Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-D - Amusement Rides and Amusement Attractions › Chapter 139 - AMUSEMENT RIDES AND ATTRACTIONS ERECTED PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY AT CARNIVALS, FAIRS AND AMUSEMENT PARKS › Subchapter C - OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND RECORDS › Section 139.77 - Maintenance of amusement rides and attractions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Maintenance program
. The
				  owner of an amusement ride or amusement attraction shall implement a program of
				  maintenance, testing and inspection, based on manufacturer's recommendations,
				  providing for the duties and responsibilities necessary in the care of each
				  amusement ride or attraction. The maintenance program must include a checklist
				  to be made available to the person performing the regularly scheduled
				  maintenance. The maintenance program must include, the ASTM International F-24
				  Committee Standards for the operation, maintenance, testing and
				  inspections.
(b)
Electricity lock-out
. A person performing maintenance or
				  repairs, or making an inspection, shall lock-out the electrical disconnect
				  switch when restoration of electrical power to an amusement ride or amusement
				  attraction could create a hazard to persons during the performance of
				  maintenance, repair, inspection or an emergency evacuation of persons, and
				  ensure that it remains locked out until restoration of power will not create a
				  hazard.
(c)
Identification
				  and rating plates
. Manufacturers' identification information affixed
				  to the ride or attraction shall be maintained in a readily visible and legible
				  condition at all times to the inspector.
(d)
Wire rope
.
(1) Wire rope shall be thoroughly examined.
				  Wire rope found to be damaged shall be replaced with a new rope of proper
				  design and capacity as set forth on the manufacturer's date tag. If failure of
				  the rope would affect safety of the ride or attraction and its passengers any
				  of the following conditions will be cause for rope replacement:
(i) In running ropes, six radomly distributed
				  broken wires in a rope lay, or four broken wires in one strand of a rope lay. A
				  rope lay is the length along the rope in which one stand makes a complete
				  revolution around the rope.
(ii) In
				  pendants or standing ropes-ropes bearing the entire load and subject to
				  constant pressure and surge shocks-evidence of more than one broken wire in one
				  rope lay.
(iii) Abrasion, scrubbing
				  or peening causing loss of more that 1/3 of the original diameter of the
				  outside individual wires.
(iv)
				  Severe corrosion.
(v) Kinking,
				  crushing, birdcaging or other damage resulting in distortion of the rope
				  structure.
(vi) Heat
				  damage.
(vii) Reduction from
				  nominal diameter of more than 6.0%. Marked reduction in diameter indicates
				  deterioration of the core resulting in lack of proper support for the load
				  carrying strands. Excessive rope stretch or elongation may be an indication of
				  internal deterioration.
(viii)
				  Bird-caging or other distortion resulting in some members of the rope structure
				  carrying more load than others.
(ix) Noticeable rusting or development of
				  broken wires in the vicinty of attachments. If the condition is localized in an
				  operating rope, the section in question can be eliminated by making new
				  attachment. This may be done rather than replacing the entire rope.