Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Construction Codes › Elevator Safety Board › Michigan Elevator Rules › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 408.7002 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2.
(1) As
					 used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means 1967 PA
					 227, MCL 408.801 to
					 408.824.
(b) "Belt manlift" means a power-driven
					 endless belt that has steps and handholds and is used to transport persons in a
					 vertical direction through successive floors or levels of a building or
					 structure.
(c) "Department" means
					 the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
(d) "Electrical-powered, 1-man elevator"
					 means an elevator that has a car platform area of not more than 5 square feet,
					 a rated load of not more than 300 pounds, and a rated speed of not more than
					 100 feet per minute. It is for the exclusive use of certain designated
					 operating and maintenance employees and is installed in any of the following
					 structures:
(i) A grain or feed
					 mill.
(ii) A chemical or alcohol
					 distillery.
(iii) A cement storage
					 tower.
(iv) A radio
					 tower.
(v) A similar structure that
					 is not accessible to the general public.
(e) "Examination" means a survey of the
					 design and construction of elevators or elevator equipment by a dealer in
					 elevators or elevator equipment or an approved insurance company.
(f) "Hand-powered, 1-man elevator" means an
					 elevator that has a car platform area of not more than 5 square feet, has a
					 rated load of not more than 300 pounds, and is operated from the car only by
					 pulling on a stationary rope that is located in the hoistway and passing
					 through or adjacent to the car platform. The elevator is for the exclusive use
					 of certain designated operating and maintenance employees and is installed in a
					 grain or feed mill or a similar structure that is not accessible to the general
					 public.
(g) "Inspection" means the
					 official determination by a general inspector of the condition of all parts of
					 equipment on which the safe operation of an elevator
					 depends
.
(h) "Private
					 residence elevator" means any elevating device installed in or at a private
					 residence or installed in a building as a means of access to a private
					 residence within such building, provided the elevator is installed so that it
					 is not accessible to the general public or to other occupants in the building.
					 The use is restricted to the owner and the owner's immediate family and
					 nonpaying guests. All other elevating device installations must be classified
					 as commercial.
(i) "Special
					 elevating device" includes another lifting or lowering apparatus that is guided
					 as provided in section
					 3 of the act, MCL
					 408.803.
(j) "Temporary inspection" means the
					 inspection of a permanent elevator that is to be used on a temporary
					 basis.
(k) 'Maintenance' means the
					 process of routine examination, lubrication, cleaning, and adjustment of parts
					 components or subsystems, or both, to ensure performance pursuant to these
					 rules and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) A17.1.