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 1 - GENERAL › Section 1.3 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
In addition to definitions contained in ASME A17.1-2013/CSA
				  B44-13:
Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators,
Section 1.3
				  of the following defined terms are to be included. Where any definitional
				  conflict exists, the following definitions shall prevail:
Accident
. An incident occurring on
				  or caused by an elevator which results in serious mechanical failure of the
				  elevator, injury or both.
Apron. An enclosure of solid construction to enclose the
				  space between the top of the hoistway enclosure and the underside of the
				  platform when the platform extends above the top of the hoistway
				  enclosure.
Authority Having Jurisdiction
. The
				  organization, office or individual responsible for enforcement of 524 CMR.
				  Where compliance with 524 CMR has been mandated by legislation or regulation,
				  the "authority having jurisdiction" is also the regulatory authority.
Board
. The Board of Elevator
				  Regulations.
Chief.
The Chief of the Division of
				  Inspections, Elevator of the Office of Public Safety and Inspections.
Commissioner
. The Commissioner of
				  the Division of Professional Licensure.
Control Space
.
See
control room.
NOTE
: Control spaces shall satisfy
				  the requirements for control rooms. The controller and motor controller shall
				  be located in a control room.
Controlled Access Facility
. Any
				  facility where the use of facility and access thereto is restricted only to
				  persons leasing or otherwise using space.
Division
. The Division of
				  Inspections, Elevator of the Office of Public Safety and Inspections.
Doubled-ended Platform
. A lift that
				  is capable of being loaded and unloaded from more than one side of the
				  platform.
Electromechanical Interlock
. A
				  device that prevents the operation of the VRC unless all hoistway doors and car
				  gates (when provided) are closed and locked when locking is possible when the
				  lift is away from landing.
Elevator
. The term elevator shall
				  include escalators, moving stairways, moving walks, dumbwaiters and material
				  lifts (with or without automatic transfer devices), wheelchair lifts, automatic
				  people movers, vertical reciprocating conveyors, orchestra lifts, car lifts,
				  limited use elevators or limited application elevators, freight elevators,
				  including those subject to St. 1962, c. 288, and other associated devices
				  within the elevator industry, except inclined stair lifts located and installed
				  in residential homes.
Elevator Personnel
. A
				  Massachusetts-licensed elevator mechanic.
Final Limit Switch
. An
				  electromechanical switch, device or system actuated by position of the car
				  causing the main drive power to be disconnected from the driving machine when
				  the lift reaches floor level or if the lift travels beyond the terminal
				  landings.
Inspector
. An elevator inspector
				  employed by the Office.
Minor Injury
. Bodily harm which may
				  or may not require first aid or significant treatment, but cannot be otherwise
				  classified as a serious injury.
Moving Stairway
.
See
escalator.
Office
. The Office of Public Safety
				  and Inspections.
Orchestra Elevator
. A platform for
				  raising and lowering musicians of an orchestra in a substantially vertical
				  direction.
Organ Console Elevator
. A platform
				  for raising and lowering an organ console, including the organist, in a
				  substantially vertical direction.
Owner
. The owner of an elevator or
				  the owner's agent or designee.
Qualified Elevator Inspector (QEI)
.
See
inspector.
Serious Injury
. A personal
				  injury/illness that results in death, dismemberment, significant disfigurement,
				  permanent loss of the use of a body organ, member, function, or system, a
				  compound fracture, or other significant injury/illness.
Serious Mechanical Failure
. Events
				  in which the elevator experiences measurable damage, loss of function or both
				  and where safety of the public or workers is potentially at risk.
Stage Elevator
. A platform
				  consisting of a section of the stage arranged to be raised and lowered to or
				  above and below the stage level in a vertical direction.
Travel Limit Switch
. A device that
				  mechanically limits the travel of the lift when the platform arrives or travels
				  beyond the terminal landings. This device may be used in conjunction with a
				  final limit device or system.
Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor
				  (VRC)
. A power driven stationary conveyance permanently installed,
				  and comprised of a car or platform that serves two or more floors or landings
				  and travels in a vertical or inclined direction. It is an isolated self
				  contained lift, and is not part of a mechanized conveyor
				  system.