Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 260 - Department of Labor and Training › Chapter 30 - Workforce Regulation and Safety › Subchapter 10 - Occupational Safety › Part 1 - Elevator Safety Code › Section 260-RICR-30-10-1.4 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. "Chief inspector" means the existing
				 position of chief elevator inspector as appointed by the director of labor and
				 training.
B. "Commission" means the
				 code commission for occupational safety and health created under R.I. Gen. Laws
				 §
										28-20-22.
C. "Compliance inspector" means an industrial
				 safety technician (also known as a safety compliance inspector) who holds a
				 certification as a qualified elevator inspector as required by the American
				 National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is appointed by the director of labor
				 and training under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 28-20.
D. "Director" means the director of labor and
				 training or his or her duly authorized representative.
E. "Elevator" means a hoisting and lowering
				 mechanism equipped with a car or platform which moves in guides in a
				 substantially vertical direction. The term "elevator" or other device, whenever
				 used in this chapter shall include but not be limited to dumbwaiters, vertical
				 reciprocating conveyors, wheelchair lifts, and material lifts. The term
				 "elevator" shall also include any lifting and lowering mechanisms moving in
				 fixed guides, erected and used solely during and in aid of the construction,
				 alteration, or demolition of buildings.
F. "Elevator checklist form" means a state
				 issued form listing all the parts and areas of an elevator that need to be
				 examined during an inspection.
G.
				 "Elevator-freight" means an elevator primarily used for carrying freight and on
				 which only the operator and the persons necessary for loading and unloading the
				 freight are permitted to ride.
H.
				 "Elevator-passenger" means an elevator used primarily to carry persons other
				 than the operator and persons necessary for loading and unloading.
I. "Escalator" means a moving, inclined,
				 continuous stairway or runway used for raising or lowering
				 passengers.
J. "Full maintenance
				 contract" means a signed contract between a qualified service company and the
				 owner or responsible party of an elevator, escalator, or other device subject
				 to the provisions of this chapter. The contract shall provide that all parts of
				 the elevator or other device shall be maintained in compliance with the rules
				 and regulations promulgated by the commission and shall provide for service
				 inspections by a qualified mechanic within specific periods for the duration of
				 the contract. Code revisions, vandalism, or acts of God are excluded from the
				 contract unless specifically stated within the contract. In addition, the
				 contract shall state the number of nonchargeable service calls per month as
				 well as the rate for emergency or chargeable calls. The contract shall also
				 provide a means of emergency dispatching and reasonable response
				 time.
K. "Licensed company" means a
				 company licensed by the Division of Occupational Safety to perform
				 installations, construction, service, repairs, modernizations, decommissioning,
				 removal, and maintenance of elevators and other devices subject to the
				 provisions of this code and R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-33.
L. "Licensed individual" means an employee of
				 a licensed company who by reason of competency is authorized to perform any and
				 all work within the scope as issued.
M. "Logbook" means a bound, standardized,
				 industry accepted format handwritten record of the following activities:
1. Description of maintenance tasks performed
				 and dates
2. Description and dates
				 of examinations, tests, adjustments, repairs, and replacements
3. Description and dates of call backs
				 (trouble calls) or reports that are reported to elevator personnel by any
				 means, including corrective action taken
4. Written record of the findings on the
				 firefighters service operation required by Rule 8.6.11.1 of ASME A17.1, incorporated above.
5. The LOG BOOK
				 shall be provided for each elevator or escalator within that unit's machine
				 room or space and shall be maintained as a permanent part of that room or
				 space.