South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 71 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING AND REGULATION-DIVISION OF LABOR › Article 5 - SAFETY STANDARDS FOR ELEVATOR FACILITIES › Section 71-5200 - Safety Standards for Existing Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
1. All facilities for which construction or
			 relocation was begun or which were in operation prior to July 1, 1986, in South
			 Carolina shall comply with the requirements of the 1986 edition of the ANSI
			 A17.3, the American National Standard Safety Code for Existing Elevators and
			 Escalators. In the alternative, manlifts may comply with the 1985 edition of
			 the ANSI A90.1 Safety Standards for Manlifts and all supplements thereto;
			 existing power sidewalk elevators may comply with A17.1, 1987 edition, part IV;
			 existing hand and power dumbwaiters may comply with A17.1, 1987 edition, part
			 VII; existing special purpose personnel elevators may comply with A17.1, 1987
			 edition, part XV; and existing inclined stairway chairlifts and vertical wheel
			 chair lifts may comply with A17.1, 1987 edition, part XX or part V, provided
			 the lift is key operated and a sign is installed stating "for handicap use
			 only". Compliance with the requirements of any later edition of the required
			 safety codes shall be accepted by the Commissioner as compliance with this
			 section.
2. All existing facilities
			 shall be free from recognized hazards or defects which may cause serious
			 injury.
3. All safety devices
			 provided by the manufacturer and installed on any existing facility shall be
			 maintained so as to operate properly per manufacturer's specifications, or
			 replaced with equivalent equipment.
4. Miscellaneous Safety Requirements for
			 Existing Facilities.
A. All sumps in pits
			 shall be covered. The cover shall be level with the pit floor.
B. Except where compensating chains or ropes
			 are attached to the counterweight, all counterweights shall be provided with a
			 guard of sufficient size and strength to prevent accidental contact with the
			 counterweight while working in the pit. Where existing clearance does not
			 permit a guard, a warning chain attached to the counterweight would meet this
			 requirement.
C. A permanent
			 lighting fixture shall be provided in all pits, which shall provide an
			 illumination of not less than five (5) footcandles (54 lux) at the pit floor. A
			 light switch shall be located so as to be accessible from the pit access
			 door.
D. Each elevator shall be
			 equipped with switches to interrupt electric power to the elevator driving
			 machine motor and brake. The switches shall be conspicuously marked "Stop" and
			 "Run".
(1) A switch shall be located so as to
			 be accessible from the entry into the pit. If the pit is deeper than seven (7')
			 feet there shall be an additional stop switch which is accessible from the pit
			 floor.
(2) A switch shall be
			 located so as to be accessible from the door to all auxiliary machinery
			 spaces.
E. Escalators
			 shall be equipped with a stop switch located so as to be accessible from the
			 point of access into the machinery space. When opened, this switch shall cause
			 the electric power to be removed from the escalator driving machine motor and
			 brake. The switch shall be conspicuously and permanently marked "Stop" and
			 "Run". No additional stop switch is required when the main disconnect switch is
			 in the machinery space.
F. All
			 ladders in pits shall be mounted adjacent to the side of the door where the
			 unlocking device is located unless clearances prevent this.
G. All light fixtures shall be guarded and
			 maintained in a fully operational condition.
H. Counterweight runby shall not be less than
			 the setting of the top final limit plus two (2) inches,
I. Emergency signaling devices for facilities
			 in unattended buildings shall have a minimum sound rating of 80 db measured ten
			 (10) feet from the device.
J.
			 [Deleted].
K. Car gates, when fully
			 closed, shall extend from the car floor to a height of not less than six (6)
			 feet, where existing overhead clearances permit.
L. All passenger elevators shall be equipped
			 with a standby power source capable of operating emergency lighting and the
			 alarm bell for a period of at least four (4) hours in the event the normal
			 power source fails. No less than two (2) lamps shall be used for emergency
			 lighting.
M. A17.3, Rule 3.11.3 is
			 repealed. Substitute Rule 5200 4 M to read in its entirety:
(1) All automatic (non-designated attendant)
			 operation elevators having a travel of fifty-four (54) feet from the lowest
			 point of entry to the building shall conform to the requirements of ANSI/ASME
			 A17.1, 1987 edition, Rules 211.3 through 211.8.
(2) All elevators having car switch operation
			 or constant pressure operation or manual door opening and closing or nuclear
			 facilities employing high radiation are not required to install Firemans
			 Service.
(3) All existing
			 installations shall have a conspicuous sign installed at each landing
			 immediately adjacent to the push button station to inform the public that in a
			 fire emergency they should not use the elevator but should use the exit
			 stairs.
N. A17.3, Rule
			 2.7.4 is repealed. Substitute Rule 5200 4 N to read in its entirety: All
			 passenger elevators installed within dormitories, apartment building, motels,
			 hotels, and schools shall comply with the following:
(1) When a car is outside the unlocking zone,
			 the hoistway doors or car doors shall be so arranged that the hoistway doors or
			 car doors cannot be opened more than four (4) inches (102mm) from inside the
			 car.
(2) When the car doors are so
			 arranged that they cannot be opened when the car is outside the unlocking zone,
			 the car doors shall be able to open from outside the car without the use of
			 special tools.
(3) The unlocking
			 zone shall extend from the landing floor level to a point no greater than
			 eighteen (18) inches (457mm) above or below the landing floor level.
O. The owner of an existing
			 facility whose car enclosure is being altered with materials or design
			 different from the original must obtain an alteration permit from the
			 department. At the completion of the alteration, an appropriate test for rated
			 speed and rated load must be performed.
P. All existing passenger elevators equipped
			 with door restrictors shall be provided with floor numbers conforming to the
			 requirements of 71-5100-4 -B.
Q.
			 The owner of every facility shall have available on the premises any keys
			 needed for access to machinery spaces and operation of the facility.