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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Hoistway Doors and Gates for Passenger and Freight Installation › Section 8-1.23 - Operation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected after October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected after November 1, 1920.
(a) All openings in hoistway enclosures shall
						be provided with fire doors.
(b)
						All doors used on hoistways hereafter constructed shall be set substantially
						flush with the hoistway line.
(c)
						Sliding hoistway doors at landings of elevator hoistways shall be manually
						operated, self- closing or power driven.
(d) Hoistway doors at elevator landings that
						open and close with a swinging motion shall be manually operated.
(e) All manually operated hoistway doors
						shall be provided with an interlock or electric contact conforming to the
						specifications of sections
						8-1.55 and
						8-1.56  or
						other approved devices performing similar functions.
Exception:Sliding doors on hydraulic passenger
						  elevators equipped with a self-closing device which is not actuated by the
						  movement of the car.
(f)
						All manually operated and self-closing hoistway doors shall be locked or
						latched when the car is not at the landing.
Exception:Full automatic doors shall not be required to
						  be locked or latched.
(g)
						Where electric contacts are installed they shall be located so as to insure the
						door being locked or latched when or before the contact is closed.
(h) Power driven doors shall be so arranged
						that they cannot be opened from the floor side except by the use of an
						emergency key or by other approved means.
(i) Hoistway doors shall not be openable from
						the floor side except by the use of a key.
Exception:When car is at the landing and doors are
						  unlocked by the action of the car.
(j) It shall be optional with the owner or
						tenant of the building to arrange the hoistway doors on any or all floors so
						they may be unlocked from the floor side by means of a key. To insure against
						the unauthorized use of a key or keys each tenant shall be responsible for the
						care and use of the hoistway door key or keys and he shall post and maintain a
						notice adjacent to each single elevator hoistway door or of each battery of
						elevators that will indicate how the key shall be available.
(k) The bottom landing hoistway door of every
						elevator shall be openable from the outside by means of a key. In addition to
						the keys kept by the tenants, there shall be an emergency key which shall be
						kept in a glass covered box adjacent to such landing which shall be immediately
						returned to the box and the glass replaced when the emergency ceases.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Hoistway Doors and Gates for Passenger and Freight Installation › Section 8-1.24 - Construction of doors

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected after October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected after November 1, 1920.
Construction of hoistway doors shall conform to the
						  specifications provided in section
						  8-1.62.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Hoistway Doors and Gates for Passenger and Freight Installation › Section 8-1.25 - Landings

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before or after October 1,
						  1913; in mercantile establishments in buildings erected before or after
						  November 1, 1920.
(a) All entrances to
						the hoistway shall be properly lighted while the elevator cars are in
						service.
(b) The minimum intensity
						of such illumination shall not fall below 0.50 foot candle at the floor level.
Note: 0.50 foot candle is approximately that given by a
						  25 watt frosted lamp placed seven feet from the landing edge of the car
						  platform or of a 40 watt frosted lamp placed nine feet from such landing
						  edge.
(c) In future
						installations of passenger elevators, the landings for a distance of not less
						than 18 inches from the hoistway line and across the entire width of the
						openings shall be constructed and maintained so as to prevent persons from
						slipping thereon.
(d) Floor tracks
						for doors or gates in future installations shall not project above the finished
						floor surface.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Hoistway Doors and Gates for Passenger and Freight Installation › Section 8-1.26 - Thoroughfares under elevators

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before or after October 1,
						  1913; in mercantile establishments in buildings erected before or after
						  November 1, 1920.
There shall be no thoroughfare, occupied or unoccupied
						  space under the hoistway of any elevator, dumbwaiter or counterweight, unless
						  all of the following conditions exist:
(a) Elevator car and counterweight shall be
						provided with bumpers or buffers capable of stopping the car when descending at
						governor tripping speed with rated load.
(b) The car shall be provided with a safety
						device conforming to the requirements for such device. The counterweights shall
						be provided with safety device conforming to the requirements for such device,
						or a safety device which functions if the rope breaks. Provided also that when
						the lock type of counterweight safety is employed, the governor which operates
						the car safety must be arranged to bring the elevator machine to a stop when
						the counterweight reaches a speed corresponding to the car governor tripping
						speed.
(c) There shall be a floor
						under the hoistway sufficiently strong to withstand without injury the impact
						of the car or counterweight descending at governor tripping speed with rated
						load.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Hoistway Doors and Gates for Passenger and Freight Installation › Section 8-1.27 - Flooring

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before or after October 1,
						  1913; in mercantile establishments in buildings erected before or after
						  November 1, 1920.
(a) At the top of
						hoistways immediately below the machine or sheaves or at the machine beams, a
						flooring of iron, steel, concrete or wood capable of sustaining a concentrated
						load of 300 pounds, shall be provided.
Exceptions:
(1) Hoistways protected at each floor by
						automatic trap doors.
(2) Sidewalk
						elevators outside of building line.
(3) Dumbwaiters.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Hoistway Doors and Gates for Passenger and Freight Installation › Section 8-1.28 - Machinery

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before or after October 1,
						  1913; in mercantile establishments in buildings erected before or after
						  November 1, 1920.
(a) The elevator
						machinery and sheaves shall have an ample factor of safety for the rated
						elevator capacity and shall be installed in a substantial manner.
(b) Belted, chain driven elevators and spur
						gear machines.
(1) In future installations
						single belted or chain driven elevators shall not be permitted.
(2) In future installations double belted
						driven elevators shall be permitted only when the drive is from a line
						shafting, which also supplies power for other purposes and where the car speed
						does not exceed 60 feet per minute.
(3) In future installations spur gear
						machines shall not be permitted.
Exceptions:
(1) Machines that have an intervening worm
						and gear between the spur gear and brake.
(2) Spur gears may be installed on worm
						gearing machines between the motor and brakes. (For sheaves and drum diameters
						see subdivision [i] of section
						8-1.45.)
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Hoistway Doors and Gates for Passenger and Freight Installation › Section 8-1.29 - Machine guards

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before or after October 1,
						  1913; in mercantile establishments in buildings erected before or after
						  November 1, 1920.
(a) In existing
						installations the machinery for operating elevators, when not installed in a
						penthouse, engine room or motor room, shall be guarded by an approved guard or
						standard railing as specified in section
						8-1.54, set not
						less than 12 nor more than 20 inches from any moving part. Such enclosures
						shall be properly lighted. When the machine is located at the bottom of the
						hoistway it shall be protected with a substantial pit pan.
(b) In future installations the enclosure
						shall be of solid or open work not less than six feet high, and the entrances
						thereto protected by a door provided with a lock.
Exception:This section shall not apply to machines hung
						  or mounted on ceiling.
For counterweight guards see subdivision (b) of
							 section
							 8-1.43
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Hoistway Doors and Gates for Passenger and Freight Installation › Section 8-1.30 - Machine brakes

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before or after October 1,
						  1913; in mercantile establishments in buildings erected before or after
						  November 1, 1920.
Every direct connected electric elevator hereafter
						  installed shall be equipped with an electro-mechanical machine brake, which
						  shall be electrically released and mechanically applied and which shall bring
						  the car to a stop when any of the electric attachments function for safety or
						  when the operating device is brought to the stop position.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Car and Safety Operating Devices and Equipment › Section 8-1.31 - Car operating device

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) In
						elevators hereafter installed all electric car switch operating devices shall
						be self-centering and self-locking in the inoperative position. Car switches,
						whose operating devices will move to the "on" position due to the possible
						failure of the self-centering mechanism shall not be permitted. Every electric
						elevator operated by hand ropes, lever, wheel or other non-self-centering
						devices, shall be provided with a device which will prevent the operation of
						the car, after the interruption of the current, until the operating device has
						been first returned to the inoperative position. (See also §§
												8-1.35,
						8-1.41[e][1].)
(b) In future installations hand rope
						controlled elevators will not be permitted for a speed in excess of 100 feet
						per minute.
(c) In future
						installations revolving lever or wheel control will not be permitted for a
						speed in excess of 150 feet per minute.
(d) In future installations vertical shifting
						rods shall not be permitted.
(e)
						Every elevator hereafter installed and operated by polyphase alternating
						current shall be equipped with a reverse phase relay of the shunt type. (See
						also §
												8-1.11[a][6].)
(f) In all freight elevator installations
						where no regular operator is employed the return hand rope may be installed
						outside of the hoistway wall provided the hoistway doors or gates are equipped
						with interlocks or electric contacts and there is a hand rope lock on the car.
						Where such return hand rope passes through the floors it shall be guarded to a
						height of not less than three feet from the floor on the exposed
						sides.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Car and Safety Operating Devices and Equipment › Section 8-1.32 - Terminal stopping devices and limit stops

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All elevators shall have limit devices
						arranged to automatically stop the elevator car at the terminals of travel and
						installed as follows:
(1) Electric winding
						drum type elevators; on machine and in hoistway.
(2) Electric winding drum type sidewalk
						elevators; on machine and in hoistway or on operating device.
(3) Electric traction type passenger and
						freight elevators; on car or in hoistway.
(4) Double belt winding drum freight
						elevators; on machine and on operating device.
(5) Existing double belt, single belt or
						chain driven elevators; shall have at least a stopping device on the operating
						rope.
(6) Double belt traction type
						freight elevators; on operating device
(7) Hydraulic and plunger hand rope operated
						type passenger and freight elevators with speeds not exceeding 150 feet per
						minute; on operating rope.
(8)
						Hydraulic and plunger elevators, passenger and freight, with speeds exceeding
						150 feet per minute; on machine.
(9) Hydraulic and plunger passenger and
						freight elevators lever or crank operated; on machine.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Car and Safety Operating Devices and Equipment › Section 8-1.33 - Slack cable stopping device

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
All elevators using a winding drum shall be provided
						  with a slack cable device which will automatically cut off the power and stop
						  the machine in case the hoisting cables or chains become slack.
Exception:
(1)
						Existing belt or chain driven elevators.
(2) Sidewalk elevators.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Car and Safety Operating Devices and Equipment › Section 8-1.34 - Safety or governor switch

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
All elevators using a traction type machine shall be
						  provided with a switch on the safety or governor, which will stop the machine
						  when the safety applies.
Exception:
Existing installations with mechanical
						  brakes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Car and Safety Operating Devices and Equipment › Section 8-1.35 - Car emergency switch

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Every direct connected electric elevator hereafter
						  installed shall have mounted in the car adjacent to the controller an emergency
						  switch, the function of which shall be to cut off the power, apply the brake
						  and bring the car to rest, independent of the car operating device.
Exception:
Sidewalk elevators and trap door freight
						  elevators.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Car and Safety Operating Devices and Equipment › Section 8-1.36 - Hand rope cable lock

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
An approved locking device shall be provided for all
						  hand rope controlled freight elevators that will hold the hand rope in the stop
						  position while the car is standing at a landing.
Exception:
When the hoistway doors or gates are provided with
						  interlocks or electric contacts, and hand rope is wholly within the
						  hoistway.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Safety Equipment › Section 8-1.37 - Car safeties

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All
						elevators shall have a safety device of an approved type that will grip the
						guide rails with a gradually increasing pressure and retard and hold the car
						with its full load whenever the safeties are applied, or in a distance not
						greater than nine feet at a speed of 700 feet per minute, except that elevators
						having a speed of 100 feet per minute or less, safeties of the instantaneous
						type may be used.
Exceptions:
(1) Hydraulic plunger type evelators.
(2) Platform elevators.
(3) Sidewalk elevators with a rise of not
						over 20 feet.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Safety Equipment › Section 8-1.38 - Speed governors

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All
						elevators, the travel of which is more than 25 feet and on which safeties are
						required by section
						8-1.37 
						shall be equipped with a speed governor located at the top of the hoistway,
						whose action will trip and apply the safeties whenever the car attains a
						downward speed of 40 per cent in excess of the normal car speed, except that in
						no case shall the governor be set to trip the safety at a speed in excess of
						850 feet per minute, nor shall it be required to trip the safety at less than
						150 feet per minute.
Exceptions:
(1) Existing installations where the distance
						from the pit bottom to the upper terminal of travel does not exceed 50 feet.
(2) All installations where
						hoistways are protected by automatic trap doors conforming to section 8-
						1.15.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Guide Rails › Section 8-1.39 - General

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) In future
						installations, guide rails for both car and counterweight of all elevators
						shall be of steel.
Exceptions:Wood guide rails shall be permitted where
						  none of the following conditions are exceeded:
(1) Passenger elevators with a capacity not
						exceeding 2,000 pounds.
(2)
						Freight elevators with a capacity not exceeding 5,000 pounds.
(3) Elevators with a rise not exceeding 75
						feet.
(4) Elevators with a speed
						not exceeding 100 feet per minute.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Cars › Section 8-1.40 - Passenger elevators

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
						Enclosure and construction.
(1) All passenger
						elevator cars shall be fully and substantially enclosed on all sides including
						the top, except the landing side. In future installations the car frame shall
						be of wrought iron or steel.
(2)
						The enclosure shall be of wood or metal and must be of solid construction to a
						height of not less than 48 inches above the car floor. Above the solid panel
						and extending to the top frame of the car, open work may be used provided the
						spacing between the members does not exceed one inch. That portion of the car
						enclosure to its full height where the counterweights pass, shall be of solid
						construction or of wire mesh or expanded metal not less than No. 18 U. S. gauge
						which will reject a three-eighths inch diameter ball.
(3) When wood is used the enclosure shall not
						be less than seven-eighths inch in thickness.
(4) The enclosure of the top of the car shall
						be sufficiently strong to sustain a concentrated load of 150 pounds.
(5) The enclosure of the top of the car shall
						be provided with an emergency trap door not less than 18 inches in its smallest
						dimensions, and not less than 400 square inches in area.
(6) Where two or more cars are in the same
						hoistway emergency doors may be provided in the side of each car in lieu of
						trap doors to afford easy egress from one car to another, the size of which
						shall be not less than 18 inches in width and 60 inches high measured from a
						point not higher than six inches from the floor.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Cars › Section 8-1.41 - Freight elevators

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
						Enclosure. The cars of all elevators shall be enclosed on all sides except
						landing sides to a height of not less than 66 inches or to the crosshead where
						it is less than 66 inches in height.
(b) Construction.
(1) The enclosure shall be of wood or metal,
						solid or open work; if of open work, the spacing between parallel members shall
						be not more than one inch. In future installations the enclosure shall be
						solid.
(2) When wood is used the
						enclosure shall be not less than seven-eighths inch in thickness.
(3) Where the operating device is a hand rope
						and so located as to necessitate a slot in the car enclosure such slot shall be
						not more than 10 inches wide and not less than 24 inches from the
						floor.
(4) Floor tracks in future
						installations shall not project above the finished floor surface.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Cars › Section 8-1.42 - Passenger and freight elevators

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Lighting.
(1) All elevator cars shall be properly
						lighted while in service.
Exceptions:
(1) Automatic trap door elevators. (2)
						Sidewalk elevators. (3) Platform elevators.
(2) All entrances to the hoistway shall be
						properly lighted while the cars are in service.
(3) The intensity of illumination as required
						by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subdivision shall not fall below 0.50 foot
						candle power at floor level. (See "note" to §
													8-1.25[b].)
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Counterweights › Section 8-1.43 - Construction

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) [Tie rods.]
(1) In future installations, all
						counterweights shall have their sections strongly secured together with tie
						rods passing through all the subweights and at least one portion of the frame
						work or guide weights.
(2) The tie
						rods shall have locknuts at each end secured by cotter pins.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Counterweights › Section 8-1.44 - Car and counterweight bumpers and buffers

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All power driven elevators hereafter
						installed for speeds less than 350 feet per minute shall have provided for the
						car and counterweight suitable buffer springs or their equivalent.
(b) All power driven elevators hereafter
						installed for speeds of 350 feet per minute and over shall have provided for
						the car and counterweights substantial oil buffers.
(c) The function of bumpers or buffers shall
						be to absorb all of the energy of the fully loaded car and counterweight when
						descending at the governing tripping speed.
Exception:Bumpers or buffers are not required for
						  sidewalk elevators.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Cables › Section 8-1.45 - Hoist cables, sheave and drum diameters and cable safety factors

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Winding drum
						elevators hereafter installed shall have not less than two hoisting cables and
						two cables attached to each counterweight. Traction elevators shall have not
						less than three cables for capacities not exceeding 1,200 pounds. For loads in
						excess of 1,200 pounds, not less than four cables shall be used.
(b) The hoist and counterweight cables and
						their fastenings for passenger and freight elevators hereafter installed shall
						have a safety factor of not less than that given in the following table.
Car speed in
									 feet
Passenger
										elevators
Freight
										elevators
per minute
Drum
Traction
Drum
Traction
0 to 100
7.5
9.5
6.5
8.0
101 to 250
8.5
10.5
7.5
9.5
251 to 400
9.5
11.75
8.5
10.5
401 to 650
10.5
13.0
9.0
11.25
Over 650
11.0
13.75
10.0
12.5
Exception:
On sidewalk elevators the safety factors shall be not
						  less than six.
(c) Safety
						factors shall be computed on the total weight suspended by the cables when the
						elevator is loaded to its full rated capacity.
(d) Hoisting cables shall be either high
						grade wrought iron or steel.
Exception:
Chains may be used for sidewalk elevators.
(e) Cables shall be replaced when
						they become unsafe.
(f) The ends of
						all hoist cables shall be securely fastened and there shall be not less than
						one full turn on winding drums when the car or weights are at the limits of
						their travel.
(g) Where
						installations require that the hoist and counterweight cables pass through the
						floors outside of the elevator hoistway or enclosure the same shall be boxed in
						with a solid enclosure on all sides to a height of not less than seven
						feet.
(h) In future installations
						of all electric elevators located overhead, where right and left hand single
						drum grooving is provided, equalizers shall be used for fastening the hoisting
						and drum counterweight cables to the car and drum counterweight
						respectively.
(i) On all elevators
						hereafter installed the diameter of any sheave or drum over which the hoist or
						counterweight cables pass shall be not less than 40 times the diameter of such
						hoist or counterweight cables except that sheaves of a minimum diameter of 24
						inches may be used for five-eighths inch cable.
Exception:
Sidewalk elevators not included in sheave and drum
						  diameter requirements.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Platform Elevators › Section 8-1.46 - Carriage elevators

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The installation hereafter of platform elevators as
						  defined in these rules shall not be permitted. Existing platform elevators may
						  be permitted for travel not to exceed 50 feet between terminal landings.
						  Hoistways for such platform elevators shall be guarded in the same manner as
						  hoistways and platforms for freight elevators. The sides of the platforms shall
						  be enclosed in the same manner as required for freight elevator cars. No person
						  shall be permitted to ride on such elevators, and signs to that effect shall be
						  posted on the enclosure.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Power Driven Sidewalk Elevators › Section 8-1.47 - Hoistways

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(a) The sides of
						existing or new hoistways, where there are no landings, shall have enclosures
						extending from the floor, not less than 72 inches high. Such enclosures shall
						conform to the specifications of section
						8-1.14. A
						gate shall be provided at the lowest landing. Such gate shall conform to the
						specifications of section
						8-1.22.
(b) In future installations where the
						platform of a sidewalk elevator travels above the walk, the platform shall have
						a sheet steel or wood guard that will protect the intervening space between the
						elevator platform and sidewalk.
(c)
						The cars of power driven sidewalk elevators hereafter installed shall be
						provided with a substantial metal bow not less than 72 inches high at center to
						open sidewalk doors, or with other approved means of automatically raising
						sidewalk doors; such doors shall be automatic self-closing.
(d) A warning bell or gong shall be provided
						at the street level for sidewalk elevators and arranged to ring when the
						elevator is ascending.
(e) In
						existing and future installations it shall not be permissible to use bars or
						other means to hold sidewalk doors open when the car is not at street level,
						unless the top and open ends are protected by a guard of wire mesh or slat
						construction.
(f) Guide rails. In
						future installations, guide rails for both car and counterweight of sidewalk
						elevators shall be of steel. (See §
												8-1.39.)
						(Sidewalk elevators located inside of building line shall be installed in
						accordance with freight elevator requirements.)
(g) Machinery. The elevator machinery and
						sheaves shall have an ample factor of safety for the rated elevator capacity
						and shall be installed in a substantial manner.
(h) Hoisting chains or ropes may be used for
						sidewalk elevators, but the sheaves or drums for the cables on power driven
						elevators of this type shall be not less than 10 inches in diameter, and the
						factor of safety for hoist chains and cables and their fastenings shall be not
						less than six.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Power Driven Dumbwaiters › Section 8-1.48 - Hoistway

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In factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920.
(a) [Enclosure.]
(1) Hoistways shall be enclosed on all sides
						not used for landing to a height of not less than 72 inches from each
						floor.
(2) On loading sides the
						enclosure shall extend from floor to ceiling except that portion necessary for
						gates or doors.
Exceptions:
(1) Existing enclosures on the loading sides
						not less than 72 inches high may remain as installed.
(2) At the upper floor the hoistway enclosure
						may terminate level with the floor of the dumbwaiter when at its highest point
						of travel. The minimum height of the enclosure on all sides shall be 30 inches.
						Where the counterweight travels higher, the intervening space between the
						bottom of the counterweight and the hoistway enclosure shall be
						guarded.
(3) Hoistway enclosures
						shall be walls, mesh work, grille work or slatted partitions.
(i) Wire mesh shall be not less than No. 10
						U. S. standard guage. Expanded metal shall be not less than No. 13 U. S.
						standard gauge. The openings shall not exceed one and one-half
						inches.
(ii) Grille work shall be
						not more than one and one-half inches space between any two members, except
						where plain straight bars are used not filled in with scroll there shall be not
						more than one inch space between bars.
(iii) Wood slats shall be not less than one
						and one-half inches wide by three-eighths inch thick spaced not more than one
						inch between slats.
(iv) All of the
						above shall be properly braced and securely fastened.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Automatic Push Button Control Elevators › Section 8-1.49 - Hoistway

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(a) [Enclosure.]
						The hoistway shall be enclosed as specified in sections
						8-1.13 and
						8-1.14 
						for installations in factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913, and in
						mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920, and
						section
						8-1.16 
						for installations in factory buildings erected after October 1, 1913, and in
						mercantile establishments in buildings erected after November 1,
						1920.
(b) Door interlocks and keys.
						The hoistway door shall be equipped with hoistway unit interlocking device as
						described in section
						8-1.55  to
						prevent the movement of the elevator car away from any landing when any
						hoistway door is open or unlocked. The emergency release described in section
						8-1.57  will not
						be permitted. The hoistway doors shall be so arranged that they cannot be
						opened until the floor of the car is brought to rest within three inches of the
						designated landing, nor after the car leaves the landing, except in an
						emergency. Emergency keys shall be provided for unlocking at least one door
						from the outside.
(c) Machinery and
						cables.
(1) All machinery and attachments
						shall be made sufficiently strong for the purpose intended and be properly
						installed and maintained. All machines shall have magnetic brakes.
(2) There shall be not less than two car and
						counterweight cables. The cables and their fastenings shall have a factor of
						safety of not less than six.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Escalators › Section 8-1.50 - General

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(a) Angle of
						inclination. The angle of inclination of an escalator shall not exceed 30
						degrees with the horizontal.
(b)
						Width.
(1) The width of an escalator shall be
						measured between the balustrading at a vertical height of 24 inches above the
						nose line of the treads.
(2)
						Escalators shall be not less than 22 inches nor more than 48 inches
						wide.
(3) Escalators greater than
						29 inches in width shall have a horizontal tread formation.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Power Driven Hoists › Section 8-1.51 - General

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In factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920.
(a) Floor openings for hoistways used for
						raising or lowering freight by means of a sling or hook shall be enclosed on
						all sides by a standard railing with toe-board or vertical enclosure not less
						than 42 inches high, set not to exceed 12 inches from the hoistway line. (For
						specifications of standard railings, see §
												8-1.54.)
(b) Where trap doors are used, they shall be
						capable of sustaining a load of not less than 50 pounds per square foot when
						closed, and so arranged to be opened and closed without entering
						enclosures.
(c) Existing
						installations.
(1) In existing installations
						where it is necessary to maintain a passageway under a hoist, in a stairway,
						hallway or exit, there shall be provided at the lowest terminal, a substantial
						floor or bulkhead capable of sustaining a load of not less than 100 pounds per
						square foot, and so located to provide head room of not less than six feet, six
						inches from the floor to the passageway, or other suitable device approved by
						the Industrial Commissioner.
(2)
						That portion of the passageway directly under a hoist not located in a
						stairway, hallway or exit, shall be enclosed on all sides by a standard railing
						when hoist is in use.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Prohibitions and Precautions › Section 8-1.52 - General

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(a) Riding on any
						material, hoist, or sliding down hoisting ropes or chains is prohibited. A
						notice to this effect shall be posted adjacent to the hoistway on each
						floor.
(b) Hoisting ropes and
						chains shall be of sufficient strength to sustain four times the load carried;
						defective hoisting equipment shall be removed and shall then be so damaged that
						it cannot be again used.
(c) Slings
						shall be carefully and symmetrically placed about loads, proper hitches being
						made, so there will be no opportunity for the load to slip or tip.
(d) No load, regardless of its weight, shall
						be allowed to descend at an excessive speed.
Wherever possible, the use of chains for hoisting
							 purposes shall be avoided. Wire rope slings being preferable to chain slings,
							 it is recommended that plow steel rope of six strands, 19 wires to the strand,
							 with hemp core be used. Manila rope when used should consist of the best
							 quality long fibre hemp, and should be used only for comparatively light
							 loads.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Specifications › Section 8-1.53 - Guide rails

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(a) The weight
						of steel or iron guide rails shall be not less than as given in the following
						table.
Weight Per Lineal Foot of Each Guide
						  Rail
Total weight of car and load. Total
										weight of counterweights per pair of rails
Minimum weight of each counterweight
										guide rail
Minimum weight of each car guide
									 rail
With guide rail safeties
Without guide rail
									 safeties
Above
To and including
1 to 1 roping
2 to 1 roping
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
0
4,000
61/2
61/2
61/2
61/2
4,000
15,000
14
14
61/2
61/2
15,000
Or over
30
30
61/2
14
(b) Where wood guides are permitted they
						shall be of straight grain kiln dried maple, securely fastened to the guide
						posts and the sectional area of each car guide rail shall be not less than five
						square inches with the minimum dimension not less than one and seven-eighths
						inches for a total weight of car and load of 6,000 pounds. For total weight in
						excess of 6,000 pounds, the guide rail shall have not less than seven square
						inches sectional area with the minimum dimension not less than two and one-half
						inches. The sectional area of each counterweight guide rail shall be not less
						than two and one-half inches with the minimum dimension not less than one and
						one-half inches. (See §
												8-1.39.)
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 8 - Construction, Guarding, Equipment, Maintenance And Operation Of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Hoists And Hoistways In Factories And Mercantile Establishments › Subpart 8-1 - Power Driven › Specifications › Section 8-1.54 - Standard railing

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(a) A standard
						railing shall be of wood or metal not less than three feet six inches high,
						with an additional rail approximately midway between the top rail and floor
						level.
(b) Metal railings shall be
						constructed of not less than one and one-quarter inch standard pipe, or angle
						iron not less than one and one-half inches by one and one-half inches by
						three-sixteenths inch, supported on uprights of at least equal dimensions,
						spaced not more than eight feet center to center.
(c) Wooden railings shall be of sound lumber,
						dressed on four sides and constructed as follows:
(1) Top railing shall be not less than two
						inches by four inches, or one inch by four inches, provided another board of
						not less than one inch by four inches is securely nailed to sides of posts and
						to top rail.
(2) Center railing
						shall be not less than one inch by four inches, supported on not less than two
						inch by four inch posts, spaced not more than eight feet center to
						center.