, material, device, or apparatus to
				convey or to be operated by electrical current;
(8) "third-party testing/inspection body"
				means an organization that possesses the necessary technical competence and
				that is not operated or controlled by a manufacturer, supplier, or buyer of a
				certified product or service in that it has no organizational, financial, or
				commercial involvements with the producer or buyer that might pose a potential
				conflict of interest; and
(9) "work
				of art" means any electrical components or circuitry intended to be energized
				as a function of the artistic medium that is not addressed in the
National Electrical Code;
"work of art" does not include any
				electrical components or circuitry whose primary purpose is to provide any part
				of the mechanical or electrical power or lighting system of a building or other
				structure and its adjacent property.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney
					 made technical revisions under
					 AS
					 44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
					 the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and
					 Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title
					 change of the commissioner of labor.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.600
AS
					 45.45.910
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 75 - Building Safety Regulations › 8 AAC 75.010 - Prefabricated beams

Current through May 31, 2024
The installation of a prefabricated beam with studs
				  protruding from the top flange of such beam is prohibited.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.020
AS
					 18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 75 - Building Safety Regulations › 8 AAC 75.020 - Traffic surface

Current through May 31, 2024
The traffic surface of a beam which is rendered hazardous by
				  the installation of studs after the beam is installed shall be made safe by the
				  erection of a wooden deck over the studs. The wooden deck shall be secured to
				  the beam in such a manner as to overlap the beam by no less than two inches on
				  both sides of the beam.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 75 - Building Safety Regulations › 8 AAC 75.030 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In secs. 10 and 20 of this chapter
(1) "beam" means a structural steel
				member;
(2) "stud" means all
				protruding metal attachments to include but not limited to "Nelson Studs,"
				spirals and shear connectors applied to structural steel members;
(3) "traffic surface" means that portion of
				the beam which workmen use as a walkway.
Authority:
AS
					 18.60.020
AS
					 18.60.075
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 2 - Inspection, Registration, and Certificate of Operation › 8 AAC 77.026 - Registration requirements for authorized elevator inspector

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Before a
				  person may perform an inspection of an elevator, the person must be authorized
				  by the department under this section by meeting the registration requirements
				  of this section.
(b) An applicant
				  for an initial registration under this section shall submit a
(1) completed application of a form provided
				  by the department;
(2) copy of both
				  sides of the applicant's valid ASME QEI-1 elevator inspector certification
				  card, in good standing; and
(3)
				  resume or curriculum vitae reflecting that the applicant has a minimum of one
				  year QEI-1 elevator inspector acceptance inspection experience for the type of
				  equipment to be inspected.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 2 - Inspection, Registration, and Certificate of Operation › 8 AAC 77.028 - Standards for authorized elevator inspector

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An authorized
				  elevator inspector must meet the following reporting requirements:
(1) an authorized elevator inspector shall
				  conduct all inspections in accordance with the currently adopted edition of
				  ASME A17.1,
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
; A18.1,
Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
or
				  the adopted portions of A17.3
Safety Code for Existing Elevators and
				  Escalators Code
;
(2) any
				  violation of code shall be cited in the inspection report along with the
				  applicable code, section, and rule;
(3) no later than seven working days after
				  completing an inspection, the authorized elevator inspection shall complete
				  inspection report on a form provided by the department, including a description
				  of tests conducted and the results; the report must also include the following
				  information in addition to all identified code violations and hazards:
(A) address, legal description, and location
				  of the device;
(B) the device owner
				  and invoice address;
(C) date of
				  inspection;
(D) Alaska Device
				  Number;
(E) kind of device, such as
				  elevator or escalator;
(F) type of
				  device, such as hydro or electric;
(G) size capacity by weight limits;
(H) manufacturer name;
(I) date of manufacture and
				  installation;
(J) speed and number
				  of stops;
(K) number of
				  passengers;
(L) applicable code
				  year for installation;
(M)
				  applicable code year for inspection (modernization/alteration);
(N) name and contact information for the
				  device owner or individual on behalf of the device owner who received an
				  inspection report;
(4)
				  all inspection reports and any related correspondence must reference the
				  equipment's device number;
(5) an
				  authorized elevator inspector shall clearly note on the inspection report any
				  equipment found to be an imminent or present danger, and shall report this
				  status immediately by submitting a copy of the inspection report or other
				  written notice to the building owner and to the department; the written notices
				  shall be followed by the completed inspection report as required in (3) of this
				  subsection;
(6) an authorized
				  elevator inspector shall note on the inspection report whether or not the
				  equipment is approved for use, the type of use, the certificate of operation
				  expiration date, and any violation abatement date in accordance with
				  8 AAC 77.105.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 2 - Inspection, Registration, and Certificate of Operation › 8 AAC 77.030 - Registration

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will register and maintain
				  a permanent record of all elevators inspected by an authorized elevator
				  inspector.
(b) Each elevator
				  inspected by an authorized elevator inspector will be assigned a serial number
				  and a tag or plate containing that number to be permanently affixed to the
				  elevator machine controller.
(c)
				  Repealed 12/17/99.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.800
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 2 - Inspection, Registration, and Certificate of Operation › 8 AAC 77.035 - Certificate of operation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If, after
				  inspection, the department finds an elevator to be in substantial compliance
				  with the safety code set out in
				  AS
				  18.60.800 and
				  8 AAC 77.005, the department will issue a regular
				  certificate of operation that is valid for two years.
(b) A temporary certificate of operation
				  valid for not more than sixty days will be issued by the department for
				  elevators not in substantial compliance with safety codes described in (a) of
				  this section but which pose no more than a remote danger during the term of the
				  certificate and for which the owner has developed a written plan for
				  substantial compliance acceptable to the department. This plan must be received
				  within fifteen days of the date of the inspection resulting in the temporary
				  certificate of operation. The department will reinspect this device before the
				  issuance of a regular certificate of operation. The department will consider
				  the reinspection to be a special inspection.
(c) A temporary certificate of operation will
				  be reissued, any number of times, if the department is satisfied the owner is
				  making reasonable progress in implementing the written plan.
(d) If an elevator is operated without a
				  valid certificate of operation, the department will order the owner to stop
				  operation of the elevator.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.800
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 2 - Inspection, Registration, and Certificate of Operation › 8 AAC 77.040 - Display of certificate of operation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Elevators that
				  carry or could carry persons must display a certificate of operation in a
				  conspicuous place in the interior of the elevator.
(b) A certificate of operation must be
				  displayed in a conspicuous place on the elevator equipment whenever possible
				  or, alternatively, in the building or maintenance office at the location where
				  the elevator is operated and be available for inspection on demand.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.800
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 2 - Inspection, Registration, and Certificate of Operation › 8 AAC 77.045 - Suspension, revocation, or denial of a certificate of operation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A certificate
				  of operation for an elevator will be suspended, revoked, or denied if the
				  authorized elevator inspector as a result of an inspection determines that the
				  elevator does not meet the safety requirements of
				  AS
				  18.60.800 or this chapter and, in the case of
				  a suspension or revocation of a certificate of operation, that the violation
				  poses a present danger before the expiration date of that
				  certificate.
(b) A person whose
				  certificate of operation has been suspended, revoked, or denied may appeal the
				  decision to the commissioner in the manner set out in
				  8 AAC 77.130.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.800
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 3 - Inspection Fees › 8 AAC 77.065 - Inspection fees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An owner of an elevator inspected by the
				  department shall pay the department, upon completion of the inspection and
				  receipt of invoice, the following fees for inspection:
(1) for an elevator with
(A) 1-3 floor stops
				  ...........................................$450;
(B) 4-9 floor stops
				  .............................................$550;
(C) 10-14 floor stops
				  ...........................................$625;
(D) 15-19 floor stops
				  ...........................................$725;
(E) 20-24 floor stops
				  ...........................................$825;
(F) repealed 6/14/2006;
(G) each additional five floor stops
				  ............................$200;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 4 - Variances › 8 AAC 77.085 - Variances

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The owner of an elevator desiring a
				  variance from a safety standard adopted in or under
				  AS
				  18.60.800 may file a written request for a
				  variance with the director.
(b) A
				  request filed under (a) of this section must include
(1) the name and address of the
				  applicant;
(2) the name and address
				  of the place where the apparatus is located;
(3) specification of the standard or portion
				  of it from which the applicant seeks a variance;
(4) a statement of facts showing that the
				  applicant is unable to comply with the standard, the alternate steps that the
				  applicant proposes to take in order to substantially comply with the standard,
				  and a statement setting out the steps the applicant has taken to abate the
				  hazards covered by the standard; and
(5) a statement addressing the effect that a
				  grant of a variance will have on the physical safety of persons in or around
				  the elevator;
(6) repealed
				  12/17/99.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 5 - Violations › 8 AAC 77.105 - Violations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) During the course of an inspection, the
				  authorized elevator inspector shall make a written note of each violation of
				  the applicable safety standards that the inspector observes.
(b) At the close of an inspection, the
				  authorized elevator inspector shall review the findings with the owner of the
				  elevator, and shall prepare an inspection report to identify any violations
				  that the inspector observes. Not later than 10 days after the date of the
				  inspection, the inspector shall deliver or send to the owner of the elevator a
				  copy of the inspection report and a compliance card by hand delivery, first
				  class mail, or electronic mail.
(c)
				  If the inspection report contains a notice of violations, it must include
(1) the name of the authorized elevator
				  inspector;
(2) the inspector's
				  certification number, as it appears on the qualified elevator inspector card
				  required under
				  8 AAC 77.026;
(3) the date of the inspection;
(4) a specific code reference for each
				  violation noted and a brief description of the violation;
(5) the period of time not later than which
				  each violation must be remedied;
(6) the owner's responsibility to return the
				  compliance card to the department once the violations are corrected;
				  and
(7) the owner's right to appeal
				  both the inspector's findings and the period of time specified to remedy the
				  violation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 5 - Violations › 8 AAC 77.110 - Remedy of violations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If a notice of violation is issued under
				  8 AAC 77.105, the period of time within which violations
				  of the applicable safety standards must be remedied is determined as follows:
(1) if a violation poses no more than a
				  remote danger to a person's physical safety in the near future, the violation
				  must be remedied within a period of time determined by the authorized elevator
				  inspector after consultation with the owner and the person maintaining or
				  servicing the elevator;
(2) if a
				  violation poses a present danger to a person's physical safety,
(A) the violation must be remedied within 15
				  days after receipt of the written notice of the violation; and
(B) the authorized elevator inspector shall
				  post a notice on or near the accesses to the elevator warning that the elevator
				  poses a threat of physical harm;
(3) if a violation poses an imminent danger
				  to a person's physical safety,
(A) the
				  violation must be remedied immediately;
(B) the owner shall close and cease further
				  use of the elevator until the violation is remedied to the satisfaction of the
				  department; and
(C) the authorized
				  elevator inspector shall post a notice on or near the accesses to the elevator
				  warning that the elevator poses a threat of physical harm, and shall serve upon
				  the owner a cease and desist order.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 6 - Appeals › 8 AAC 77.130 - Appeals

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An owner of an elevator may appeal a
				  decision made under this chapter by authorized representatives of the
				  department to the commissioner within 15 days after receipt of the
				  decision.
(b) The appeal must be in
				  writing and may be delivered in person to any mechanical inspection section
				  office of the labor standards and safety division of the department or mailed
				  to the commissioner. The appeal must
(1)
				  identify the elevator that is the subject of the appeal and its
				  location;
(2) specify the decision
				  being appealed;
(3) state the
				  particular basis upon which the owner relies in appealing the decision;
				  and
(4) specifically address the
				  effect a reversal of the decision or appeal will have on the physical safety of
				  persons in or around the elevator involved.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 77 - Elevator Safety Standards › Article 7 - General Provisions › 8 AAC 77.905 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter and
					 AS
					 18.60.800-18.60.820, unless the context
					 requires otherwise
(1) repealed
				  12/17/99;
(2) "commissioner" means
				  the commissioner of labor and workforce development;
(3) "department" means the Alaska Department
				  of Labor and Workforce Development;
(4) "director" means the director of the
				  department's division of labor standards and safety, or a designee;
(5) "elevator" means elevators, dumbwaiters,
				  escalators, moving walks, platform lifts, vertical and inclined wheelchair
				  lifts, and other devices described in the
Safety Code for Elevators and
				  Escalators, Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, and Safety
				  Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts,
adopted by
				  reference in
				  8 AAC 77.005; "elevator" includes hoistways for the
				  devices listed in this paragraph;
(6) "imminent danger" means impending, close,
				  on the point of happening, an immediate threat of danger that must be instantly
				  met;
(7) repealed
				  2/23/2011;
(8) "owner" means the
				  person who is vested either with the ownership, responsibility, control, or
				  title to an elevator or the property upon or in which the elevator is located
				  and for the purposes of this chapter includes lessees, sublessees, agents, and
				  assigns who have the responsibility for maintenance and operation of an
				  elevator or the property upon or in which the elevator is located;
(9) "present danger" means a danger that is
				  near at hand, related to the present time, as likely to happen within a period
				  of immediate time as distinguished from a future time;
(10) "remote danger" means where the effect
				  is uncertain or indeterminate and cannot be said to be the probable consequence
				  or where the effect does not necessarily follow;
(11) "special inspection" means either an
				  inspection requested by an owner outside of the regular cycle of inspections
				  provided by this chapter or a reinspection under
				  8 AAC 77.035(b);
(12) "authorized elevator inspector" means an
				  inspector qualified under
				  8 AAC 77.026 to perform elevator inspections for the
				  labor standards and safety division;
(13) "elevator personnel" means personnel who
				  have been trained in the construction, maintenance, repair, inspection, or
				  testing of the particular type of device they are constructing, maintaining,
				  repairing, inspecting, or testing.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations
						attorney made technical revisions under
						AS
						44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
						the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and
						Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title
						change of the commissioner of labor.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.800
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 78 - Amusement Rides and Tramways › Article 1 - Amusement Rides › 8 AAC 78.010 - Purpose

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of
					 8 AAC 78.010 -
					 8 AAC 78.180 is to prescribe minimum safety requirements
					 for the installation, assembly, repair, maintenance, operation, and inspection
					 of amusement rides.
Authority:
AS
						05.20.010
AS 05.20.020
AS 05.20.060
AS 05.20.070
AS
						05.20.120
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 78 - Amusement Rides and Tramways › Article 1 - Amusement Rides › 8 AAC 78.020 - Notification and inspection

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An amusement
				  ride may not be operated unless the operator or the operator's designee submits
				  notification to the department at least 30 days before the ride operates in the
				  state for the first time. The notification must
(1) be in writing;
(2) identify the ride or structure;
(3) specify the intended dates of operation
				  and location of use; and
(4) be
				  mailed, faxed, sent by electronic mail, or hand delivered to the department's
				  mechanical inspection section.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 78 - Amusement Rides and Tramways › Article 1 - Amusement Rides › 8 AAC 78.025 - Annual operating scheduie

Current through May 31, 2024
Each operator of an amusement ride shall submit an annual
					 operating schedule of every ride the operator intends to operate in a calendar
					 year, on a form provided by the department, on or before January 1 of that
					 year. The schedule must be mailed, faxed, sent by electronic mail, or hand
					 delivered to the department's mechanical · inspection section. The
					 schedule must identify each ride the operator intends to operate, and specify
					 the intended dates of operation and locations of use. An operator shall notify
					 the department's mechanical inspection section in writing of any change to the
					 annual operating schedule at least 15 days in advance of the intended
					 change.
The contact information for the mechanical inspection
						section is: Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical
						Inspection Section, 1251 Muldoon Road, Suite 113, Anchorage, AK 99504; phone:
						(907) 269-4925; fax: (907) 269-4932; e-mail address:
						Anchorage.LSS-MI@alaska.gov.
Authority:
AS
						05.20.020
AS
						05.20.030
AS
						05.20.060
AS
						05.20.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 78 - Amusement Rides and Tramways › Article 1 - Amusement Rides › 8 AAC 78.030 - Structure and foundation

Current through May 31, 2024
If during an inspection the structure or foundation of a
					 building, piece of equipment, or appurtenance used for an amusement ride is
					 found not to comply with the building code standards adopted by the Department
					 of Public Safety under
					 AS
					 18.70.080 and
					 13 AAC 50.020, the department will
					 notify the Department of Public Safety regarding the
					 violation.
Authority:
AS
						05.20.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 78 - Amusement Rides and Tramways › Article 1 - Amusement Rides › 8 AAC 78.040 - Access and egress

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Means of access to and egress from an
				  amusement ride must
(1) provide protection
				  from adjacent hazards as required for the safety of passengers;
(2) provide secure footing and support for
				  safe passage; and
(3) repealed
				  6/15/2001;
(4) have adequate
				  natural or artificial lighting to render clear visibility.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 78 - Amusement Rides and Tramways › Article 1 - Amusement Rides › 8 AAC 78.050 - Passenger loading platforms, inclined walkways, stairways, and standard railings

Current through May 31, 2024
Passenger loading platforms, inclined walkways, stairways,
					 and standard railings must conform to standards listed in
					 8 AAC 61.1010.
Authority:
AS
						05.20.070
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development › Part 4 - Occupational Safety and Health Division › Chapter 78 - Amusement Rides and Tramways › Article 1 - Amusement Rides › 8 AAC 78.070 - Electrical safety requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An amusement
				  ride's electrical equipment must conform to the
National Electrical
				  Code
and
National Electrical Safety Code
standards
				  adopted by reference in
				  8 AAC 70.025.
(b) Each electrical transformer substation
				  and electrical distribution box must be completely enclosed and
				  locked.
(c) Except as provided in
				  (e) of this section, each amusement ride must have a listed or labeled
				  disconnect switch within reach of the attendant.
(d) A momentary contact or "deadman" switch
				  that controls the operation of the ride is required on each ride except a ride
				  that is solely passenger operated. A momentary contact or "deadman" switch may
				  not be overridden.
(e) For
				  arcade-type amusement rides, the operator may comply with (c) of this section
				  by using a central disconnect switch that shuts off power to all amusement
				  rides. The central disconnect switch must be visible from each amusement ride
				  and must be supervised by an attendant when an amusement ride is
				  operating.
(f) Notwithstanding (a)
				  of this section, protective mats required by Article 525 of the edition of the
National Electrical Code
adopted by reference in
				  8 AAC 70.025 must be used for any set-up over five days'
				  duration.
Authority:
AS
						05.20.070