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Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 26.00 - Certain Elevator Equipment Used as Motor Vehicle Parking Devices › Section 26.17 - Requirements for Suspension Means

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The suspension means for electric and hydraulic elevators shall conform to 524 CMR 35.00:
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts Modifications of That Code
. Car platforms may be suspended by wire ropes attached to each corner of the platform, subject to the following:
(1) A center car frame conforming in all respects to 524 CMR 35.00:
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts Modifications of That Code
shall be provided except that the car crosshead may be omitted, providing:
(a) The car frame stiles extend partly above and partly below the car platform so that the vertical distance between the top and bottom guide shoes on the car frame is not less than 40% of the distance between guide rails or of the length of the car platform, whichever is greater.
(b) Guiding members or rope connections are so designed and installed as to prevent binding of the car frame in the guide rails when the car is raised and lowered.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 26.00 - Certain Elevator Equipment Used as Motor Vehicle Parking Devices › Section 26.18 - Inspection, Tests, Maintenance, and Alterations

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Inspections, tests, maintenance and alterations shall conform
				to the requirements of 524 CMR and M.G.L. c. 143, § 64.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 26.00 - Certain Elevator Equipment Used as Motor Vehicle Parking Devices › Section 26.19 - Members of the Public Not Allowed Above Receiving Level

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No person other than those whose services are necessary for the
				operation, maintenance, or safety of the premises shall be permitted on an
				elevator or on any level other than the receiving level.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 26.00 - Certain Elevator Equipment Used as Motor Vehicle Parking Devices › Section 26.20 - Class I and n Operators to Be Licensed

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No person shall operate, and no owner, lessee, employer or his
				or her agent shall cause or permit any Class I or n elevator to be operated
				except by a person duly licensed for such service by the Office in accordance
				with
				524 CMR
				9.00:
Operation of Non-automatic
				Elevators.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.01 - Hoistway Construction

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The complete surface of the hoistway within the limits of
				travel shall be of smooth finish, devoid of surface roughness, and without any
				projections or recesses except for landing entrances, guides, and guide
				brackets, vertical slots where required for concealed guides, junction boxes,
				and conduit or wiring. All projections or recesses at landing entrances shall
				be beveled on the underside or shall be guarded with metal plates. The angle of
				such bevels or guard plates shall not be less than 75 from the
				horizontal.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.02 - Clearance and Pits

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
A pit shall be provided at the bottom of every hoistway of such
				depth that when the platform is at its lowest limit of travel, the distance
				between the lowest point of the underside of the platform framing, shall have a
				clear vertical distance between the underside of the car platform or between
				the underside of any equipment attached thereto, exclusive of the car frame
				channels, car safety blocks, guide shoes and any aprons or guards attached to
				the car sill, and the pit floor when the car rests on the fully compressed
				buffer shall not be less than two feet. In measuring this clearance, the depth
				of any trenches or depressions in the pit shall not be
				included.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.03 - Machine Rooms, Sheave Rooms, and Secondary Levels

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
All machine rooms shall be located above or below or contiguous to any side of the hoistway.
EXCEPTIONS
: Oil hydraulic machine rooms and entrances to machine rooms shall be located not more than ten feet from any side of the hoistway.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.04 - Hoistway Doors

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The bottom landing openings of hoistways shall be protected by
				sliding or swinging doors of 1½ hour fire resistive
				construction.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.07 - Door Interlocks

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All hoistway landing doors shall be equipped with interlocks as described in 524 CMR 35.00:
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts Modifications of That Code
.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.08 - Lifting Capacities and Speed

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(1) The lifting
			 capacity of an orchestra or organ console elevator shall be equal to a live
			 load of not less than 25 lbs. per square foot of floor area of the platform.
			 All railings, aprons, and wiring conduits shall all be considered as part of
			 moveable platforms.
(2) The lifting
			 capacity of a stage elevator shall be equal to a live load of not less than 75
			 lbs. per square foot of floor area of that platform.
(3)
Speed
. Stage,
			 orchestra, and organ console elevators shall not exceed a speed limit of 15
			 feet per minute.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.09 - Control Apparatus

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(1) Operating
			 switches shall be provided in a suitable location in sight of the
			 platform.
(2) An emergency stop
			 switch, which will cut off the sources of power, shall be provided in the car
			 adjacent to the operating device and shall be red in color.
(3) Emergency stop switches may be operated
			 by buttons or levers but shall be of the manually opened and closed type so
			 installed that when opened gravity will not tend to close the switch.
(4) An emergency stop switch shall be
			 installed in the pit.
(5) A
			 manually operated multiple disconnecting switch shall be installed in the main
			 line of each elevator or motor generator set machine.
(6) The disconnect switch shall be located
			 adjacent to and visible from the elevator machine or motor generator set to
			 which it is connected and shall, where practicable, be located in the machine
			 room at the lock jam side of the entrance door.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.10 - Driving Machines

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Where elevating
			 screws are used they shall be of the direct connected type, either worm or
			 beveled gears, and all gears shall be enclosed in a protective
			 housing.
(2) Where an elevator is
			 not supported or operated by screws, plungers or similar means, car safeties
			 shall be provided under the platform capable of stopping and holding the
			 platform with full rated load at any point of its travel.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.11 - Control and Operating Devices and Systems

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Motor controller requirements are as set forth in 524 CMR
				29.11(1):
(1)
Motor
			 Controller
. A suitable lighted room shall be provided outside of
			 the hoistway for the motor controller and brake unless the motor and controller
			 and brake are located in the pit in which case masonry piers or columns shall
			 be provided of sufficient strength to take the impact of a full loaded
			 car.
(2)
Location of
			 Motor and Controller
. Where the motor and controller are located
			 in a hoistway pit or in a pit adjacent to the lifting platform, access to same
			 shall be provided by means of a door entirely below the bottom of the platform
			 when the platform is at its lowest limit of travel. This door shall be of
			 sufficient width and height to make the entrance readily accessible.
(3)
Terminal Limit
			 Switches
. Enclosed terminal limit switches located in the hoistway
			 shall be provided and arranged to automatically bring the car platform to rest
			 as it approaches either terminal landing.
(4)
Final Limit
			 Switches
. Enclosed final limit switches shall be provided at the
			 top and bottom of the hoistway arranged to cut off the current and stop the
			 platform if it should travel beyond the terminal limit switch. Electric power
			 elevators having winding drum machines shall have the stopping switches on the
			 machines and also in the hoistway operated by the movement of the
			 car.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.12 - Safety Factor and Hoistway Requirements

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(1)
Elevator Platform Construction
. The platform shall be
			 of steel frame construction designed with a safety factor of not less than six
			 based on the rated load, uniformly distributed. All other parts of the
			 equipment shall have a safety factor as required by
			 524 CMR 35.00:
Safety
			 Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts
			 Modifications of That Code.
(2)
Installations in the Same
			 Hoistway
. When installations are in the same hoistway the adjacent
			 sides shall be provided with solid dividing wall partitions with not less than
			 % hour fire resistive construction.
(3) When travel extends above the top of the
			 hoistway enclosure, aprons of substantial construction shall be provided on the
			 platform of sufficient depth to enclose the space between the top of the
			 hoistway enclosure and the underside of the platform plus three inches when the
			 platform is at its limit of travel.
(4) The lower edge of the aprons shall be
			 beveled at an angle of at least 75 with the horizontal.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.13 - Control and Operating Devices and Systems

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(1)
Motor
			 Controller
. A suitable lighted room shall be provided outside of
			 the hoistway for the motor controller and brake unless the motor and controller
			 and brake are located in the pit in which case masonry piers or columns shall
			 be provided of sufficient strength to take the impact of a full loaded
			 car.
(2)
Location of
			 Motor and Controller
. Where the motor and controller are located
			 in a hoistway pit or in a pit adjacent to the lifting platform, access to same
			 shall be provided by means of a door entirely below the bottom of the platform
			 when the platform is at its lowest limit of travel.
This door shall be of sufficient width and height to make the
				entrance readily accessible.
(3)
Terminal Limit Switches
. Enclosed terminal limit
			 switches located in the hoistway shall be provided and arranged to
			 automatically bring the car platform to rest as it approaches either terminal
			 landing.
(4)
Final
			 Limit Switches
. Enclosed final limit switches shall be provided at
			 the top and bottom of the hoistway arranged to cut off the current and stop the
			 platform if it should travel beyond the terminal limit switch. Electric power
			 elevators having winding drum machines shall have the stopping switches on the
			 machines and also in the hoistway operated by the movement of the
			 car.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 29.00 - Stage, Orchestra, and Organ Console Equipment › Section 29.14 - Factor of Safety

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(1)
Elevator Platform Construction
. The platform of stage,
			 orchestra, organ console elevators shall be of steel frame construction
			 designed with a safety factor of not less than six based on the rated load,
			 uniformly distributed.
All other parts of the equipment shall have a safety factor as
				required by
				524 CMR 15.00 through
				35.00.
(2)
Installations in the Same
			 Hoistway
. When orchestra and organ console elevators are installed
			 in the same hoistway the adjacent sides shall be provided with solid dividing
			 wall partitions with not less than % hour fire resistive
			 construction.
When the travel of a stage, orchestra or organ console elevator
				extends above the top of the hoistway enclosure, aprons of substantial
				construction shall be provided on the platform of sufficient depth to enclose
				the space between the top of the hoistway enclosure and the under side of the
				platform plus three inches when the platform is at its limit of travel.
The lower edge of the aprons shall be beveled at an angle of at
				least 75° with the horizontal.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 31.00 - Casket Lifts Installed In Licensed Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapels, Or Preparation Rooms › Section 31.01 - Definitions

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The term casket lift shall mean a car, cage, or platform raised
				or lowered substantially vertical in permanent guides or rails, including the
				necessary operating mechanism and used for the purpose of transporting caskets
				and related materials only. The lift shall be operated only from the landing by
				continuous pressure key-operated switch. No person shall be permitted to ride
				on the car.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 31.00 - Casket Lifts Installed In Licensed Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapels, Or Preparation Rooms › Section 31.02 - Requirements

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(1)
Hoistway
			 Enclosures.
(a) The hoistway
			 shall be of two hours fire resistive construction. The inside of the hoistway
			 shall be of smooth finish without any projections or recesses except for
			 landing entrances, guides and guide brackets, vertical slots when used for
			 concealed guides, junction boxes and conduits for wiring.
EXCEPTIONS
: Where casket lifts serve
				only one floor not exceeding 15' travel a hinged vertical lifting hoistway
				cover shall be permitted when the lifting arms on the car will open and close
				the hoistway cover automatically, and provided the key operated switch is
				located only at the hoistway cover landing. The hoistway cover shall be
				installed to automatically close when the car leaves the upper landing
				opening.
(b) Hoistway
			 covers shall be made of not thinner than seven eighth inch stock strongly
			 battened if of wood or of equally strong and steel metal construction and shall
			 support a load of not less than 1,000 lbs. Hinges shall be of either T or heavy
			 strap hinges secured to the floor with lag screws or otherwise bolted through
			 the hoistway cover.
(c) All
			 projections or recesses at landing shall be beveled on the underside, or shall
			 be guarded with metal plates. The angle of such bevels shall be not less than
			 60° or more than 75° from the horizontal.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.01 - Scope and Application

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(1) The standards
			 in
			 524 CMR 32.00 shall apply to
			 the new installation, alteration, and maintenance of power driven Vertical
			 Reciprocating Conveyors (VRCs) as defined in
			 524 CMR 35.00:
Safety
			 Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts
			 Modifications of That Code.
A registered design professional shall
			 indicate conformance to these requirements verifying a safety factor of three
			 for all structural components.
(2)
Inspection and Existing Installations
.
(a) Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors shall be
			 subject to inspection as provided in
			 524 CMR 32.00.
(b) Existing vertical reciprocating conveyors
			 installed prior to April 15, 2009, shall be subject to the following
			 requirements:
1. Top and bottom
			 limits;
2. Backstops;
3. Signage;
4. Safeties (instantaneous or valve
			 overspeed);
5. Safety operated
			 switches required on safeties;
6.
			 Suitable enclosure for machinery;
7. Electrical and mechanical interlocks shall
			 be provided;
8. Interlocks cannot
			 be accessible from outside the hoistway;
9. Corridor push button with stop
			 switches;
10. Car light;
11. Unsafe conditions as deemed such by an
			 inspector.
12. Alterations for any
			 component or system not included in 524 CMR 32.01(3)(b)1. through 10. shall
			 comply with
			 524 CMR 32.00.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.02 - Hoistway Enclosure

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(1) The hoistways
			 of all VRCs that penetrate any fully enclosed solid floor above the bottom
			 landing shall be enclosed throughout their height and constructed in accordance
			 with 780 CMR:
State Board of Building Regulations and
			 Standards
in effect at that time of installation.
(2) Where
			 524 CMR 32.03(1)
			  does not apply, hoistway enclosures shall be
			 constructed at each landing according to the following standards:
(a) The enclosure height of the hoistway
			 shall be not less than 96 inches (2,440 mm). Where a car gate is not used, the
			 hoistway shall be fully enclosed on the open end(s) of the car.
(b) Enclosures shall be constructed with
			 material having the ability to withstand a 100-pound lateral force without
			 deflection and reject a ball two inches (50 mm) in diameter.
(c) Where the VRC is adjacent to a stairway,
			 the enclosure shall be of solid or perforated construction and shall not be
			 less than 96 inches (2,440 mm) above any step. Perforated construction shall
			 reject a ball one inch (25 mm) in diameter.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.03 - Backstops

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(1)
			 Where a double ended platform is not accessible from both sides at a landing,
			 the enclosure shall be provided with a backstop located on the hoistway
			 enclosure opposite the landing opening, regardless of whether or not car gates
			 are provided.
(2) Enclosures shall
			 be constructed with material having the ability to withstand a 100-pound
			 lateral force without deflection and reject a ball two inches (50 mm) in
			 diameter.
(3) The backstop shall
			 extend to the height of the tallest rated load and not less than two inches
			 (50mm) below the platform or to floor level, as measured with the lift at floor
			 level. The width of the backstop shall be not less than the clear
			 opening.
(4) The distance measured
			 horizontally from the platform to the backstop shall not exceed 1½
			 inches (38mm).
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.04 - Machine Rooms

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Machine rooms or suitable enclosures around machinery and
				control equipment shall be required and shall meet the requirements of ASME
				A17.1-2013/CSA B44-13:
Safety Code for Elevators and
				Escalators,
Section 2.7 as modified by
				524 CMR 35.00:
Safety
				Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts
				Modifications of That Code.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.05 - Hoistway Doors and Gates

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(1) The openings at
			 each landing shall be provided with gates or doors that guard the full width
			 and height of the opening and prevent entry to any hoistway area during VRC
			 operation. Hoistway gates or doors shall extend vertically not more than two
			 inches (50 mm) from the landing threshold.
(2) The horizontal running clearance between
			 the platform and landing threshold shall not be less than ½ inch (13 mm)
			 nor greater than 1½ inches (40 mm).
(3) The horizontal clearance between the
			 landing edge and the nearest portion of the hoistway door shall not exceed five
			 inches (130 mm).
(4) Each hoistway
			 gate or door shall have an electromechanical interlock or combination
			 mechanical door lock and contact to prevent the door from opening while the VRC
			 platform is not within the landing zone and to prevent the VRC from operating
			 if a door or gate is open at any landing. The interlock shall be located so it
			 is not accessible from the landing side when the hoistway doors are closed.
			 Access to the interlock through use of special tool is permitted provided the
			 interlock is located not more than 84 inches (2,130 mm) from floor
			 level.
(5) There shall be a sign on
			 each landing door or gate reading "NO RIDERS." Letters on the sign shall be a
			 minimum of two inches (50 mm) high and be a contrasting color to the
			 surrounding background.
(6) Power
			 doors, when provided, shall conform to the following:
(a) Swing door closing force shall not exceed
			 ten lbf (45 N).
(b) Horizontal
			 sliding or vertical operating doors closing force shall not exceed 30 lbf (133
			 N).
(c) The maximum closing speed
			 for doors shall not exceed one ft./sec (0.305 m/s).
(d) The control device to open and close the
			 door shall be within sight of the hoistway door it controls. Door control shall
			 be of the constant pressure type and shall not be controlled
			 automatically.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.06 - Car Enclosures

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(1) The enclosure
			 on the sides not used for loading and unloading shall be constructed to prevent
			 material from falling into or against the hoistway enclosure during operation
			 and will be constructed to reject a two inches (50 mm) ball. The enclosure
			 shall match the height of the tallest rated load.
(2)
Car Gates Not
			 Required
. Where provided, however, car gates shall be a minimum of
			 43 inches (1,100 mm) high and provided with a gate switch contact to prevent
			 operation of the lift unless the car gate is in the closed position.
(3) A snap chain, drop bar or similar device
			 may be installed across all loading sides of the lift platform.
(4) A capacity sign shall be installed on
			 conveyor and clearly visible showing the maximum rated capacity. The capacity
			 sign lettering shall not be less than % inch high.
(5) A "NO RIDERS" sign shall be installed on
			 the conveyor. The lettering shall not be less than ¾ inch
			 high.
(6) Conveyors shall be
			 equipped with an electric light or lights; not less than two lamps shall be
			 provided. The minimum illumination at the landing edge of the conveyor platform
			 when the landing doors are open shall not be less than five foot
			 candles.
(7) A car light switch is
			 not required on the conveyor, but it shall be required in the machine
			 room.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.07 - Driving Machines and Control Equipment

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(1) Driving
			 machines, pump units, and other equipment shall be permanently secured in place
			 and shall not be supported by hooks, cables, chains, similar devices or
			 configurations. Chain hoists, rope falls or similar hoisting devices are
			 prohibited from use as the main driving machine. Portable hoists are
			 prohibited.
(2) The diameter of
			 drive sheaves for traction machines and drums shall not be less than 30 times
			 the diameter of the hoisting cables. The diameter of all other sheaves shall
			 not be less than 21 times the diameter of the hoisting cables.
(3) The controller, driving machine and other
			 equipment requiring periodic service and repair shall be readily accessible.
			 Where machines are located in the hoistway, a safe means of access shall be
			 provided from outside or from the car when secured in position at the top
			 landing to facilitate maintenance and repairs. Access panels shall be not less
			 than 30" x 30". Where equipment access panels are located more than 72 inches
			 (1,830 mm) above floor level, stairs or fixed ladders shall be provided. Stairs
			 and fixed ladders shall comply with of ASME A17.1-2013/CSA B44-13:
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,
Section
			 2.7.3.3.1.
(4) Illumination of work
			 areas containing machines and controls shall be provided with an electric light
			 or lights; not less than two lamps shall be provided. The minimum illumination
			 of not less than ten foot candles as measured at a point in front of the
			 equipment. An electrical outlet conforming to 527 CMR:
Board of Fire
			 Prevention Regulations
shall be provided within 72 inches of the
			 control equipment.
(5) Controllers
			 shall not be accessible from the hoistway and shall be located in a locked
			 enclosure.
(6) Machine rooms and/or
			 control rooms shall meet the requirements of ASME A17.1-2013/CSA B44-13:
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,
Section 2.26 as
			 modified by
			 524 CMR 35.00:
Safety
			 Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts
			 Modifications of That Code.
(7) Machines located in a hoistway shall not
			 be hydraulic and shall have:
(a) a disconnect
			 that will remove power from the motor and brake within sight of the
			 machine;
(b) a red stop switch that
			 interrupts the safety circuit; and
(c) a 110-volt light and GFI (ground fault
			 interrupter) receptacle.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.08 - Operating Protective Devices

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(1) Each conveyor
			 suspended by wire ropes, chains or similar means shall be equipped with car
			 safeties. The car safety shall be capable of stopping the car and sustaining
			 the car with 125% of its rated load. Upon activation of the car safeties, an
			 electric manual reset safety switch shall be provided that will cause the power
			 to be disconnected from the main driving means.
(2) Each lift shall be provided with top
			 final limit switches or physical stops, including the floor at the bottom
			 landing.
(3) Control stations shall
			 be permanently installed on the outside of each landing. The control stations
			 shall be in view of the hoistway and shall have an emergency mechanical set
			 reset type stop switch. The control stations shall be located at a point
			 outside the hoistway so it is not possible for the same person to operate the
			 control and ride the lift.
(4) A
			 lift with a winding drum machine shall be provided with a slack rope switch or
			 slack chain that will cause the main power to be removed from the driving
			 machine. The device shall be of the manually reset type.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.09 - Practical Tests and Inspections

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Before a conveyor is allowed to operate, the requirements of
				524 CMR 8.00:
Practical Tests and Inspections
shall be met, where
				applicable.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.10 - Controlled Access Facility

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All employees who intend to use a VRC in a controlled access
				facility shall be trained as to its safe operation. A record shall be kept on
				file by the facility documenting the individuals who have received such
				training. No employee of said facility may operate a VRC unless he or she has
				been trained on its safe operation.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.11 - Non-controlled Access Facility

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VRCs shall not be operated by the general public. If a VRC is
				located in a non controlled access facility, the area surrounding the VRC shall
				be secured so that members of the public do not have access to the unit. There
				shall be a sign on or adjacent to the unit reading "NO RIDERS." Letters on the
				sign shall be a minimum of two inches (50 mm) high and be a contrasting color
				to the surrounding background.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.12 - Non-controlled Access Facility

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VRCs may not be operated by the general public. If a VRC is
				located in a non-controlled access facility, the area surrounding the VRC shall
				be secured so that members of the public do not have access to the unit. There
				shall be a sign on or adjacent to the unit reading "NO RIDERS." Letters on the
				sign shall be a minimum of two inches (50-mm) high and be a contrasting color
				to the surrounding background.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 32.00 - Vertical Reciprocating Conveyors › Section 32.13 - Alterations

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Alterations to existing lifts shall cause the equipment
				affected by the alteration to comply with
				524 CMR
				32.00.
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1.1.2 Equipment Not Covered by This Code
Add a new first paragraph that reads:
Although equipment identified in 1.1.2(a) through (u) is not
				  covered by ASME Al 7.1 -2013/CS A B44-13:
Safety Code for Elevators and
				  Escalators,
524 CMR addresses the following subject matters:
				  524 CMR 26.00:
Certain Elevator Equipment Used as Motor Vehicle Parking Devices;
524 CMR 29.00:
Stage,
				  Orchestra, and Organ Console Elevators;
524 CMR 31.00:
Casket
				  Lifts Installed in Licensed Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapels, or Preparation
				  Rooms;
524 CMR. 32.00:
Vertical Reciprocating
				  Conveyors;
524 CMR 36.00:
Personnel Hoists and Employee
				  Elevators on Construction and Demolition Sites;
524 CMR 37.00:
Safety Requirements for Material Hoists;
and 524 CMR 38.00:
Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway
				  Chairlifts.
1.1.3 Application of Parts. Add additional sentence that
				  reads:
Where parts of ASME A17.1-2013/CSA B44-13:
Safety
				  Code for Elevators and Escalators,
other adopted national model codes
				  or referenced standards conflict with specific requirements of 524 CMR, the
				  provisions of 524 CMR shall prevail.
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2.1.1.2 Non-Fire-Resistive Construction
2.1.1.2.2 (a)
Delete: "2000 mm (79 in.)" and
				  Insert: "2100 mm (84 in.)".
2.11.4 Multiple Hoistways
Delete: Entire
				  paragraph and Insert: "Not more than four elevators shall be installed in the
				  same hoistway."
2.1.3
Floor Over Hoistway.
2.1.3.4
Area to Be Covered by Floor. Delete and
				  replace with:
2.1.3.4
Area to Be Covered by Floor. Where a
				  floor over a hoistway is required by 2.1.3.1, the floor shall extend over the
				  entire area of the hoistway and cover the entire machine room.
2.1.3.5 Area to Be Covered by Floor
2.1.3.5.1
Delete: Entire paragraph and Insert:
				  "Where a floor over a hoistway is required by
2.1.3.1,
the floor
				  shall extend over the entire area of the hoistway and cover the entire machine
				  room."
2.1.4 Control of Smoke and Hot Gases
Delete
				  entire section and add: "Ventilation requirements in Massachusetts shall be
				  follows:"
(1) "All passenger, freight,
				private residence, and limited use/limited access elevators, as well as
				dumbwaiters, escalators and moving walks, require a means of ventilation to the
				outer air from enclosed elevator hoistways and machine rooms and shall also
				conform to the energy conservation requirements of the 780 CMR:
The
				Massachusetts State Building Code.
(2) "Pressurizing the elevator hoistway and
				machine room is an acceptable alternate to ventilation."
(a) "A positive pressure must exist in the
				hoistway and machine room with the elevator(s) at a floor with the doors
				open."
(b) "Where air
				pressurization of the hoistway is utilized as a means of smoke and hot gas
				control, the air shall not be introduced into the hoistway in such a manner as
				to cause movement of selector tapes, governor ropes, compensating ropes and
				other components."
Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS › Title 524 CMR 35.00 - Safety Code For Elevators And Escalators A17-2004 And The Massachusetts Modifications Of That Code › Part 2 - ELECTRIC ELEVATORS › Section 2.2 - PITS

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2.2.2 Design and Construction of Pits
2.2.2.5
On the third line delete the word
				  "shall" and substitute the word "may".
2.2.4
Pit
				  Access
2.2.4.4
Delete and replace with:
2.2.4.4
Pits shall be accessible only to
				  licensed elevator mechanics, authorized personnel accompanied by a licensed
				  mechanic, and to other authorized personnel only after the equipment has been
				  made safe by a licensed elevator mechanic. When access to the pit is
via
a pit door, signage reading "DANGER - ACCESS ONLY ALLOWED
				  WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MASSACHUSETTS-LICENSED ELEVATOR MECHANIC" shall be placed
				  on the public side of the locked pit door. The signage letter size shall be a
				  minimum of % inch high and shall be of a contrasting color with that of the
				  background.
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2.7.1.2 Non-Fire-Resistive Construction
2.7.1.2.1
Delete: "2000 mm (79in.)" and Insert:
				  "2100 mm (84 in.)".
2.7.2.1 Equipment in Machine Rooms
Delete entire paragraph and substitute: "No machinery,
				  equipment, water lines, drainage lines, air conditioning units, radio
				  transmitters, antennas, or any piping or wiring for equipment other than
				  elevator equipment shall be located in or pass through the machine room, except
				  as required by modification to
2.8.2.
All flammab le/combustib le liquids shall be kept in approved
				  containers and secured in an approved flammable liquids locker. The amount
				  stored shall be regulated by 527 CMR:
Fire Prevention
				  Regulations.
2.7.2.2 Maintenance Clearance
2.2.2.2
Delete: Entire paragraph and insert: "A
				  clearance of not less than 450 mm (18 in.) shall be provided on all sides and
				  above the elevator equipment. Basement traction type installations are exempt
				  on the side facing the hoistway. Governors are to be no less than six inches
				  from the adjacent wall or other equipment."
2.7.3.4.1 Add a new (e)
2.7.3.4.1(e)
be identified with a sign that will
				  read "ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM NO STORAGE ALLOWED". The letter size shall be a
				  minimum of % inch high and shall be of a contrasting color with that of the
				  background.
2.7.3.4 Access Doors and
				  Openings
2.7.3.4.1
Add a new (d):
(d) identified with a sign that reads
				"ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM - NO STORAGE ALLOWED" and on separate lines: "DANGER -
				ACCESS ONLY ALLOWED WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MASSACHUSETTS-LICENSED ELEVATOR
				MECHANIC."
The letter size shall be a minimum of % inch high and shall
				  be of a contrasting color with that of the background.
2.7.3.4.1
Add a new (d):
(d) identified with a sign that reads
				"ELEVATOR MACHINE ROOM - NO STORAGE ALLOWED" and on separate lines: "DANGER -
				ACCESS ONLY ALLOWED WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MASSACHUSETTS-LICENSED ELEVATOR
				MECHANIC."
The letter size shall be a minimum of % inch high and shall
				  be of a contrasting color with that of the background.
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2.8.1 Equipment Allowed. Add after the first sentence:
Should any access to these areas be necessary for any reason,
				  all personnel shall be accompanied by a Massachusetts-licensed elevator
				  mechanic.
2.8.2 Pipes, Ducts, Tanks and
				  Sprinklers
2.8.2.2
Add the following sentence: "The bottom
				  of all ducts shall be not less than 2100 mm (84 in.) above the finished
				  floor."
2.8.3
Pipes, Ducts, Tanks, and
				  Sprinklers
2.8.3.3
Delete and replace with:
2.8.3.3 Sprinklers shall not be permitted in power passenger
				  or freight elevator hoistways, pits, machine rooms or control spaces.
2.8.3.3.1 through 2.8.3.3.4
Delete.
2.8.4 Air Conditioning
2.8.4.1
Delete entire paragraph and add: "Air
				  conditioning equipment shall not be located directly above or within 600 mm (24
				  inches) of the footprint (horizontally) of the elevator equipment."
2.8.4.3
Delete entire paragraph and add: "Means
				  shall be provided to collect and drain condensation water from these spaces.
				  Condensation drains shall not be located above or within 600 mm (24 inches) of
				  the footprint (horizontally) of the elevator equipment. Drains connected
				  directly to sewers shall not be installed."
2.8.4.4
Add: "Should access be necessary in or
				  through elevator machine rooms, or machinery spaces, air conditioning
				  maintenance personnel shall be accompanied by a licensed elevator
				  mechanic."
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2.11.1.2 Emergency Doors in Blind Hoistways. Delete (h) and
				  replace with:
(h) The locking system
				shall consist of the 3502 key and cylinder and fire service shall only be
				activated with the use of the 3502 key and cylinder. The possession of the
				Massachusetts firefighter key number 3502 shall be limited to fire department
				personnel, Massachusetts licensed elevator mechanics, and state elevator
				inspectors employed by the Office. This key shall not be a part of a building
				master key system.
2.11.1.4 Access Openings for Cleaning of Car and Hoistway
				  Enclosures. Delete entire paragraph and replace with:
2.11.1.4 Access openings for cleaning of car and hoistway
				  enclosures are prohibited.
2.11.2 Types of Entrances
2.11.2.1 Delete (d).
2.11.6 Opening of Hoistway Doors
2.11.6.2 Add new (e) and (f) that read:
(e) any exit leading from any elevator
				hoistway door to the outside of the building.
(f)
Confined Space
				Egress
. No elevator landing shall comprise of, or lead to, a
				confined locked space of over four inches without either:
1. the installation in the space of a means
				to recall the elevator; or
2.
				provision of a means to keep the elevator at the landing with the car and
				landing doors in the open position until egress from the confined locked space
				is achieved.
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2.12.6 Hoistway Door Unlocking Devices
2.12.6.1 General.
Delete and replace
				  with:
2.12.6.1 General.
Hoistway door unlocking
				  devices shall be provided for use by Massachusetts-licensed elevator mechanics
				  and trained firefighters at every landing where there is a passenger entrance.
				  The types of hoistway door unlocking devices are subject to prior approval of
				  the Board. The use of unlocking device special tools by anyone other than
				  Massachusetts-licensed elevator mechanics and trained firefighters is
				  prohibited.
2.12.6.2.3 through 2.12.6.2.5
Delete.
2.12.7 Hoistway Access Switches
2.12.7.3.6
Delete entire paragraph and
				  substitute: "The movement of the car initiated and maintained by the access
				  switch at the lowest landing, if this landing is the normal means of access to
				  the pit, shall not be limited in the up direction."
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2.14.1.10 Side Emergency Exits
2.14.1.10.2(f)
Delete last sentence and
				  substitute: "Keys shall be available only to Massachusetts licensed elevator
				  mechanics and inspectors only."
2.14.2.6
Access Panels. Delete.
2.14.3.1
Enclosure Material. Delete and replace
				  with:
2.14.3.1
Enclosure Material. Cab enclosure walls
				  and the car top shall be made of metal without perforations, except for car
				  gate(s) and the area above them.
2.14.4
Passenger and
				  Freight Car Doors and Gates, General Requirements
2.14.4.5 Location
2.14.4.5.1
Delete (d).
2.14.7 Illumination of Cars and Lighting
				  Fixtures
2.14.4.7.2
Delete and replace
				  with:
2.14.4.7.2
Gates shall be constructed of metal,
				  and shall be of a design that will reject a ball 50 mm (2 in.) in diameter,
				  except that if multisection vertical lift gates are used, the panel shall be
				  designed to reject a ball 10 mm (0.375 in.) in diameter.
Add a new
"2.14.7.3.7
All passengers and freight
				  elevators shall have battery operated emergency lights."
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2.16.4 Carrying of Passengers on Freight Elevators
2.16.4.1 Delete and replace with:
(a) Freight elevators shall be used only by
				those persons required for handling freight.
(b) It shall be allowable at stated hours to
				carry employees, but not the general public, on a freight elevator, provided
				that the freight elevator conforms to the load carrying requirements for
				passenger elevators and a special permit is granted by the enforcing authority
				subject to the following:
1. Car switch
				operated elevators and continuous pressure operated elevators shall be in
				charge of a licensed operator when used to carry employees at stated
				hours.
2. Stated hours shall be
				determined by the enforcing authority.
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2.26.1.4.4 Machine Room Inspection
				  Operation.
Delete on first line: "When machine room inspection operation
				  is provided, it shall conform to...." and substitute: Machine room inspection
				  operation shall be provided and shall conform
				  to......."
2.26.2
Electrical Protective Devices
2.26.2.21
In-Car Stop Switch. In the second
				  sentence, change "Group 1 Security" to "Group 2 Security".
2.26.4 Electrical Equipment and Wiring
2.26.4.1
After the paragraph, add new (a)
				  through (d) that read:
(a) The main
				line disconnect switch or circuit breaker shall be located inside the machine
				room door or control room door. The operating handle shall be positioned on the
				side of the disconnect closest to the lock jamb and not more than 450 mm (18
				inches) horizontally from the lock jamb. The handle shall be at a height of not
				more than 1700 mm (66 inches) above the finished floor at its highest point. In
				the case of multi-car machine rooms, the switches shall be grouped together as
				close as possible to that location.
(b) In the case of a machine room with double
				swing doors, the doors shall swing out and the switch(es) shall be on the wall
				adjacent to the hinge side of the active door panel.
(c) The switches shall be so designed that
				they may be locked out and tagged in the open position.
(d) If the fused disconnect switch or circuit
				breaker is not visible from the elevator machine to which it is connected, a
				second disconnect switch shall be installed that is visible from the
				machine.