What to inspect: | When to inspect: | Inspection and test requirements: | Building owner documentation: |
Related building supporting structures | Intervals not exceeding twelve months | Inspection by a competent person | Keep a certification record of each inspection and test that includes all of the following: |
1. | Date of the inspection |
2. | Signature of the person who performed the inspection |
3. | Number, or other identifier, of the building support structure and equipment which was inspected |
All parts of the equipment including control systems | Intervals specified by the manufacturer or supplier, but not to exceed twelve months | Inspection and test, where necessary, by a competent person to determine: | |
1. | They are in safe operating condition; and |
2. | Parts subject to wear, such as wire ropes, bearings, gears, and governors have not worn to such an extent as to affect the safe operation of the installation |
Working platform | Every thirty days; or Before each work cycle if the work cycle is more than thirty days | Maintenance inspection and test by a competent person following procedures recommended by the manufacturer | Keep a certification record of each inspection and test that includes all of the following: |
1. | Date of the inspection and test |
2. | Signature of the person who performed the inspection and test |
3. | An identifier for the platform installation which was inspected |
Governors and secondary brakes | Intervals specified by the manufacturer or supplier, but not to exceed twelve months | Inspection and test by a competent person. Results need to confirm: | |
1. | The initiating device for the secondary braking system operates at the proper overspeed; and |
2. | The secondary brake is functioning properly |
If any hoisting machine or initiating device for the secondary brake system is removed from the equipment for testing, reinspect all reinstalled and directly related components before returning the equipment installation to service |
Suspension wire ropes | Once a month for ropes in service | A thorough inspection by a competent person | Keep a certification record of each monthly inspection that includes all of the following: |
Before they are returned to service for ropes that have been out of service for thirty days or more | 1. | Date of the inspection |
2. | Signature of the person who performed the inspection |
3. | Number, or other identifier, of the wire rope which was inspected |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050. WSR 15-23-086, § 296-870-30020, filed 11/17/15, effective 12/18/15. Statutory Authority: RCW
49.17.010,
49.17.040,
49.17.050,
47.17.060. WSR 06-19-075, § 296-870-30020, filed 9/19/06, effective 1/1/07.]