California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 3 - General Plant Equipment and Special Operations › Article 19 - Automotive Lifts › Section 3542 - General

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Automotive
						lifts shall be designed, constructed and installed in accordance with the
						provisions of ANSI B153.1-1974, or shall have been approved by the Division of
						Occupational Safety and Health for lifts installed prior to November 1976. In
						lieu of meeting the provisions of ANSI B153.1-1974, automotive lifts installed
						through August 17, 1994, may be designed, constructed and installed in
						accordance with ANSI B153.1-1981, hereby incorporated by reference.
(b) Automotive lifts manufactured after
						August 17, 1994, through July 28, 2005, shall be designed, constructed and
						installed in accordance with the provisions of ANSI/ALI B153.1-1990, which is
						hereby incorporated by reference, with the exception of Sections
						7.2.2 and
						8.2, or shall conform to the
						requirements of subsection (c).
(c)
						New automotive lifts manufactured after July 28, 2005, shall be installed in
						accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and meet the design provisions
						of ANSI/ALI ALCTV-1998, Section
						8, "Construction" and Section
						9.2"Testing" requirements for
						automotive lifts, which are hereby incorporated by reference.
NOTE: References to Title 29, Code of Federal OSHA
						  Regulations (CFR) contained in ANSI/ALI ALCTV-1998, Section
						  8, "Construction" correspond to the
						  italicized regulations contained in the California Code of Regulations, Title
						  8, General Industry Safety Orders (GISO) shown in brackets as follows:
						  29 CFR
						  1910.144 [
Title 8, Sections
						  3340 and
						  3341
], 29 CFR Subpart D,
						  Walking-Working Surfaces, Sections
						  1910.21-1910.32 [
Title 8,
						  Sections 3207,
						  3209-3214,
						  3224,
						  3241,
						  3272,
						  3273,
						  3275,
						  3277-3279, Title 8, GISO Article
						  23, Mobile Ladder Stands and Scaffolds (Towers)
],
						  29 CFR
						  1910.212 and .219 [
Title 8, GISO
						  Group 6, Power Transmission Equipment, Prime Movers, Machines and Machine Parts
						  and Group 8, Points of Operation and Other Hazardous Parts of
						  Machinery
], and 29
						  CFR 1910.95 [
Title 8, GISO, Article
						  105, Control of Noise Exposure
].
(d) The operation, inspection and maintenance
						of automotive lifts shall be performed by a qualified person in accordance with
						procedures recommended by the manufacturer. Maintenance shall include that pipe
						lines, fittings, valves, and packing glands are kept tight.
NOTE: Guidelines for the operation, inspection,
						  maintenance, installation and servicing of automotive lifts are available in
						  ANSI/ALI ALOIM-2000, Safety Requirements for Operation, Inspection and
						  Maintenance; and ANSI/ALI ALIS-2001, Safety Requirements for Installation and
						  Service.
1.
						  Repealer and new section filed 10-8-76; effective thirtieth day thereafter
						  (Register 76, No. 41).
2. Amendment filed 12-19-78; effective
						  thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 1).
3. Amendment filed
						  10-15-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
						  44).
4. Amendment of newly designated subsection (a) and new
						  subsection (b) filed 7-18-94; operative 8-17-94 (Register 94, No.
						  29).
5. Amendment filed 6-28-2005; operative 7-28-2005 (Register
						  2005, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.