Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 40 - Division of Fire Safety › Chapter 5 - Elevators › Section 11 CSR 40-5.030 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is to define terms common to
				  elevator and other objects that fall under sections 701.350-701.380,
				  RSMo.
(1) As used in these
				rules and regulations the following terms mean:
(A) Alteration-Any change or addition to any
				elevator equipment other than ordinary repairs and replacements;
(B) Automatic transfer device-A mechanism
				which automatically moves a load consisting of a cart, tote box, pallet,
				wheeled vehicle, box or similar object to and from the platform of the lift but
				does not carry personnel;
(C)
				Authorized representative-The department within cities, towns, and other
				governmental subdivisions designated by the Elevator Safety Board to enforce
				certain provisions of sections 701.350-701.380, RSMo;
(D) Board-The Elevator Safety Board appointed
				as provided in sections 701.350701.380, RSMo;
(E) Department-The Department of Public
				Safety;
(F) Dumbwaiter-A hoisting
				and lowering mechanism with a car of limited capacity and size which moves in
				guides in a substantially vertical direction, and is used exclusively for
				carrying material;
(G) Elevator
				equipment-Any equipment regulated by these rules and regulations as described
				in
				11 CSR
				40-5.020 defined in
				11 CSR 40-5.030 as
				listed herein;
(H) Elevator-A
				hoisting and lowering mechanism designed to carry passengers or authorized
				personnel and equipped with a car which moves in fixed guides and serves two
				(2) or more fixed landings;
(I)
				Escalator-A power-driven inclined continuous stairway used for the raising and
				lowering of passengers;
(J)
				Existing installation-An installation for which prior to the effective date of
				these rules and regulations-
1. All work to
				install the installation was completed; or
2. The plans and specifications were filed
				with the permitting authority and work begun no later than twelve (12) months
				after the date of the permit;
(K) Freight elevator-An elevator used
				primarily for carrying freight and on which only the operator and persons
				necessary for unloading and loading the freight are permitted to
				ride;
(L) Installation-An automatic
				transfer device, dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, man-lift, material lift,
				moving walk and stairway inclined lift, including its hoistway, hoistway
				enclosure and related construction, and all machinery and equipment;
(M) Licensed inspector-Any inspector in the
				employ of the department, in the employ of any authorized representative, or
				any special inspector certified and licensed by the board in accordance with
				11 CSR 40-5.120 as
				listed herein;
(N) Major
				alteration-Refer to definition of alteration;
(O) Manlift-A device consisting of a
				power-driven endless belt moving in one direction only and provided with steps
				and platforms and handholds attached to it for the transportation of personnel
				from floor to floor which is not accessible to or used by the general
				public;
(P) Material lift-A
				hoisting and lowering mechanism normally classified as an elevator which has
				been modified to adapt it for automatic movement of material by means of an
				integrally mounted automatic transfer device;
(Q) Moving walk-A type of passenger-carrying
				device in or on which passengers stand, sit, or walk and in which the movement
				of the passenger-carrying device is uninterrupted and remains parallel to its
				direction of motion;
(R) New
				installation-Any installation not classified as an existing installation, or
				any existing installation, moved to a new location subsequent to the effective
				date of these rules;
(S) Personnel
				hoist-A mechanism and its hoistway for use in connection with the construction,
				alteration, maintenance, or demolition of a building, structure, or other work.
				It is used for hoisting and lowering workers or materials, or both, and is
				equipped with a car that moves on guide members during its vertical
				movement;
(T) Special inspector-An
				inspector certified by the board, but not employed by the Department of Public
				Safety or by a municipality or political subdivision;
(U) Special purpose personnel elevator- An
				elevator installed in a structure and location to provide vertical
				transportation of authorized personnel, their tools and equipment only. Such an
				elevator is typically installed in structures such as grain elevators, radio
				antennae and bridge towers, underground facilities, dams, power plants,
				construction job sites and similar structures, where by reason of their limited
				use and types of construction served, full compliance with the applicable
				standards is not practical nor necessary; and
(V) Stairway inclined lift-A power passenger
				lift installed on an incline for raising and lowering persons from one floor to
				another.