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 12-229-7.1 - 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.