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 7.31 - Submission and approval of plans

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
					 No elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, gravity elevator, hoist or manlift shall be
					 constructed and installed without a permit from the Department. The architect,
					 contractor, owner or manufacturer responsible for such installations shall file
					 with the Department plans in triplicate, each showing the location of the
					 machinery and equipment together with an application for a permit in duplicate,
					 on forms provided by the Department. Such plans shall specify the capacity and
					 the car speed of the installation, the weight of the car complete, car
					 controlling mechanism, type of limit stops and switches, diameter of sheaves,
					 size, number and material of hoisting and counterweight cables, type of speed
					 governor and safeties, overhead and pit clearance, type of buffers, machine and
					 overhead grating, the weight of the machine if overmounted, the material,
					 quality and spans of overhead supporting members, and the construction of
					 shaftway gates or doors, and car gates or doors, where required.
(b) Each set of plans submitted to the
					 Department for an elevator permit for work to be accomplished in a new or
					 existing hoistway in an existing structure shall bear the seal and signature of
					 an architect or engineer licensed in this Commonwealth, together with his
					 certification on the drawing to the following statement:
I have examined and checked the building structure or
						building plans surrounding this elevator hoistway, pit and machine room and
						hereby certify it is adequate for the loads to be imposed on it and is in
						accord with applicable laws and regulations of this Commonwealth.
(c) An exception exists as regards
					 oil-electric or hydraulic elevators designed for class A freight loading or
					 passenger loading. In lieu of the above certification on the elevator plans, a
					 letter which shall accompany the request for elevator permit from the architect
					 or engineer on his letterhead and bearing his seal and signature together with
					 the above certification will be acceptable. Such letter shall identify in
					 detail the elevator drawing in question including final revisions.
(d) Before work is commenced on the removal,
					 or repair of existing installations, duplicate applications for the work shall
					 be filed with the Department for approval, and a permit for the work
					 obtained.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													7.71 (relating to conflicts); 34
						  Pa. Code §
													7.134 (relating to approval and
						  operation); 34 Pa. Code §
													7.174 (relating to approval and
						  operation); 34 Pa. Code §
													7.213 (relating to approval and
						  operation); 34 Pa. Code §
													7.251 (relating to general); and
						  34 Pa. Code §
													7.291 (relating to
						  general).