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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › SPECIFICATIONS-ALL HOISTING AND LOWERING EQUIPMENT › Section 7.32 - Fire prevention

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(a)
Skylights and windows.
Skylights and windows in the enclosing
					 walls of elevators shaftways shall be constructed of fixed metal sash and frame
					 with wire glass. Existing skylights and windows shall be reconstructed of
					 fire-resistive materials when, in the judgment of the Department, it is deemed
					 necessary.
(b)
Inflammable
					 materials.
Materials, explosives or other highly inflammable
					 substances may not be placed or stored in or near a shaftway.
(c)
Pipes, wires and conduits.
No pipes, wires or conduits, other than those necessary for the
					 operation, lighting and fire protection, or heating of the elevator may be
					 located in an elevator shaftway. When no hazard is involved, the Department
					 may, with the approval of the Board, accept existing installations. However,
					 this subsection does not apply to the machine room space located in general
					 mechanical areas if the power unit and controls are properly secured against
					 entry.
(d)
Fire emergency
					 sign.
A sign shall be posted in a conspicuous place at new and
					 existing elevator landings and in new and existing elevator cars reading: "In
					 case of fire do not use elevator," or the equivalent.
The provisions of this §
													7.32 issued under act of May 2,
						  1929 (P. L. 1518, No. 452) (35 P. S. §§
														1341-1356).
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to conflicts); and
						  34 Pa. Code §
													7.291 (relating to
						  general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › SPECIFICATIONS-ALL HOISTING AND LOWERING EQUIPMENT › Section 7.34 - Lighting and electric wiring

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(a) The
					 cars and landing floors or platforms of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators,
					 gravity elevators, hoists and manlifts shall be illuminated at all times of
					 operation. The minimum intensity of illumination on the car and landing floors
					 shall be five foot-candles. In new installation adequate lighting shall be
					 provided in all machinery space to which access is required for maintenance or
					 inspection, such as machine rooms, penthouses, pits, secondary levels and
					 sheave rooms. A switch for such lighting shall be provided at the entrance to
					 such spaces.
(b) Electric wiring,
					 when possible, shall be in conduit or approved equivalent, when properly
					 installed and protected against damage. Electric wiring and apparatus shall
					 conform to the provisions of Chapter 39, Subchapter B (relating to electric
					 safety) and with the revisions of the National Electric Code at the time of
					 installation.
(c) The installation
					 of electric knife switches not approved by the Department, except those mounted
					 on switchboards and panelboards, is prohibited. There shall be an approved,
					 enclosed fused main line or circuit breaker switch in the machine room located
					 adjacent to the entrance door.
(d)
					 The substitution of wire or other current-carrying devices in place of the
					 proper fuses or circuit breakers is prohibited.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to conflicts); and
						  34 Pa. Code §
													7.291 (relating to
						  general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › SPECIFICATIONS-ALL HOISTING AND LOWERING EQUIPMENT › Section 7.35 - Electrical insulating floor mats

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Floor matting of proper dielectric properties shall be
						provided extending the full length of all control and relay panels located at
						both the front and rear with a minimum width of 24 inches.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to conflicts); and
						  34 Pa. Code §
													7.291 (relating to
						  general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › SPECIFICATIONS-ALL HOISTING AND LOWERING EQUIPMENT › Section 7.36 - Data plates and numbering

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(a) Metal
					 plates with the permissible load in pounds marked on such plates shall be
					 posted in a conspicuous place in the cars of all elevators.
(b) Metal tags on which are stamped the
					 diameter, stranding, date of installation or renewal, and material of cables,
					 shall be attached to all hoisting and counterweight cables, as required by
					 §§
											7.56(i) and
					 7.280(j) (relating to cables).
(c)
					 When more than one elevator is located in a building, numbers shall be placed
					 upon each for permanent identification.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to conflicts); and
						  34 Pa. Code §
													7.291 (relating to
						  general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter A - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › SPECIFICATIONS-ALL HOISTING AND LOWERING EQUIPMENT › Section 7.37 - Combination elevators

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(a)
					 Elevators intended for both freight and passenger service shall be constructed,
					 installed and operated in conformity with the requirements for passenger
					 elevators, except that counterbalanced biparting and vertical two-speed types
					 of landing doors and vertical-rising car gates may be used as provided in
					 subsection (d) when not of the semiautomatic type and when equipped with
					 locking devices, as required in §
											7.54(d) (relating
					 to landing doors and locking devices).
(b) When it is desired to use existing
					 freight elevators for the carrying of passengers such elevators shall be
					 reconstructed to conform to the requirements for new passenger elevators,
					 except that counterbalanced biparting and vertical two-speed types of landing
					 doors and vertical-rising car gates may be used as provided for in subsection
					 (d) when not of the semiautomatic type and when equipped with locking devices
					 as required in § 7.54(d).
(c)
					 The requirements of this section apply to every freight elevator used for the
					 carrying of passengers, exclusive of operators and necessary assistance for
					 handling heavy loads, as permitted by §
											7.12(d) (relating
					 to rules of operation).
(d)
					 Biparting or vertical-operating doors and vertical-rising car gates are
					 prohibited at the shaftway openings of combination freight and passenger
					 elevators through which the public is allowed access to the elevator
					 car.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.54 (relating to landing doors
						  and locking devices); 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to conflicts); and
						  34 Pa. Code §
													7.291 (relating to
						  general).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.51 - Shaftway construction

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(a)
General.
New and existing shaftways of passenger elevators
					 shall conform to the following:
(1)
New shaftways.
The shaftways of new passenger elevators in
					 buildings over two stories in height shall be enclosed by continuous walls of
					 fire-resistive construction, except when overhead loads are carried on a steel
					 or angle iron tower or by the structural parts of the building, in which case
					 fire-resistive curtain walls may be provided in lieu thereof. There shall be no
					 openings other than those for fire-resistive doors, windows, or skylights. When
					 basement machines are installed, and when the openings in the shaftway walls
					 for cables or sheaves exceed ten square feet, the machine rooms shall be
					 constructed of fire-resistive materials. When fire-resistive construction is
					 not required, the shaftways of passenger elevators shall be enclosed with a
					 solid or substantial grille or latticework on all sides to ceiling height,
					 except space required for landing doors. The open spaces in such grille or
					 latticework shall be such that a ball two inches in diameter will not pass, and
					 the wire or material used shall not be less than No. 10 standard steel wire
					 gauge (.135 inch). When bordering on counterweight runways, or when moving
					 parts are within four inches of such enclosures, the open spaces shall be such
					 that a ball 3/8 inch in diameter will not pass. Machine room doors shall be
					 locked at all times, except when repairs are being made or when the machinery
					 is being inspected or serviced. Oil-electric pump units installed in basement
					 areas do not require a machine room if the controller is enclosed in a
					 fire-resistive cabinet equipped with a lock and the pumping unit is properly
					 guarded.
(2)
Existing
					 shaftways.
The shaftways of existing passenger elevators are not
					 required to be of fire-resistive construction unless, in the judgment of the
					 Department, such construction is essential for the protection of the occupants
					 of the buildings in which such elevators are located. When such existing
					 enclosures are composed of grille or metalwork of open construction which does
					 not extend to full height from floor to ceiling, the owner may be required to
					 continue such enclosures to the full height on the open side or sides of the
					 car and on such other sides where hazards exist, such as stairways and similar
					 conditions. All portions of enclosures within four inches of moving parts shall
					 be further protected by wire screen of not more than 3/8 inch mesh to a height
					 of not less than six feet from the floor and to a distance of at least six
					 inches to the right and left of such moving parts.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.52 - Shaftway equipment

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(a)
Bumpers.
Bumpers shall be installed pursuant to the following:
(1) Passenger elevators shall be provided
					 with spring, air, or oil bumpers or other devices which reduce the velocity of
					 the car at the maximum rate of 64.4 feet per second with an equivalent load of
					 one person, descending at full speed. Spring, air or oil bumpers or their
					 equivalent shall be used in connection with a car speed not exceeding 250 feet
					 per minute. Oil bumpers or their equivalent shall be used in connection with a
					 car speed in excess of 250 feet per minute. Gauges shall be provided to
					 indicate the amount of oil in oil bumpers. All bumpers shall be so located as
					 to strike the center sill or girder of the elevator car. Bumpers shall be
					 tested by running the car into them with rated load in the car and with a
					 minimum load of 150 pounds in the car at a car speed of not more than 115% of
					 rated speed.
(2) Adequate pit and
					 buffer protection shall be provided in the bottom of existing passenger
					 elevator shaftways, especially when the car speed exceeds 100 feet per minute
					 and when gradually-applied car safeties are used.
(3) If reduced stroke oil bumpers conforming
					 to ANSI A171.1-1971, are permitted, they shall be tested in accordance with
					 paragraph (4).
(4) If reduced
					 stroke oil bumpers are permitted and where an emergency terminal speed limiting
					 device conforming to the requirements of ANSI A17.1-1971 is installed which
					 will limit the speed at which the car or counterweight can strike its bumper,
					 the bumpers shall be tested by running the car into them with rated load in the
					 car and with a minimum load of 150 pounds in the car at a car speed of not more
					 than 115% of the predetermined reduced speed.
(5) Bumpers shall be provided for
					 counterweights under the same conditions as required for cars.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.53 - Shaftway clearances

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(a)
General.
Passenger elevators, except hydraulic plunger
					 elevators, shall be so constructed that the minimum clearance between the
					 highest point of the elevator car, the top of the crosshead, and any overhead
					 construction when the car platform is flush with the upper terminal landing and
					 that the minimum clearance between the lowest point of the elevator car and the
					 bottom of the shaftway or the top of any construction contained in such
					 shaftway when the elevator car is at the lower terminal landing shall conform
					 to the following:
(1) Shaftway clearances as
					 provided in sections 106 and 107 of the ANSI (A17.1-1971).
(2) In existing installations, shaftway
					 clearances and over travel may be accepted, except when insufficient for the
					 safety of repairmen, oilers, and inspectors, subject to change at the
					 discretion of the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.55 - Machinery

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(a) In new
					 installations, overhead machinery for passenger elevators shall be securely
					 fastened or cleated to its supports to prevent movement. Overhead bearings
					 shall be placed on the tops of the beams or structural parts to which they may
					 be secured, except that those for idler sheaves, may be placed below the beams,
					 if the parts of the bearings in tension are composed of steel or wrought iron.
					 Such bearings and supports shall possess a strength as specified in §
											7.51 (relating to shaftway
					 construction). In existing installations, the Department may, when it deems
					 necessary, require that overhead machinery be relocated or so changed as to
					 conform to safe practices.
(b) No
					 new machinery may be located directly under the elevator shaftway. Existing
					 machinery may remain in such a place, if there is sufficient pit depth, buffer
					 support, and no other hazards involved, and subject to approval by the
					 Board.
(c) Set screw fastenings
					 shall not be used in lieu of keys in the construction or installation of
					 hoisting and car safety mechanisms, except in new installations when the device
					 has been approved by the Department. Cleats are not required when the ropes
					 lead perpendicularly from both sides of the driving shaft.
(d) The operation of elevators by friction
					 gearing or clutch mechanisms is prohibited when such mechanisms form the
					 primary means for the transmission of the power required to operate elevators
					 at normal speeds.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to
						  conflicts).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.57 - Elevator cars

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(a) Elevator cars
					 shall be constructed according to the following:
(1)
Existing installations.
Passenger elevator cars shall be completely enclosed, except at the door or
					 gate openings. The tops and sides of such elevator cars may be of grillework or
					 other open construction, if the places opposite moving parts which are within 4
					 inches of the car are covered with a wire screen having a mesh of not more than
					 3/8 inch to a height of at least 6 feet.
(2)
New installations.
The
					 cars of passenger elevators shall be enclosed, except at door or gate openings.
					 Such enclosures shall be of solid construction, to a height of not less than 6
					 feet above the car floor. Above the solid panel and extending to the top frame
					 of the car, open work may be used, if the spacing between the members does not
					 exceed 1 inch. That portion of the car enclosure bordering on the counterweight
					 runways shall be of solid construction to its full height, or of wire mesh not
					 less than No. 10 standard steel wire gauge or .135 inch diameter. Expanded
					 metal, when used, shall not be less than No. 18 U.S. gauge or .05 inch in size,
					 which will reject a ball 3/8 inch in diameter. Car frames shall be constructed
					 of wrought iron or steel. The tops of passenger elevator cars shall be
					 constructed to sustain a concentrated load of 150 pounds at any point. Any
					 material used for insulating, padding, sound-deadening, decorative purposes, or
					 any material used for light diffusion in passenger elevator cars shall conform
					 to Rule 204.2, Subparagraph 2 including
					 exception of ANSI A17.1-1971.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.58 - Capacity

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(a) Net platform
					 area shall not exceed the area given in the following table for various lifting
					 capacities of passenger elevators. Intermediate capacities not listed shall
					 have their maximum area interpolated from the ratings given:
Lifting
								  Capacity
Maximum Net Area(in square feet)
500
7.00
600
8.30
700
9.60
1000
13.25
1200
15.60
1500
18.90
1800
22.10
2000
24.20
2500
29.10
3000
33.70
3500
38.00
4000
42.20
4500
46.20
5000
50.00
6000
57.70
7000
65.30
8000
72.90
9000
80.50
10000
88.00
12000
103.00
15000
125.10
18000
146.90
20000
161.20
25000
196.50
30000
231.00
(b) The lifting capacity of an existing
					 elevator shall be equal to a live load of not less than 75 pounds per square
					 foot of floor area of the elevator car; 50 pounds per square foot may be
					 accepted when elevators are located in hospitals and special permission is
					 secured from the Department. The number of passengers permitted to ride on a
					 passenger elevator at any one time is based on a ratio of one passenger to 2
					 square feet of floor area. Such rating shall be designated on the data plate
					 posted in the car.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to
						  conflicts).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.60 - Motive power

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The motive power of all passenger elevators shall be one
						of the following types:
(1) Direct
					 connected electric, either drum or traction.
(2) Hydraulic plunger.
(3) Horizontal or vertical
					 cylinder.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to
						  conflicts).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7.61 - Control apparatus

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(a) New
					 passenger elevators having a car speed in excess of 150 feet per minute, except
					 hydraulic and automatic control-type elevators, shall be controlled by electric
					 car switches. Passenger elevators having a car speed less than 150 feet per
					 minute, except the automatic control type, may be operated either by hand
					 wheels, levers, or electric car switches.
(b) Existing types of control apparatus shall
					 be subject to change, at the discretion of the Department, when deemed
					 necessary for safe operation.
(c)
					 Electric car control switches shall be so designed and installed that, upon the
					 removal of the hand of the operator, the switch handles automatically return to
					 center in a locked position. When electric elevators are operated by lever or
					 wheel, such low voltage and no voltage protection shall be installed and
					 connected so that the elevator car does not restart upon the restoration of
					 voltage or service until the elevator operator has first returned the
					 controlling mechanism to the off position.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to
						  conflicts).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.71 - Conflicts

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In addition to the special requirements of this section
						and §§
											7.72-7.75 for various types of
						passenger elevators, the general requirements contained in §§
											7.51-7.61 and §§
											7.31-7.37 shall also be complied with,
						except in cases of direct conflict, where these provisions shall
						govern.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.72 - Electric passenger elevators

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(a)
					 Electric passenger elevators operated by polyphase alternating current motors
					 shall be provided with relays of the potential type or other approved devices
					 which prevent the starting of the motor if the phase rotation is in the wrong
					 direction, or if there is a failure in any phase.
(b) No potential difference in excess of 250
					 volts shall be used in connection with the car switch or automatic control
					 circuits of electric passenger elevators. When direct current is the only
					 available source of power supply and it is impracticable to keep within this
					 requirement, application may be made to the Department for special permission
					 to use a higher voltage. Full information shall be given with every application
					 for special permit. When stepdown transformers are used in connection with
					 alternating current car switch and automatic control circuits, they shall be of
					 the two-winding type.
(c) The
					 machine controllers of electric passenger elevators shall be equipped with a
					 potential switch of either the manually or power-closing type, so designed that
					 when the current is interrupted from any cause whatever it will automatically
					 apply the brake and stop the elevator car.
(d) An emergency switch shall be installed in
					 every electric elevator car except automatic control. Such emergency switch
					 shall operate to open a main line switch independent of the car-controlling
					 circuit wiring.
(e) When the power
					 for elevator control circuits is dependent upon main line circuit breakers,
					 potential switches, or other similar electric apparatus, connections shall be
					 made so that the operation of any fire alarm system which may be connected to
					 such main line circuit breakers, potential switches, or other similar electric
					 apparatus, does not cut off the power to the elevator control
					 circuit.
(f) Switches shall be
					 provided in connection with electric passenger elevators so that the motor
					 control circuit and the brake control circuit shall be opened before or at the
					 time the governor trips, or, in existing installations, when the safety
					 operates as well.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to conflicts); 34
						  Pa. Code §
													7.145 (relating to pipes and
						  wiring); and 34 Pa. Code §
													7.185 (relating to pipes and
						  wiring).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.74 - Dual control passenger elevators

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(a)
					 Dual control elevators are subject to all the requirements covering automatic
					 control passenger elevators.
(b)
					 Emergency releases, if used, shall be so arranged as to be inoperative when the
					 elevator is being operated as an automatic controlled elevator.
(c) Car gate contacts shall be mounted on the
					 gate in such a position as to require the closing of the car gate while
					 operating the car from either the car switch or the pushbutton
					 circuit.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to conflicts); and
						  34 Pa. Code §
													7.293 (relating to automatic and
						  dual control freight elevators).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS › SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.75 - Double-button control passenger elevators

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(a) Double-button control passenger elevators
					 shall not be constructed and installed unless a special permit is first
					 obtained from the Department. Their use is at all times subject to regulations
					 applied to them by the Department for the protection of the public and
					 employes.
(b) Such elevators are
					 subject to the same requirements as electric passenger elevators, except as to
					 door interlocks, emergency releases, emergency switches, operators, and
					 speed.
(c) The landing doors of
					 double-button control passenger elevators shall be equipped with approved
					 interlocking switches so arranged that the elevator car is immovable while any
					 landing door is open, and so that such door or doors may not be opened unless
					 the car is at that landing.
(d) The
					 cars of such elevators shall not have openings on more than two sides. Sliding
					 or rolling doors or collapsible gates are required at all car openings. Such
					 gates shall be equipped with switches so connected to the car control circuit
					 as to hold the car immovable while the gates are open.
(e) The wires to the safety switch shall be
					 run in a special cable. Means shall be provided to prevent any interference
					 from the hall buttons or switches when the elevator is being operated from
					 within the car, such means to be automatic, or provision shall be made to
					 enable the person operating the elevator from within the car to prevent
					 interference from the landing buttons or switches, and to maintain complete
					 control of the car.
(f) In addition
					 to the directional buttons in the car of a double-button control elevator, a
					 safety switch shall be provided in the car to enable the person operating the
					 elevator from within the car to stop the car at any point of its travel. Such
					 switch shall be manually operated.
(g) Double-button control passenger elevators
					 are limited to a speed not exceeding 100 feet per minute.
(h) Pushbuttons shall not be permitted to
					 control the operation of elevators in school buildings, sanitariums for the
					 mentally deficients, and similar classes of buildings where there is danger of
					 the abuse of the purpose of such bottons, unless the pushbuttons may be made
					 inaccessible to the occupants or are key operated. A decision on this point
					 shall be made at the time of the approval of the plans for such
					 elevators.
(i) Automatic operation
					 elevators shall be provided with an audible emergency signal gong, at least
					 four inches in diameter, operative from the car and located outside of the
					 hoistway, or shall be provided with a telephone connected to a central
					 exchange.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to
						  conflicts).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.91 - Basement lifts

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The provisions of this subchapter apply to basement lifts,
					 also designated as sidewalk elevators.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.92 - Prohibited types

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Sidewalk elevators of the multiple or four point suspension
					 type shall not be installed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.93 - Car travel and location

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Sidewalk elevators shall be limited to a car travel not
					 exceeding 25 feet, except when special permission has been obtained from the
					 Board. Such elevators shall not be located inside of any
					 building.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.94 - Opening of doors

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(a) The cars of
				  new sidewalk power-driven elevators shall be provided with a substantial guard
				  or bow to open and close the sidewalk doors. Constant-pressure key switches on
				  street landings of sidewalk elevators shall be used for the entire control of
				  the elevator within the distance of travel from the sidewalk level necessary to
				  open or completely close the sidewalk doors. Control from the car, lower, or
				  intermediate landings is permitted only within the car travel which does not
				  cause the sidewalk doors to open or close.
(b) The cars of existing power-driven
				  sidewalk elevators shall be provided with a substantial guard or bow to open
				  the sidewalk doors, or the sidewalk doors shall be arranged to open by hand.
				  When a guard or bow is used, substantial removable railings at least 42 inches
				  in height shall be placed at the sidewalk level, constructed, and installed so
				  that the car-controlling mechanism is locked and the elevator car held
				  immovable until the railing is placed in position. A constant-pressure key
				  switch on the street landings of sidewalk elevators may also be used in lieu of
				  guardrails. When doors are to be opened by hand, the controlling mechanism
				  shall be arranged to hold the car immovable while the doors are being opened,
				  and the removable railing may be dispensed with, if other conditions meet the
				  requirements of subsection (c).
(c)
				  Sidewalk protection shall be achieved in accordance with the following:
(1)
New installations.
The
				  doors at the sidewalk level of all sidewalk elevators shall not be permitted to
				  be in an open position when the car is not at the street or sidewalk
				  level.
(2)
All
				  installations.
The doors of all sidewalk elevators shall not be in an
				  open position when the car is not at the street or sidewalk level unless the
				  following are present:
(i) There is a distance
				  of at least 42 inches from the sidewalk to the top of the doors, when open, and
				  the loading side of the shaftway is protected by a railing, bar, chain, or
				  equivalent, at least 42 inches in height with a wire screen fastened below, the
				  wire of which is at least No. 10 standard steel wire gauge.
(ii) When doors are not sufficiently large to
				  maintain a height of 42 inches and it is desired to leave them open when the
				  car is away from the sidewalk, additional railings 42 inches in height with
				  wire screen, shall be provided alongside the doors.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.95 - Upper limit of travel

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The upper limit of travel of a sidewalk elevator car shall
					 not exceed three feet beyond the sidewalk or street level. When there is any
					 travel beyond the sidewalk or street level, aprons shall be provided for the
					 exposed side of the car.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.96 - Shaftway enclosures and gates

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(a)
Power-driven sidewalk elevators.
Power-driven sidewalk
				  elevators shall conform to the following:
(1)
New installations.
The shaftways of new power-driven sidewalk
				  elevators or basement lifts, shall be enclosed on three sides, except for
				  necessary openings for machinery. The loading sides of the lower and
				  intermediate landings shall be provided with standard manually-operated gates
				  or freight type doors, constructed and installed in accordance with the
				  requirements for freight elevators; and be equipped with approved type
				  interlocks. The cars of power-driven sidewalk elevators shall have all sides
				  not used as a means of ingress or egress thereto solidly enclosed to a height
				  of at least 6 feet. A car gate and contact shall be provided at the side served
				  by the openings below the sidewalk level. The shaftway door at the basement
				  landing shall be equipped with an emergency key.
(2)
Existing installations.
The shaftways of existing power-driven sidewalk elevators or basement lifts,
				  shall be enclosed on three sides to a height of at least 6 feet, except for
				  necessary openings for machinery. The loading sides or the lower and
				  intermediate landings shall be provided with standard semiautomatic gates,
				  constructed and installed in accordance with the requirements for freight
				  elevators.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.97 - Brakes

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(a) Brakes shall be
				  provided which are capable of stopping and holding the elevator car at any
				  point of its travel with the car carrying its full-rated load.
(b) The machines of power-driven sidewalk
				  elevators shall be provided with at least one dependable automatic terminal
				  stop which automatically cuts off the power and applies the brake.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.98 - Specifications of sidewalk doors

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(a) In
				  new installations, sidewalk doors shall, when closed, be capable of sustaining
				  a live load of at least 300 pounds per square foot. The dimensions of any
				  sidewalk openings shall not exceed 5 by 7 feet except by special permission of
				  the Board.
(b) In existing
				  installations, sidewalk doors shall, when closed, be of sufficient strength to
				  carry the loads to which they are subjected, without dangerous
				  deflection.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.99 - Sheaves and drums of hoisting chains and cables

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(a) When chains or cables are used for
				  raising or lowering the cars of new power-operated sidewalk elevators, the
				  sheaves or winding drums shall not be less than ten inches in diameter. The
				  sheaves or winding drums of hand-operated sidewalk elevators shall be at least
				  10 inches in diameter when cables are used, but when chains are used a lesser
				  diameter is permitted, if the sheaves are pocketed to receive the chains. Cable
				  sizes shall be at least 3/8 inch in diameter. Sheaves or winding drums shall be
				  equipped with substantial retaining flanges.
(b) Power-driven sidewalk elevators suspended
				  from cables or chains shall be provided with approved rope-type car safeties.
				  Such safeties shall be capable of stopping or holding the fully-loaded elevator
				  car at any point of its travel.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.100 - Removal and reerection

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The removal and reerection of any sidewalk elevator in a
					 new location shall be in conformity with the requirements governing the
					 installation of new sidewalk elevators.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter C - SIDEWALK ELEVATORS › Section 7.101 - Stop switch and light

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A stop switch and light shall be installed in the cars of
					 new sidewalk elevators.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter D - STAGE, ORCHESTRA, ORGAN CONSOLE AND LUMBER ELEVATORS › Section 7.111 - Shaftway construction

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(a) The
				  shaftways of orchestra and organ console elevators shall be of fire-resistive
				  construction below the top landing. The inside surface of such shaftways,
				  within the limits of travel, shall have a smooth finish without any projections
				  or recesses except for landing entrances, guides and guide brackets, vertical
				  slots when required for concealed guides, and junction boxes and conduits for
				  wiring. Projections or recesses at landing entrances shall be beveled on the
				  underside or guarded with metal plates. The angle of such bevels or guard
				  plates shall not be less than 60° from the horizontal.
(b) The shaftways of lumber elevators shall
				  be enclosed on all sides not used for loading or unloading with solid
				  partitions not less than 6 feet in height and shall be flush. All points of
				  loading and unloading shall be protected by movable bars or railings. Gates, as
				  specified in §
										7.278(c)
				  (relating to landing gates) are required where the travel exceeds 6 feet and
				  there are two or more landings. All shearing points shall be protected by
				  flaring at an angle of not less than 60° from the horizontal.
(c) A pit shall be provided at the bottom of
				  every shaftway of such depth that when the platform is at its lowest limit of
				  travel the distance between the lowest point of the underside of the platform
				  framing and to the floor of the pit shall not be less than 2 feet.
(d) The bottom landing openings of orchestra
				  and organ console shaftways shall be protected by sliding doors of
				  fire-resistive construction. If swinging doors are used they shall open
				  outward.
(e) Railings and toeboards
				  shall be provided at the floor levels of orchestra and organ console
				  elevators.
(f) Steel rails shall be
				  used for guides of stage, orchestra, and organ console elevators. Lumber
				  elevators shall be provided with substantial guides of either wood or
				  steel.
(g) Shaftway landing doors
				  shall be equipped with approved locking devices.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter D - STAGE, ORCHESTRA, ORGAN CONSOLE AND LUMBER ELEVATORS › Section 7.112 - Lifting capacity

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(a) The
				  lifting capacity of an orchestra or organ console elevator shall be equal to a
				  live load of not less than 25 pounds per square foot of floor area of the
				  platform.
(b) The lifting capacity
				  of a stage elevator shall be equal to a live load of not less than 75 pounds
				  per square foot of floor area of the platform.
(c) Railings, aprons, wiring, conduits,
				  outlets, and the like, are considered as part of the weight of the movable
				  platforms.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter D - STAGE, ORCHESTRA, ORGAN CONSOLE AND LUMBER ELEVATORS › Section 7.113 - Control apparatus

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(a)
				  Operating switches shall be provided in a suitable location on the platforms of
				  orchestra and organ console elevators. Emergency stop switches shall be
				  provided and placed adjacent to the operating switches in as convenient a
				  location as possible. A manually-operated double-pole disconnecting service
				  switch shall be installed in the main line to cut off power from the operating
				  machinery. When alternating current is used, reverse phase relays shall be
				  provided.
(b) Lumber elevators
				  shall be operated by switches or buttons located at a point where the entire
				  shaftway is visible. Buttons shall be of the constant pressure type. Hand
				  switches shall be of the self-centering type.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter D - STAGE, ORCHESTRA, ORGAN CONSOLE AND LUMBER ELEVATORS › Section 7.114 - Driving mechanism

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(a) When
				  elevating screws are used they shall be of the direct connected type, either
				  worm or beveled gears, and all gears shall be enclosed in a housing, except
				  that chain drive lumber hoists are permitted when provided with equalizing
				  chains or when approved slack chain switches are installed and
				  enclosed.
(b) When a stage,
				  orchestra, or organ console elevator is not supported or operated by either
				  screws, plungers, or similar means, car safeties shall be provided under the
				  platform capable of stopping and holding the platform with a full-rated load at
				  any point of its travel.
(c) When
				  lumber elevators are so installed that they are not within the intent of this
				  subchapter, they shall be made to comply with the requirements for freight or
				  passenger elevators.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter D - STAGE, ORCHESTRA, ORGAN CONSOLE AND LUMBER ELEVATORS › Section 7.115 - Electrical equipment

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(a) A
				  suitably lighted room shall be provided outside of the shaftway for the motor
				  controller and brake unless the motor and controller are placed in the pit, in
				  which case stone or masonry piers or columns shall be provided to take
				  sufficiently the impact of a full-loaded car.
(b) When the motor and controller are located
				  in a shaftway pit or in a pit adjacent to the hoist, access to such pit shall
				  be provided by means of a door entirely below the bottom of the platform when
				  the platform is at its lowest limit of travel.
(c) Terminal limit switches located in the
				  shaftway, or a stop motion device on the operating machine, shall be provided
				  and arranged to automatically bring the platform to rest as it approaches
				  either terminal landing.
(d) Final
				  limit switches shall be provided at the top and bottom of the shaftway arranged
				  to cut off the current and stop the platform if it runs by the terminal limit
				  switches.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter D - STAGE, ORCHESTRA, ORGAN CONSOLE AND LUMBER ELEVATORS › Section 7.116 - Platform construction

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(a) The
				  platforms of stage, orchestra, organ console and lumber elevators shall be of
				  steel frame construction designed with a factor of safety of not less than six
				  based on the rated load, uniformly distributed. Other parts of the equipment
				  shall have a safety factor as required by this chapter.
(b) When orchestra and organ console
				  elevators are installed in the same shaftway, the adjacent sides shall be
				  provided with aprons of substantial construction or railings and toeboards, or
				  all if necessary, to avoid a shearing hazard.
(c) When the travel of a stage, orchestra or
				  organ console elevator extends above the top of the shaftway enclosure, aprons
				  of substantial construction shall be provided on the platform of sufficient
				  depth to enclose the space between the top of the shaftway enclosure and the
				  underside of the platform when the platform is at its limit of
				  travel.
(d) When the travel of a
				  lumber elevator extends above the top of the surrounding floor level, an apron
				  of substantial construction shall be provided on all sides of the platform of a
				  sufficient depth to enclose the space between the floor level and the underside
				  of the platform when the platform is at its limit of travel.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS › Subchapter E - PERSONAL SERVICE ELEVATORS › GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 7.131 - Scope

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This subchapter applies only to the elevators installed
						for the personal use of an individual, and one attendant, who submits to the
						Department certificate of a physician stating that the individual is not
						physically able to walk up and down stairs and therefore requires the use of a
						personal service elevator, to be used exclusively by him.