Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 918 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES, BUILDING CODES DIVISION › Division 400 - SAFETY CODE FOR ELEVATORS › Section 918-400-0280 - Board-Created Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For the purposes of OAR chapter 918, division 400, unless the
				context requires otherwise, the following definitions are adopted:
(1) "Alteration" means a change of original
			 design or operation through modernization, replacement of components or
			 assemblies, or upgrade to existing equipment.
(2) "ANSI" means the American National
			 Standards Institute.
(3)
			 "Apprentice" means any person who is enrolled in an approved elevator
			 apprenticeship program.
(4) "ASME"
			 means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(5) "Board" means the Electrical and Elevator
			 Board.
(6) "BOLI" means the Bureau
			 of Labor and Industries Apprenticeship and Training Division.
(7) "Conveyance" is the industry term for
			 elevator and includes, but is not limited to, escalator, man lift, inclined
			 elevator, dumbwaiter, lowerator, platform hoist, material lift, moving walk,
			 platform or wheelchair lift, and chair lift.
(8) "Electrical equipment" means any device
			 or group of components that is connected to a source of electrical power. Such
			 devices include, but are not limited to, electro-mechanical switches,
			 controllers, motors, car and hall fixtures, lighting fixtures, or any other
			 component that has exposed electrical parts or connections either by design or
			 when protective covers are removed.
(9) "Elevator Lobby" means the area in front
			 of an elevator for waiting, boarding, disembarking, loading, and unloading.
(10) "Equipment testing" means
			 safety tests required by the adopted safety standard and required to be
			 performed by properly licensed elevator technicians.
(11) "Industrial plant" means a facility
			 engaged in a manufacturing endeavor to make a finished product using raw
			 materials, especially on a large industrial scale wherein elevators are located
			 and maintained by authorized plant personnel.
(12) "Interactive testing and maintenance"
			 means that which requires interaction with the technical components of
			 controllers and machinery and except where allowed by law, interactive testing
			 and maintenance checks must only be performed by licensed elevator personnel.
			 This includes, but is not limited to, car and counterweight safety tests,
			 pressure relief tests, buffer tests, brake tests, unintended car movement, and
			 ascending car over speed tests.
(13) "License" means a document that
			 signifies competency to install, repair, alter, or maintain elevator mechanical
			 equipment within a particular field in the elevator industry.
(14) "Maintenance" means the renewal of
			 operating parts, cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting existing elevator
			 equipment to ensure proper and safe operation as required by code.
(15) "Mitigating Circumstances" are caused by
			 a lack of materials or labor and are beyond the reasonable control of a
			 building owner or contractor.
(16)
			 "Modernization" means replacing elevator equipment with equipment that is not
			 of the same design.
(17)
			 "Operational testing and maintenance" means that which requires measurement,
			 observation, cleaning, and lubricating equipment that does not require
			 disassembly or opening the equipment and must be permitted to be performed by
			 authorized or licensed elevator personnel. This includes, but is not limited
			 to, fire service tests, step/skirt index tests, cleaning and lubricating
			 exposed surfaces, starting and stopping of equipment through normal means,
			 smoke and heat detector tests, relamping and repairing car lighting fixtures,
			 and monthly monitoring of hydraulic oil levels.
(18) "Operator" means an individual employed
			 by a general contractor, elevator contractor, or owner to operate an elevator
			 under a construction use permit.
(19) "Reciprocating conveyor" means:
(a) A self contained, power driven stationary
			 device that moves objects on a platform equipped with safety guards; or
(b) A prepackaged, self contained
			 unit, that moves individuals in a residence on a motorized chair, along a
			 predetermined horizontal, inclined, or vertical path between loading and
			 discharge points.
(A) "Prepackaged" means a
			 reciprocating conveyor sold as a unit that:
(i) Requires no electrical installations as
			 defined by ORS 479.530;
(ii) Requires minimal assembly; and
(iii) Is installed on a straight run
			 stairway.
(B) For the
			 purposes of this section, the definition does not include vertical wheelchair
			 lifts.