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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 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-11 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For All Oil Burners Installed Before March 31, 1965 › Section 4-11.6 - Automatic-maximum firing rate over 33 gallons per hour

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The main flame trial-for-ignition period shall not exceed
						30 seconds when the burner has a low firing rate start under 16 gallons per
						hour and shall not exceed 15 seconds when the burner does not have such a low
						firing rate start. The main flame shall be supervised continually while the
						burner is firing. The electrical circuit to the main fuel valve shall be
						automatically de-energized within four seconds after flame failure and the
						de-energized valve shall automatically close within the next five seconds. The
						burner may make one attempt to relight automatically during this flame failure
						reaction time before the valve closes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-11 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For All Oil Burners Installed Before March 31, 1965 › Section 4-11.7 - Automatic-proved pilot

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If an automatic type oil-fired boiler is equipped with a
						proved pilot, regardless of the firing rate, such pilot shall be proved within
						15 seconds. The burner shall be so designed and installed that the main oil
						valve shall open only after the pilot is proved and either such pilot shall
						automatically shut off within 60 seconds after the main oil valve opens or the
						pilot sensing device shall be automatically de-energized. On any burner
						equipped with a proved pilot, regardless of firing rate, the main flame
						trial-for-ignition period shall not exceed 60 seconds and the main flame shall
						be continually supervised while the burner is firing. The electrical circuit to
						the main fuel valve shall be automatically de-energized within four seconds
						after flame failure and the de-energized valve shall close automatically within
						the next five seconds. The burner may make one attempt to relight automatically
						during this flame failure reaction time before the valve
						closes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-12 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For Oil Burners Installed After March 31, 1965 › Section 4-12.1 - Application of this subpart

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The provisions of this Subpart apply only to oil burners
						installed after March 31, 1965.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-12 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For Oil Burners Installed After March 31, 1965 › Section 4-12.2 - Special definition of maximum firing rate

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
For a burner which is equipped to start on low fire only
						and whose firing rate cannot properly be increased beyond the low firing rate
						until ignition of the low fire is proven, the term maximum firing rate used in
						this Subpart means the firing rate to the largest fire that can be initially
						ignited.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-12 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For Oil Burners Installed After March 31, 1965 › Section 4-12.3 - Manual or automatic-maximum firing rate three gallons per hour or less

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
On all manual or automatic oil-fired boilers having a
						firing rate of three gallons per hour or less, the main flame
						trial-for-ignition period shall not exceed 90 seconds. Upon flame failure, the
						main oil valve shall close automatically within 90 seconds.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-12 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For Oil Burners Installed After March 31, 1965 › Section 4-12.4 - Manual-maximum firing rate over three gallons per hour

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
After the burner is manually lit, the main flame shall be
						continually supervised while the burner is firing. The electrical circuit to
						the main fuel valve shall be automatically de-energized within four seconds
						after flame failure and the de-energized valve shall automatically close within
						the next five seconds.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-12 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For Oil Burners Installed After March 31, 1965 › Section 4-12.5 - Automatic-maximum firing rate over three to seven gallons per hour

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The main flame trial-for-ignition period shall not exceed
						30 seconds and the main flame shall be continually supervised while the burner
						is firing. The electrical circuit to the main fuel valve shall be automatically
						de-energized within four seconds after flame failure and the de-energized valve
						shall automatically close within the next five seconds. As an alternative, if
						intermittent ignition is employed or the ignition system is re-energized in not
						more than 0.8 second after flame failure, the main oil valve shall close
						automatically within 30 seconds after flame failure. The burner may make one
						attempt to relight automatically during this 30-second flame failure reaction
						time before the valve closes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-12 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For Oil Burners Installed After March 31, 1965 › Section 4-12.6 - Automatic-maximum firing rate over seven to 20 gallons per hour

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The main flame trial-for-ignition period shall not exceed
						15 seconds and the main flame shall be continually supervised while the burner
						is firing. The electrical circuit to the main fuel valve shall be automatically
						de-energized within four seconds after flame failure and the de-energized valve
						shall automatically close within the next five seconds. As an alternative, if
						intermittent ignition is employed or the ignition system is re-energized in not
						more than 0.8 second after flame failure, the main oil valve shall close
						automatically within 15 seconds. The burner may make one attempt to relight
						automatically during this 15-second flame failure reaction time before the
						valve closes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-12 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For Oil Burners Installed After March 31, 1965 › Section 4-12.7 - Automatic-maximum firing rate over 20 gallons per hour

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The burner shall be equipped with a proved pilot and the
						pilot trial-for-ignition period shall not exceed 15 seconds. The burner shall
						be so designed and installed that the main oil valve shall open only after the
						pilot is proven and either such pilot shall automatically shut off within 60
						seconds after the main oil valve opens or the pilot sensing device shall be
						automatically de-energized. The main flame trial-for-ignition period shall not
						exceed 60 seconds and the main flame shall be continually supervised while the
						burner is firing. The electrical circuit to the main fuel valve shall be
						automatically de-energized within four seconds after flame failure and the
						de-energized valve shall close automatically within the next five
						seconds.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-12 - Flame Safeguard Control Requirements For Oil Burners Installed After March 31, 1965 › Section 4-12.8 - Automatic-proved pilot

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
If an automatic type oil-fired boiler is equipped with a
						proved pilot, regardless of the firing rate such pilot shall be proved within
						15 seconds. The burner shall be so designed and installed that the main oil
						valve shall open only after the pilot is proved and either such pilot shall
						automatically shut off within 60 seconds after the main oil valve opens or the
						pilot sensing device shall be automatically de-energized. On any burner
						equipped with a proved pilot, regardless of firing rate the main flame
						trial-for-ignition shall not exceed 60 seconds and the main flame shall be
						continually supervised while the burner is firing. The electrical circuit to
						the main fuel valve shall be automatically de-energized within four seconds
						after flame failure and the de-energized valve shall close automatically within
						the next five seconds.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-13 - Special Requirements For Low Pressure Steel Plate Boilers › Section 4-13.1 - Application of this subpart

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The provisions of this Subpart apply only to low pressure
						steel plate boilers installed after March 31, 1965.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-13 - Special Requirements For Low Pressure Steel Plate Boilers › Section 4-13.2 - Boiler openings

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Openings required.
Boiler openings must meet the requirements of section IV
						of the ASME Code.
(b)
Threaded openings.
All threaded openings in a boiler shall be tapped into
						material having a minimum thickness as specified for the various standard pipe
						sizes in the following table:
MINIMUM THICKNESS OF MATERIAL FOR
						TAPPINGS
Pipe size
Minimum thickness of material or
								  length of thread required
(inches)
(inches)
1 and under
1/4
11/4 to 2, inclusive
5/16
21/2
7/16
3 to 31/2, inclusive
5/8
4 to 5, inclusive
7/8
6 to 8, inclusive
1
9 to 12, inclusive
11/4
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-13 - Special Requirements For Low Pressure Steel Plate Boilers › Section 4-13.3 - Supports

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Horizontal-return boiler over 72 inches in diameter. A horizontal-return
					 tubular boiler over 72 inches in diameter shall be supported from steel hangers
					 by the outside suspension type of setting, independent of the boiler sidewalls.
					 The hangers shall be so designed that the load is properly distributed between
					 the rivets attaching them to the shell and so that no more than two of these
					 rivets come in the same longitudinal line on each hanger. The distance
					 girthwise of the boiler from the centers of the bottom rivets to the centers of
					 the top rivets attaching the hangers shall be not less than 12 inches. The
					 other rivets used shall be spaced evenly between these points. If more than
					 four hangers are used they shall be set in four pairs.
(b) Horizontal-return boilers 54 inches to 72
					 inches in diameter. A horizontal-return tubular boiler over 54 inches and up to
					 and including 72 inches in diameter shall be supported by the
					 outside-suspension type of setting or at four points by not less than eight
					 steel or cast-iron brackets set in pairs.
(c) Horizontal-return boilers 54 inches in
					 diameter or less. A horizontal-return tubular boiler up to and including 54
					 inches in diameter shall be supported by the outside-suspension type of
					 setting, or by not less than two steel or cast-iron brackets on each
					 side.
(d) Lugs and hangers. Lugs
					 and hangers, when used to support a boiler of any type, shall be properly
					 fitted to the surfaces to which they are attached. Where it is impractical to
					 attach them with rivets, studs with not less than 10 threads per inch may be
					 used. If lugs, hangers or brackets are attached by fusion welding, they shall
					 be attached by fillet welds along the entire periphery or contact edges, and
					 the throat dimension of the attachment welds shall be at least 0.7 times the
					 shell thickness.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-14 - Special Requirements For Cast-iron Boilers › Section 4-14.1 - Application of this subpart

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The provisions of this Subpart apply only to low pressure
						cast-iron heating system boilers installed after March 31,
						1965.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-14 - Special Requirements For Cast-iron Boilers › Section 4-14.2 - Limited use

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
No cast-iron boiler shall be operated as other than a low
						pressure boiler.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-14 - Special Requirements For Cast-iron Boilers › Section 4-14.3 - Boiler openings

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Washout openings.
All cast-iron steam and hot water boilers shall be
						provided with suitable washout openings to permit the removal of any sediment
						that may accumulate therein. Washout openings may be used for return pipe
						connections and the washout plug placed in a tee so that the plug is directly
						opposite and as close as possible to the opening in the boiler.
(b)
Threaded
					 openings.
Pipe connections, if threaded, shall be tapped into
						material having a minimum thickness as specified in the following table:
MINIMUM THICKNESS OF MATERIAL FOR THREADED
						CONNECTIONS TO BOILERS
Size of pipe connection
								  (inches)
Minimum thickness material required
								  (inches)
3/4 and under
5/16
1 to 21/2, inclusive
7/16
3 to 31/2, inclusive
5/8
4 to 5, inclusive
7/8
6 to 8, inclusive
1
9 to 12, inclusive
11/4
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-15 - Hydrostatic Tests › Section 4-15.1 - New boilers

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Hydrostatic tests for new boilers shall be performed in
						accordance with the ASME Code.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-15 - Hydrostatic Tests › Section 4-15.2 - Used boilers

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Hydrostatic tests for used boilers shall be done as
						required by the inspector.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Chapter I - Industrial Board Of Appeals › Subchapter A - The Industrial Code › Part 4 - Low Pressure Boilers › Subpart 4-15 - Hydrostatic Tests › Section 4-15.3 to 4-15.8 - Repealed

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
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 › General › Section 8-1.2 - Approval of new devices

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Special safety equipment or new devices to be used on
						  elevator installations, not contemplated by this Part, may be used when
						  approved by the Department of Labor.
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 › General › Section 8-1.3 - Exit passageway

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) An
						unobstructed exit or passageway from an elevator to the outside of the building
						shall be provided at the lowest point of an elevator's travel.
(b) Passageway under car. No elevator car
						installed after April 15, 1915 shall be permitted to descend into a passageway.
						(See also §
												8-1.26.)
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 › General › Section 8-1.4 - Freight elevators-transportation of employees

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The commissioner may, upon application,
						permit the use of freight elevators for the transportation of employees,
						provided the elevator will lift not less than 75 pounds per square foot of
						floor area, and the elevator car is equipped with guide safeties actuated by a
						speed governor, and there is in attendance a competent operator, and there is
						provided an emergency exit as required by the provisions of paragraph (5) of
						subdivision (a) of section
						8-1.40.
Exceptions:Freight elevator hoistways equipped with
						  trap doors.
(b) The maximum
						number of persons permitted to be carried shall be based on 150 pounds per
						person.
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 › General › Section 8-1.5 - Doors and gates

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All
						elevator car and hoistway doors and gates shall be closed before the car leaves
						a landing.
Exception:Self-closing hoistway doors and gates.
(b) No hoistway door or gate shall
						be wedged or otherwise fastened in an open position.
(c) All hoistway doors and gates and their
						equipment shall be maintained in an operative condition.
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 › General › Section 8-1.6 - Interlocks and electric contacts

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Interlocks and electric contacts shall be
						of a type approved by the Industrial Commissioner. Every such device shall have
						an emergency release conforming to section
						8-1.57  and
						approved by the commissioner.
(b)
						Interlocks, electric contacts or other approved devices performing similar
						functions, shall not be tampered with or intentionally rendered inoperative
						except in emergency as provided in section
						8-1.57.
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 › General › Section 8-1.7 - Elevator and maintenance inspection

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All parts of the elevator machinery, the
						hoistway gates and doors and car safeties, shall be maintained in a safe
						condition.
(b) Passenger elevators
						shall be regularly inspected every three months and freight elevators shall be
						inspected every six months, by some person competent to perform such service.
						Inspection reports showing data of inspection and condition of the elevator and
						hoistway shall be prepared and signed by the person making such inspection; the
						reports shall be made on a form provided by and with such information as
						required by the Industrial Commissioner and shall be kept on file for his
						examination. A report by a recognized casualty company will be acceptable in
						lieu of the above if it contains the required information.
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 › General › Section 8-1.8 - Posting of signs

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) All
						elevator cars shall have a sign posted conspicuously, which shall show the
						maximum rated load that can be carried on the elevator.
(b) All freight elevator cars shall have a
						sign posted conspicuously, reading as follows: "PASSENGERS NOT
						PERMITTED".
(c) All signs, except
						capacity signs, shall consist of letters not less than one inch in
						height.
(d) Manually operated doors
						or gates of freight elevator hoistways, except those provided with interlocks,
						electric contacts or other approved devices performing similar functions, shall
						be provided with a sign posted conspicuously on the landing side of the doors
						or gates--"ELEVATOR--KEEP THIS SHUT".
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 › General › Section 8-1.9 - Car operator

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Every
						passenger elevator shall be in charge of a competent and reliable operator not
						less than 18 years of age.
(b) No
						person less than 18 years of age shall operate a freight elevator.
Exception:Automatic push button control
						  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 › Plans for Hoistway and Elevator Installations › Section 8-1.10 - Submit hoistway plans for approval

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Before any hoistway shall hereafter be
						constructed, the architect, owner or contractor shall file with the Department
						of Labor two sets of plans showing its location and construction, and on forms
						provided by the Department of Labor specifications in triplicate of hoistway,
						hoistway gate and door construction.
(b) Before any elevator, dumbwaiter or
						escalator shall hereafter be installed, the architect or contractor for such
						work or the owner if making such installation shall file with the Department of
						Labor, two sets of plans showing the location of machinery and equipment to be
						installed and on forms provided by the Department of Labor specifications in
						triplicate of the following: capacity and speed, weight of car complete, method
						of operating, type of limiting stops and switches, diameter of sheaves, size
						and number of hoisting and counterweight ropes, type of speed governor and
						safeties, overhead and pit clearances, type of buffers, machine and overhead
						grating, and the construction of hoistway doors or gates and car doors or gates
						when required.
(c) No elevator,
						dumbwaiter or escalator shall hereafter be installed without approval of the
						plans and specifications of the installation and hoistway construction by the
						Department of Labor.
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 › Plans for Hoistway and Elevator Installations › Section 8-1.11 - Test and inspection of installation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The person or firm making installation as
						specified in section
						8-1.10 
						shall notify the commissioner, in writing, at least three days before
						completion of the installation, and shall in the presence of a representative
						of the commissioner subject the elevator to the tests prescribed by this
						section.
(1) The cars of all power driven
						elevators shall be loaded to their maximum carrying capacity and operated up
						and down the hoistway several times to test the lifting capacity of the machine
						and the operation of the upper and lower automatic limit devices. The car shall
						be stopped at various levels in the hoistway to test the operation of the
						machine brake.
(2) The cars of all
						elevators having speed governors the normal speed of which is in excess of 100
						feet per minute shall be loaded to their maximum carrying capacity, run to the
						top landing and made to travel downward in excess of normal speed so as to
						automatically operate the speed governor, the car safety and the slack rope
						device when provided and shall also act to stop the machines.
(3) The cars of all elevators having speed
						governors the normal car speed of which does not exceed 100 feet per minute
						shall be loaded to maximum carrying capacity run to the top landing and started
						down at normal speed. At this speed the governor shall be manually operated to
						test the action of the car safety, the slack rope device when provided and to
						stop the machine.
(4) The cars of
						all elevators not equipped with speed governors shall be tested by slacking the
						hoisting cables to test the action of the car safeties, the slack rope device
						when provided and to stop the machine.
(5) Safe lift loads on safe lift elevators
						are not required to be tested as above provided.
(6) Phase reverse relays, car emergency
						switches and hand rope locks shall be tested to insure their
						effectiveness.
(7) The hoistway
						doors or gates, elevator equipment and machinery shall be examined to determine
						if the installation conforms to the requirements of the law and this
						Part.
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 › Plans for Hoistway and Elevator Installations › Section 8-1.12 - Responsibility of owner and tenant

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Responsibility.
(1) The owner shall be responsible for the
						observance and punishable for the nonobservance of the following sections,
						anything in any lease to the contrary notwithstanding, namely: 8-1.2, 8-1.3,
						8-1.4, 8-1.6 (subd. [a]), 8-1.7, 8-1.8, 8-1.10, 8-1.11, 8-1.13, 8-1.14, 8-1.15,
						8-1.16, 8-1.17, 8-1.18, 8-1.19, 8-1.20, 8-1.21, 8-1.22, 8-1.23, 8-1.24, 8-1.26,
						8-1.27, 8-1.28, 8-1.29, 8-1.30, 8-1.31, 8-1.32, 8-1.33, 8-1.34, 8-1.35, 8-1.36,
						8-1.37, 8-1.38, 8-1.39, 8-1.40, 8-1.41, 8-1.42 (subd. [a], par. [1]; subd.
						[b]), 8-1.43, 8-1.44, 8-1.45, 8-1.48, 8- 1.49, 8-1.50, 8-1.51, 8-1.52 (subd.
						[b]), 8-1.53, 8-1.55, 8-1.56, 8-1.57, 8- 1.58, 8-1.59, 8-1.60, 8-1.61,
						8-1.62.
(2) Both the owner and the
						tenant shall be responsible for the observance and punishable for the
						nonobservance of the following sections, anything in any lease to the contrary
						notwithstanding, namely: 8-1.5, 8-1.6 (subd. [b]), 8-1.9, 8-1.25, 8-1.42 (subd.
						[a], pars. [2], [3]), 8-1.46, 8-1.47, 8-1.52 (subds. [a], [c], [d]),
						8-1.54.
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 › Passenger and Freight Hoistways › Section 8-1.13 - Enclosures

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920.
(a) The sides of all hoistways where there
						are no landings shall have enclosures extending from the floor not less than 72
						inches in height. (See §
												8-1.14.)
(b) The landing sides of all hoistways shall
						have enclosures extending from the floor to the ceiling. (See §
												8-1.14.)
Exceptions:
(1) Existing freight elevator hoistways.
Exceptions:
(2) Existing freight elevator hoistways
						provided with trap doors.
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 › Passenger and Freight Hoistways › Section 8-1.14 - Construction

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920.
(a) Enclosures shall be by means of walls,
						mesh work, grille work, or slatted partitions, set flush with all floor
						openings at landing sides, except that landing gates of an approved type may be
						operated inside of hoistway, in which case the projecting saddle or sill, if
						more than one inch, shall be guarded as required in section
						8-1.17.
(b) Wire mesh when used shall be not less
						than No. 10 U. S. gauge; expanded metal when used shall be not less than No. 13
						U. S. gauge; the openings shall not exceed one and one-half inches.
(c) When grille work is used there 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 members.
(d) Wood slats shall be not less than
						three-eighths inch thick, spaced not more than one inch between
						slats.
(e) 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 › Passenger and Freight Hoistways › Section 8-1.15 - Trap door freight hoistways

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920.
(a) Existing hoistways for freight elevators
						provided with trap doors capable of sustaining a load of not less than 50
						pounds per square foot, when closed and so arranged as to open and close with
						the passage of the car, will be accepted in lieu of the enclosure required in
						section
						8-1.13,
						provided that in addition to such trap doors the hoistway shall be adequately
						protected on all sides, all floors, with a standard railing as specified in
						section
						8-1.54, or
						enclosure at least 42 inches high, placed 12 inches from the hoistway line on
						all sides. Self-closing gates not less than 42 inches high shall be provided at
						all landings. Where enclosures are not less than 72 inches high and gates not
						less than 66 inches high they may be set less than 12 inches from the hoistway
						line.
(b) Where self-closing gates
						are provided, the lowest horizontal member shall be 10 inches or less from the
						floor.
(c) In existing
						installations a hinged bar 42 inches high will be accepted in lieu of the gates
						herein required, if upon inspection such bar is found to be self-closing and
						provides adequate protection.
(d)
						No car shall be permitted to remain in such position as to keep trap doors open
						except when at landings. Where height between floor necessitates trap doors
						being held partially open, the gates shall extend to floor level the full width
						of the floor opening.
(e) Automatic
						trap doors shall not be permitted in future installations at more than two
						landings.
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 › Passenger and Freight Hoistways › Section 8-1.16 - Hoistway enclosure and construction

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.
All hoistways shall be enclosed throughout their height
						  by enclosures of fireproof material. Every such enclosure shall be set flush
						  with hoistway line on all landing sides and shall have a roof of fireproof
						  material. If the enclosure extends to the top story, it shall be continued 36
						  inches above the roof, or to the roof if it is fireproof, and shall have at the
						  top a metal frame skylight at least three quarters of the area of the shaft or
						  an exterior window with metal frame and sash. The bottom of the enclosure shall
						  be of fireproof material unless the partitions extend to the cellar bottom. All
						  openings in such enclosures shall be provided with fire doors set substantially
						  flush with the hoistway line. (See §
												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 › Passenger and Freight Hoistways › Section 8-1.17 - Projecting ledges and recesses

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) Projecting
						ledges. All ledges, floor beams, sills, saddles and timbers on landing sides
						that project more than one inch from the inside of the hoistway enclosure shall
						be fitted with smooth, beveled guards set directly under the projections. The
						slope of the guard shall be at least 60 degrees from the horizontal, and shall
						extend to a point where the bevel meets the vertical wall.
Exceptions:
(1) Sidewalk elevators.
(2) Where cars are provided with gates
						equipped with an interlock or electric contact.
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 › Passenger and Freight Hoistways › Section 8-1.18 - Overhead clearance

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) Existing
						installations. Existing elevator cars shall automatically stop level with the
						top landing when ascending with a full capacity load. When the car platform is
						level with the top landing in no case shall the distance between the car
						crosshead and overhead work be less than 18 inches for normal speed of 100 feet
						or less per minute; for each 50 feet increase in normal car speed the clearance
						shall be not less than six inches additional and 60 inches clearance between
						the top of the car crosshead and overhead work shall be the maximum space
						required.
Exception:Platform elevators and sidewalk
						  elevators.
(b) Future
						installations. Hoistways hereafter constructed shall have sufficient clear
						space from the top of the elevator car when at the upper landing to permit of a
						run-by of not less than 24 inches for elevators having a speed not exceeding
						100 feet per minute, not less than three feet for elevators having a speed
						exceeding 100 feet per minute and not exceeding 350 feet per minute, and not
						less than five feet for elevators having a speed exceeding 350 per minute. (For
						counterweight clearances, see §
												8-1.43[c].)
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 › Passenger and Freight Hoistways › Section 8-1.19 - Hoistway pits

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) For existing
						elevators, the hoistway pit shall have sufficient depth so the car may stop
						level with the landing at the lowest terminal when descending empty, and shall
						not strike the bottom of the pit or fully compress the buffer when descending
						with a full capacity load in the car. The stopping under each condition shall
						be made automatically.
Exception:Platform elevators and sidewalk
						  elevators.
(b) In
						installations hereafter the pit depth shall be measured from the level of the
						lowest landing to the bottom of the pit and this distance shall be not less
						than 30 inches for car speeds not exceeding 75 feet; 36 inches for car speeds
						exceeding 75 feet and not more than 150 feet; 42 inches for car speeds
						exceeding 150 feet and not more than 400 feet; and not less than 60 inches for
						car speeds exceeding 400.
(c) In
						adjacent hoistways there shall be provided a vertical partition or screen
						separating the hoistways not less than 72 inches high from bottom of
						pit.
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 › Passenger and Freight Hoistways › Section 8-1.20 - Penthouses

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Elevator penthouses hereafter constructed shall conform
						  to the following requirements, and in factory buildings erected after October
						  1, 1913, and in mercantile establishments in buildings erected after November
						  1, 1920, shall in addition thereto, be of fireproof construction:
(a) A minimum head room of six feet shall be
						provided.
(b) Entrance to penthouse
						shall be kept locked except when used as a required means of exit.
(c) Penthouses shall be provided with
						adequate artificial light; the lighting switch shall be within easy reach at
						the entrance.
(d) A safe and
						convenient means of access shall be provided to all penthouses. Where entrance
						is more than four feet above floor or roof, an iron ladder or stairs, the angle
						of which shall not exceed 60 degrees from the horizontal, shall be provided.
						The ladder or stairs and balcony shall have a hand rail not less than three
						feet, six inches in height. Where entrance door opens outwardly, a platform not
						less than two feet square and not more than eight inches below door sill shall
						be provided.
(e) Where a penthouse
						is used as a means of access to the roof or as a required means of exit, the
						exposed sides of drums, sheaves and cables shall be guarded.
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 8-1.21 - Operation

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920.
(a) Existing installations. Self-closing
						doors or gates that open or close with a swinging motion installed before
						November 1, 1920, may remain in place, if the hoistway entrance is provided
						with a vertical sliding, auxiliary gate, self-closing, not less than 66 inches
						high, constructed in accordance with section
						8-1.22.
(b) Future installations.
(1) Hoistway doors or gates to elevator
						landings that open or close with a swinging motion shall be manually
						operated.
(2) All doors or gates
						used on hoistways shall be set substantially flush with the hoistway
						line.
(3) Horizontal sliding
						hoistway gates of the collapsible type will not be permitted.
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 8-1.22 - Construction

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913; in
						  mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920.
(a) Existing installations.
(1) Existing hoistway gates located less than
						12 inches from the inside edge of the sill shall be not less than 66 inches in
						height, and shall extend to within 10 inches of the floor level across their
						entire width.
(2) Existing hoistway
						gates located 12 inches or more from the inside edge of the sill shall be not
						less than 42 inches in height; the clearance between the bottom of the gate and
						the floor shall be not more than 10 inches and telltale chains 48 inches long
						spaced six inches on centers suspended not more than two inches back from the
						edge of the car platform shall be provided across the entire width of the
						openings. Broken links of chain shall be immediately replaced.
Exception:Telltale chains will not be required for trap
						  door freight elevators.