California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 6 - Elevator Safety Orders › Group II - Elevator Installations for Which the Installation Contract Was Signed Before October 25, 1998 › Article 8 - Machinery and Equipment for Power Cable-Driven Passenger and Freight Elevators › Section 3034 - Car Enclosures and Car Doors and Gates

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Passenger and Freight Enclosures,
						General.
All elevator cars shall be permanently enclosed on all sides
						and the top, except that portion which is used as an entrance or
						entrances.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
						Existing freight elevators which shall comply with Section
						3034(c).
2. Emergency exit panels.
(1)
The enclosure shall be securely
						fastened to the car platform and so supported that it cannot loosen or become
						displaced in ordinary service
or on application of the car safety or
						on buffer engagement.
(2) The
						enclosure walls shall be of such strength and be so designed and supported that
						when subjected to a pressure of 75 pounds applied horizontally at any point on
						the walls of the enclosure, the deflection will not reduce the running
						clearance below the allowed minimum.
(3) No elevator car shall have more than one
						compartment. Two compartments in the same horizontal plane will be permitted,
						provided that access to the landings can be had through only one of them.
EXCEPTIONS: Passenger elevators or freight elevators
						  may have two compartments, one of which is located immediately above the other
						  provided the compartmented elevator conforms to the following
						  requirements:
1. The elevator shall be
						used exclusively for passengers or exclusively for freight at any one
						time.
2. Each compartment shall
						conform to the requirements of this Section except that a trap door in the
						floor of the upper compartment shall provide access to the top emergency exit
						for the lower compartment.
3. Where
						either or both compartments are intended for passenger service, the minimum
						rated load for each compartment shall conform to the requirements of Section
						3037(a).
Where one compartment is intended for freight use, its
						  minimum rated load shall conform to the requirements of Section
						  3037(a) or shall
						  be based on the freight loads to be handled, if greater than the minimum rated
						  load required by Section
						  3037(a).
Where both compartments are used exclusively for
						  freight, the minimum rated load of each compartment shall conform to the
						  requirements of Section
						  3037(a).
The rated load of the elevator shall be the sum of the
						  rated loads of the individual compartments.
4. An emergency stop switch conforming to the
						requirements of Section
						3040(b)(5) shall
						be provided in each compartment and these emergency stop switches shall be so
						connected that the car cannot run unless both are in the run
						position.
5. All hoistway doors
						shall be closed and locked and the car doors for each compartment closed before
						the car can be operated.
(4) An emergency exit with a cover shall be
						provided in the top of all new elevators except observation-type elevators
and in the top of all passenger elevator cars installed since June 5,
						1947.
On elevators installed after April 16, 1970, the emergency exit
						shall conform to the following:
(A) The exit
						opening shall have an area of not less than 400 square inches, and shall
						measure not less than 16 inches on any one side.
(B) The exit shall be so located as to
						provide a clear passage of not less than 400 square inches unobstructed by
						fixed elevator equipment, including lighting equipment located in or on top of
						the car.
(C) The exit cover shall
						open outward and shall be hinged or otherwise attached to the car top and so
						arranged that the cover can be opened from the top of the car and from inside
						the car by means of a spring return 5 pin or disc tumbler lock that allows the
						exit to be opened from the car with a key and from the top of the car without a
						key.
The key shall be accessible to authorized personnel and
						  no other key to the building shall unlock the emergency exit lock, except where
						  access switches are furnished, the key used to operate the access switch may
						  also unlock the car top emergency door lock.
EXCEPTION:
1.
						Exit covers arranged to be opened from the top of the car only on elevators not
						equipped with emergency operation described in Section
						3041(d)(6).
2. The exit cover of a lower deck of a
						multideck elevator shall be openable from either
						compartment.
(D) Car top
						emergency exits shall be prohibited on observation type elevators. Where access
						to the car top is required for re-roping or other maintenance work as may be
						determined by the Division, access panels in the car top shall be provided
						secured in place so as to require a tool to remove the
						panel.
(5)
Tops
						of car enclosures, including exit covers, shall be so designed and installed as
						to be capable of sustaining a load of 300 pounds on any square area 2 feet on a
						side and 100 pounds applied at any point.
Simultaneous application of
						these loads is not required.
(6)
Equipment or material which is not required for the operation of the
						elevator or its appliances, except where specifically provided herein, shall
						not be located above the top of an elevator car.
(7) Glass may be used in elevator cars
						provided:
(A)
Glass, other than safety
						glass, shall be used only for covers for certificates, lighting fixtures, or
						other appliances necessary for the operation of the elevator
providing
						no one piece shall exceed 1 square foot in area and the total area, excluding
						electric lamps, shall not exceed 4 square feet.
EXCEPTION: Existing wire glass or shatterproof glass in
						  car doors.
(B) Safety glass
						meeting the requirements of ANSI A97.1, except for transparency, may be
						installed inside the elevator car enclosure, provided the glass is mounted in
						such a manner that the glass and its mountings will withstand the required
						elevator tests without becoming dislodged or damaged.
(C) Car enclosures for special elevators may
						be of glass provided they comply with Section
						3034(b)(5).
(8)
Apparatus or equipment, other
						than that used in connection with the operation of the elevator, shall not be
						installed inside the elevator car.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.
						Railroad or conveyor tracks in freight elevator cars.
2. Lighting, heating, ventilating, air
						conditioning and sound equipment for the car.
(9) Permanent guardrails, either fixed or
						capable of being raised from a retracted position, shall be provided around all
						sides of the work area of the car top where a hoistway enclosure is not
						furnished to provide a safe work area for maintenance work on the car and in
						the hoistway.
(A) Where guardrails must be
						raised into position, the top of car operating station shall not be operative
						unless the guardrails are raised.