Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 875 - Labor Services Division › Elevators, Escalators, and Related Equipment › Chapter 71 - Administration of the Conveyance Safety Program › Rule 875-71.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The definitions contained in this rule shall apply to
				  875-Chapters 71, 72, and 73.
"Acceptance checklist"
means a checklist
				  available on the website of the division of labor services that includes a list
				  of major systems and components of conveyances.
"AECO"
means an elevator/escalator
				  certification organization accredited pursuant to ASME A17.7.
"Approved"
means approved by the
				  division.
"CCD"
means code compliance documentation as
				  described in ASME A17.7, Section
				  2.10.
"CEI"
means a person who is a certified
				  elevator inspector or certified elevator inspector supervisor and who received
				  the certification from a certifying organization that holds a valid document of
				  accreditation issued by an accreditation body in accordance with ANSI/ISO/IEC
				  17024.
"Center of the elevator path"
means a
				  vertical line through the center point of an elevator car top beginning 2 feet
				  below the lower landing and ending 10 feet above the highest landing of an
				  elevator.
"Control"
means the system governing the
				  starting, stopping, direction of motion, acceleration, speed and deceleration
				  of the moving member.
"Conveyance"
means any elevator, escalator,
				  material lift elevator installed on or after August 10, 2016, dumbwaiter, wind
				  tower lift, CPH, or other equipment governed by Iowa Code chapter 89A.
"CPH"
means a construction personnel
				  hoist.
"CPH jump"
means the addition or removal of
				  mast or tower allowing a change in the hoist service elevation of a CPH.
"Division"
means the labor services division
				  of the workforce development department.
"Elevator"
means a hoisting and lowering
				  mechanism equipped with a car or platform which moves in guides in a
				  substantially vertical direction and which serves two or more floors of a
				  building or structure. "Elevator" does not include a CPH.
"Elevator mechanic"
means a person who meets
				  the standard for "elevator personnel" found in ASME A17.1.
"Hoistway-unit system"
means a series of
				  hoistway-door interlocks, hoistway-door electric contacts or hoistway-door
				  combination mechanical locks and electric contacts, or a combination thereof,
				  the function of which is to prevent operation of the driving machine by the
				  normal operating device unless all hoistway doors are in the closed position
				  and, if required, locked.
"Imminent danger"
means one or more
				  conditions or practices exist which are reasonably expected to cause death or
				  serious physical harm immediately or before the danger can be eliminated
				  through the procedures described in subrules 71.11(6) and 71.11(7).
"Seal off"
means to place a conveyance
				  controller in the off position and attach a wire seal with a tag warning that
				  the conveyance must be rendered dormant or shall not be used pending
				  repairs.
"Serious danger"
means one or more
				  conditions or practices exist which create a substantial probability that death
				  or serious physical harm could result.
"Waiver"
means a waiver pursuant to Iowa
				  Code section
				  17A.9A or an exception or
				  variance pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  89A.11.
"Wind tower lift"
means a conveyance
				  designed and utilized solely for movement of trained and authorized people and
				  small loads in wind towers built for the production of
				  electricity.