
•	Adopt new safety code requirements for conveyances in the state of Washington. This includes:


o	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Safety Code for Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Residential Elevators, and Special Purpose Elevators (ASME A17.1-2016/CSA B44 – 16);
o	ASME A17.2 Guide for the Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, & Moving Walks (2017);
o	ASME A17.3 Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators (2015);
o	ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts (2017);
o	ASME A90.1 Safety Code for Belt Manlifts (2015);
o	American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)/American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A10.4 Safety Code for Personnel Hoists (2016); and
o	ASSE/ANSI A10.5 Safety Code for Material Hoists (2013).


•	Adopt references to other safety codes, such as the National Electrical Code, International Code Council and National Fire Protection Agency.
•	Adopt exceptions to the national safety code requirements, such as allowing a time frame for owners to comply with ASME A17.3 without penalty.
•	Adopt proposals requested by stakeholders, for example:


o	Allow replacement data tags to be created with known information in the event of missing tags to provide an affordable and reasonable means for customers to comply with data tag requirements;
o	Remove the requirement for installation of pit switches between thirty-six and forty-eight inches above the bottom landing to eliminate safety hazards for elevator mechanics performing work in the pit and the undue financial burden for building owners;
o	Remove the requirements to obtain a permit for certain repairs and replacements to eliminate unnecessary costs for building owners and elevator contractors; and
o	Relocate various sections in Part C to Part D requirements to eliminate duplication, reduce confusion in enforcement, and eliminate unnecessary additional costs for customers.


•	Adopt rules for clarity, to improve safety and reflect the existing processes and practices of the department, for example:


o	Clarify that approved installation or alteration permits must be posted along with approved plans issued by the department on the job site;
o	Clarify where light needs to be measured in the pit and machine room for better illumination;
o	Establish new definitions, such as "layout drawings, engineering" to clarify that engineering drawings are different than shop drawings and which of these drawings must be stamped by an engineer;
o	Clarify that shunt-trip breakers need to be in the elevator machine or control room where it is less likely to be reset by persons other than elevator personnel who have surveyed the equipment after a sprinkler discharge in the hoistway or machine/control room;
o	Require that handrails installed in elevator cars comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements;
o	Require that governor overspeed testing in chair lifts be tested by the manufacturer with documentation;
o	Clarify the procedures for units placed out-of-service on a voluntary basis; and
o	Clarify the department's process when investigating an injury-related accident reported by the owner or owner's duly authorized agent to align with the statute.


•	Adopt amendments to align with Department of Safety and Health (DOSH) requirements for confined space.
•	Adopt amendments to bring the rules up-to-date, for example:


o	Eliminate the requirement to submit two sets of plans, since plans are now received and returned electronically and only one set is needed; and
o	Require that periodic test results be retained on-site for review by elevator personnel instead of submitting the results to the department for approval.


•	Exclude residential incline chair lifts that are labeled and listed by a product-testing laboratory from plan review requirements to reduce the processing time for review of plans that are essentially similar.
•	Allow the elevator safety advisory committee (ESAC) to appoint a new member to fill the remainder of a member's term if the member cannot fulfill their obligation.
•	Adopt rules for general housekeeping, reformatting and relocating of certain sections, grammatical and reference corrections, to eliminate the question and answer format in section titles, etc.


•	WAC 296-96-00675 Amendments to adopted standards, was amended to exclude some ASME A17.3 requirements from adoption. The following language was added in this section to read:


o	(8) ASME A17.3 requirement 2.7.6 Hoistway Emergency Door Contacts is not adopted.
o	(9) ASME A17.3 requirement 3.3.5 Protection of Platforms Against Fire is not adopted.
o	(10) ASME A17.3 requirement 3.10.7 Operating of Driving Machine with Hoistway Door Unlocked or Hoistway or Car Door Not in the Closed Position is not adopted.
o	(11) ASME A17.3 requirement 3.10.12 System to Monitor and Prevent Automatic Operation of the Elevator with Faulty Door Contact Circuits is not adopted.
o	(12) ASME A17.3 requirement 3.11.3 Firefighter's Service is not adopted.
o	(13) ASME A17.3 requirement 3.9.5 Piston Connections is not adopted.
o	(14) ASME A17.3 Adjacent Floor Surfaces requirement 5.5.3 is not adopted.


•	WAC 296-96-01010 What are the installation permit fees for conveyances, material lifts, and hoists and how are they calculated?, was amended to further clarify the fees associated with the total cost of installation and alteration. The permit fee associated with the cost of alterations in excess of $15,000 was moved from repealed WAC 296-96-01012 and added to the fee schedule identified in WAC 296-96-01010. The title of the fee table was amended to read: Total Cost of Installation or Alteration.
•	WAC 296-96-05010 What are the department's rules on material lifts?, was amended by including the word "standard" for clarification purposes. The following language was added in subsection (2) of this section to read: WAC 296-96-05010 through 296-96-05290 establishes requirements for the construction, installation, and operation of standard material lifts.
•	WAC 296-96-05240 What are the minimum maintenance requirements for lifts?, was amended to reference the ASME code, since the language was approved by the technical advisory committee and ESAC, but was inadvertently omitted. Subsection (1) was amended to read: Maintenance, examinations, and safety tests are to be performed and documented to the applicable sections of WAC 296-96-23605 and ASME A17.1/CSA B44, parts 8.6 and 8.11.
•	WAC 296-96-23000 Compliance time frames, was amended to remove the compliance time frames for some ASME A17.3 requirements, since changes were made in WAC 296-96-00675 to exclude some of the ASME A17.3 requirements from adoption.

PART D - REGULATIONS FOR EXISTING ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, AND ESCALATORS

((Regulations for Existing Electric Elevators, Direct Plunger and Roped Hydraulic Elevators, Escalators used to transport passengers, Electric and Hand-powered Dumbwaiters, Hand-powered Elevators, Inclined Stairway Chairlifts, Inclined and Vertical Wheelchair Lifts, and Sidewalk Elevators

NOTE: The following rules set the minimum standard for existing elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, and, where applicable, alterations.))

NOTE: This part provides the minimum requirements for existing conveyances. Application of Part D rules apply where a conveyance was not provided, or required to be provided, with a device or system when originally installed or altered. Where Part D does not cover a particular device or system, refer to ASME A17.3.

Section 1

Compliance Time Frames

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-23000Compliance time frames.

Time frames for compliance with Part D or ASME A17.3 (or combination thereof) as applicable.

(1) These time frames do not apply to maintenance and periodic testing as required by ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Section 8.6.

(2) Where a single unit or group of units is required to comply with multiple requirements on one or more conveyances, the owner shall be granted sufficient time in order to comply without penalty.

(3) The owner shall submit a written plan and projected time frame for which to comply.

(4) Where conveyances are targeted for alterations, the owner may delay implementation of the requirements of Part D or ASME A17.3 (or combination thereof) until such time when the alteration is permitted by the department.

Section 2

Additional Requirements

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 13-24-066, filed 11/27/13, effective 1/1/14)

WAC 296-96-23100((Are keys required to be on-site?))Elevator operating keys.

((Yes.

(1) The keys to the machine room and the keys that are necessary to operate the elevator must be located in a locked key retainer box in the elevator lobby; or located by machine room doors at no more than six feet above the floor, provided access to the key box doesn't require passage through locked doors. The key retainer box must be:

(a) Readily accessible to authorized personnel;

(b) Clearly labeled "Elevator"; and

Further:

Keys for access to elevator machine rooms and for operating elevator equipment must be tagged and kept in the key box.

The key box must contain all keys necessary for inspections of the elevator.

Mechanical hoistway access devices must be kept in the key box or machine room.

(2) The department may approve existing retainer boxes provided they are:

(a) Readily accessible to authorized personnel;

(b) Clearly labeled "Elevator"; and

(c) The lock must be either a 1-inch cylinder cam lock key #39504 or a combination lock. The combination for the lock must be on record with the department.

Deviations from this section due to security concerns must be approved by the department via a variance request.

Note:

The cities of Seattle and Spokane may designate their own options for keys and lock box arrangement via their rule processes.

(3) ASME A17.1-2.27.8 Local fire or building code authorities may specify the requirements for a uniform keyed lock box and its location to contain the necessary keys (this will be in addition to the requirements listed in subsection (1) or (2) of this section). Where required, a lock box, including its lock and other components, shall conform to the requirements of UL 1037 (see Part 9). These keys shall be kept on the premises in a location readily accessible to firefighters and emergency personnel, but not where they are available to the public.

(4) ASME A17.1 Part 8 contains general requirements for new and existing equipment. Except reference ASME A17.1-2.27.8 shall not apply to phase one and two key switches installation on existing elevators installed prior to the adoption of this code unless required by the local code official.))Refer to WAC 296-96-02580.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 13-24-066, filed 11/27/13, effective 1/1/14)

WAC 296-96-23101((What are the conveyance number requirements?))Identification numbers.

((Conveyance numbers shall be permanently painted or etched to the controller or if space does not allow, the disconnect switch. The numbers shall be legible and at a minimum of one-half inch in height or as directed by the authority having jurisdiction.))Where identification numbers are not provided for multiple conveyances within the same building, the equipment shall be required to comply with ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Section 2.29.

Subpart I

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23115((What safety requirements apply to inspecting and maintaining))Access to overhead sheaves((?)).

(1) Overhead sheaves((spaces requiring inspection and maintenance must be located so adequate access and decking is available to insure the safety of inspection and maintenance personnel))shall be provided with a means of access for inspections and maintenance.

(2) Guardrails ((must))shall be installed where working platform or decking is provided and does not cover the complete hoistway.

(3) Guardrails((and deck supports must be similar to those required for the top of an elevator car and may be made of either wood or metal compatible with the existing hoistway construction))shall comply with ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Section 2.10.

(4) Inspections and maintenance may be performed from the top of ((an))the elevator car ((if))providing access is attainable without the use of a ladder ((is not required to perform these functions)).

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-24-041, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08)

WAC 296-96-23116((What requirements apply to))Car numbers((?)).

In any building with more than one elevator, numbers at least ((two inches))2 in. in height identifying each car ((must))shall be located at the main lobby entrance, inside the car, on the machine, and on the disconnect switch and if the conveyance has a walk-in pit, numbers shall also be installed on the buffer stands. Elevators installed in compliance with ASME A17.1/CSA B44, 2.29 are exempt from this rule.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-24-041, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08)

WAC 296-96-23117((What requirements apply to top of))Car top railings for traction elevators((?)).

A standard railing ((must))shall be installed on the top of all traction elevators where the perpendicular distance between the edges of the car top and the adjacent hoistway enclosure exceeds ((twelve inches))12 in. horizontal clearance. The railing shall be substantially constructed of metal and shall consist of a top rail, intermediate rail and post. The top rail shall have a smooth surface and the upper surface shall be located at a vertical height of ((forty-two inches))42 in. The intermediate rail shall be located approximately halfway between the top rail and the car top. There ((must))shall be a minimum of ((six inches))6 in. of clearance above the top rail when the car is at its furthest point of travel. If the vertical clearance from the car top to the hoistway enclosure, including gravity-stopping distance, is less than 48 ((inches))in. away, the top handrail height may be reduced to 42 ((inches))in. plus or minus 3 ((inches))in. If the clearances will not allow a ((39-inch))39 in. handrail, do not install the top of car railing, instead provide signage required by WAC 296-96-23119.

EXEMPTION:

This requirement does not apply to electric manlifts.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-24-041, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08)

WAC 296-96-23118((What requirements apply to top of))Car top railings for hydraulic elevators ((in unenclosed hoistways?)).

A standard railing ((must))shall be installed on the top of hydraulic elevators installed in unenclosed hoistways. The railing shall be substantially constructed of metal and shall consist of a top rail, intermediate rail and post. The top rail shall have a smooth surface and, the upper surface shall be located at a vertical height of 42 ((inches))in. plus or minus 3 ((inches))in. The intermediate rail shall be located approximately halfway between the top rail and the car top. There ((must))shall be a minimum of ((six inches))6 in. of clearance above the top rail when the car is at its furthest point of travel on the mechanical stop. If the vertical clearance of 6 ((inches))in. cannot be achieved, do not install car top railing, instead provide signage required by WAC ((296-96-119 [WAC 296-96-23119]))296-96-23119.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-24-041, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08)

WAC 296-96-23119((What signage requirements apply to traction elevators with minimal overhead clearance?))Low overhead signs.

Elevators that do not have a minimum of ((twenty-four inches of))24 in. clearance from the crosshead, or any equipment mounted on the crosshead, to the lowest member of the overhead structure in the hoistway when the car has reached its maximum upward movement ((must have))shall be provided with caution signage. A sign ((must))shall be located near the top of car inspection station. An additional sign ((must))shall be posted on the hoistway wall. This sign ((must))shall be visible when accessing the car top. The sign shall consist of alternating ((four-inch))4 in. diagonal red and white stripes and ((must))shall clearly state "danger low clearance" in lettering not less than ((four inches))4 in. in height.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-24-041, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08)

WAC 296-96-23122((What type of lighting must be installed in machine rooms and machinery space?))Machine room and machinery space illumination.

((Permanent electric lighting must be provided in all machine rooms and machinery spaces. All installations prior to 7/1/2004 require illumination to be at least 10 foot-candles at floor level.))Elevators installed under the 1996 and earlier editions of ASME A17.1 shall have a minimum of 10 foot-candles of illumination at floor level within the working areas in machine rooms and machinery spaces.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23123((What type of service outlets must be installed in elevator cars, hoistways and machinery spaces?))Duplex and simplex receptacles.

((Service outlets))Duplex and simplex receptacles, where provided, ((must))shall be permanently grounded.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23126((What protective measures should be taken in hoistways, machine rooms and machinery spaces to insure safety?))Guarding of equipment.

(1) Where feasible, gears, sprockets, sheaves, cables, tapes, belts and chains ((must))shall be fitted with suitable guards to prevent accidental contact((, where feasible)).

(2) Openings in machine room floors above the hoistway must be guarded to prevent tools from falling into the hoistway below.

(3) Open grating in machine room floors shall reject a ball 1/2 in. in diameter.

(4) Ventilation grids where exposed to the hoistway below ((must))shall be firmly ((bolted or secured))fastened to prevent accidental removal and ((must))shall be fitted with 1/2 ((inch))in. wire mesh under the grid.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23130((What requirements apply to))Pit access((?)).

(((1) Pits must be accessible to all authorized personnel.

(2) Access doors, if provided, must be kept closed and locked.

(3))) Access ladders ((must))shall be installed in elevator pits 3 ((feet))ft. or deeper. Where constraints prohibit the installation of a pit ladder conforming to ASME A17.1/CSA B44, 2.2.4.2, a retractable ladder shall be permitted to be installed in accordance with 2.2.4.2.7 and 2.2.4.2.8 of ASME A17.1/CSA B44.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 07-24-041, filed 11/30/07, effective 1/1/08)

WAC 296-96-23132((What lighting requirements apply to pits?))Pit illumination and receptacles.

(1) Light fixtures shall be installed in all pits.

(a) Installations prior to 7/1/2004 require a permanent lighting fixture producing at least 5 foot-candles as measured in the working areas at the pit floor ((must be installed in all pits)).

(((2)))(b) A light switch ((must))shall be installed and ((must))shall be accessible from the pit access door.

(((3)))(2) A permanent ((grounded outlet must))GFCI duplex receptacle shall be provided in all pits.

(3) Where more than one elevator shares a common pit, a GFCI duplex receptacle shall be located in the area below each elevator.

((Section 4

Protection of Space Below Hoistways))

((Section 5

Hoistway Entrances))

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23158((What requirements apply to elevator floor numbers?))Identification of floors.

((Elevator hoistways must have floor numbers at least 4 inches high and placed on the walls and/or doors of hoistways at intervals so that a person in a stalled elevator, upon opening the car door 4 inches, could determine the floor position.))Hoistways shall be provided with floor numbers complying with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 2.29.2.

Subpart II

Existing Elevators

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23200((What is the scope of Subpart II?))Scope.

Subpart II, Machinery and Equipment for Electric Elevators, is a minimum standard for all existing electric elevators. It applies to other equipment only as referenced in the applicable Subpart.

((Section 1

Buffers and Bumpers))

Section ((2

Counterweights))1

Compensating Means Connections

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23205((What requirements apply to counterweights?))Compensating means.

((On rod type counterweights, the rod nuts must be cotter-pinned and the tie rods must be protected so that the head weight cannot crush the tie rods on buffer engagement.

(1) The weights must be protected so that they cannot be dislodged.

(2))) Compensating chains or ropes ((must))shall be fastened to the counterweight ((from))frame directly or to a bracket fastened to the frame and ((must))shall not be fastened to the tie rods.

Section ((12))2

Suspension Systems and Their Connections

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23283((What requirements apply to rope))Missing data tags((?)).

((At each rope renewal, a new metal data tag must be securely attached to one of the wire rope fastenings. Rope data tags must be durable and readily legible. The height of letters and figures must be no less than 1/16 inch. This data tag must bear the following information:

(1) The diameter in inches;

(2) The manufacturer's rated breaking strength;

(3) The grade of material used;

(4) The month and year the ropes were installed;

(5) Whether nonpreformed or preformed;

(6) Construction classification

(7) Name of the person or firm who installed the ropes;

(8) Name of the manufacturer of the rope;

(9) The number of ropes; and

(10) The date on which the rope was resocketed or other types of fastening changed.))In the event an existing data tag cannot be located, a replacement tag shall be created specifying the date of verification of known information.

Section 3

Absence of Safety Bulkheads

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 04-15-104, filed 7/20/04, effective 8/20/04)

WAC 296-96-23303((What requirements apply to))Hydraulic elevators without safety bulkheads((?)).

(1) Oil levels ((must))shall be monitored and tracked in a log kept in the machine room.

(2) The log ((must))shall contain the date ((the)) oil was added, the reason for the loss of oil, and the amount of oil added.

(3) If the reason for the loss of oil cannot be determined, the unit must be immediately taken out of service and ((the cylinder must be replaced))the tests specified in 8.6.5.14.1 and 8.6.5.14.2 shall be performed.

((Note:

This section becomes effective August 20, 2004.))

Subpart ((VI))III

Alterations, Repairs, Maintenance, and Testing

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 13-24-066, filed 11/27/13, effective 1/1/14)

WAC 296-96-23605((ASME A17.1-8.6.4 Maintenance,))Examination ((and testing of elevators))of standard application material lifts, special purpose lifts, electric manlifts, and hand elevators.

(1) ((The maintenance,))Examination((, and testing of electric elevators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through 8.6.4 and the applicable sections of 8.11.2 as amended below.))standard application material lifts, special purpose lifts, electric manlifts and hand elevators shall conform to the following:

(a) ((ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1 Periodic))Annual examination requirements for electrical elevators. Service providers' shall furnish documentation to include the following ((when identifying)) components or systems((, or both,)) that shall be examined if installed.

(b) ((ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.1)) Inside car:

(i) Door reopening device;

(ii) Stop switches;

(iii) Operating control devices*;

(iv) ((Car floor and landing sill**;

(v))) Car auxiliary lighting**;

(((vi)))(v) Car emergency signal;

(((vii)))(vi) Car door or gate;

(((viii)))(vii) Door closing force;

(((ix) Power closing of doors or gates;

(x) Power opening of doors or gates;

(xi) Car enclosure*;

(xii) Emergency exit;

(xiii)))(viii) Ventilation*;

(((xiv) Rated load, platform area, and data plate*;

(xv)))(ix) Restricted opening of car or hoistway doors;

(((xvi)))(x) Car ride*((;

(xvii) Door monitoring systems)); and

(((xviii)))(xi) Stopping accuracy*.

(i) ((Equipment exposure to weather;

(ii) Means of access**;

(iii) Headroom**;

(iv) Means necessary for tests;

(v) Inspection and test panel;

(vi) Lighting and receptacles**;

(vii) Enclosure of machine room/control room**;

(viii) Ventilation;

(ix) Pipes, wiring, and ducts**;

(x))) Guarding of equipment;

(((xi) Numbering of elevators, machines, and disconnect switches;

(xii) Maintenance path and maintenance clearance**;

(xiii)))(ii) Stop switch;

(((xiv)))(iii) Disconnecting means and control;

(((xv)))(iv) Controller wiring, fuses, grounding, etc.;

(((xvi)))(v) Machinery supports and fastenings;

(((xvii)))(vi) Drive machine brake;

(((xviii)))(vii) Traction drive machines;

(((xix)))(viii) Gears, bearings, and flexible connections;

(((xx)))(ix) Winding drum machine;

(((xxi) Belt or chain-drive machine;

(xxii)))(x) Absorption of regenerated power;

(((xxiii)))(xi) Traction sheaves;

(((xxiv)))(xii) Secondary and deflector sheaves;

(((xxv)))(xiii) Rope fastenings;

(((xxvi)))(xiv) Operating devices;

(((xxvii)))(xv) Code data plate**;

(((xxviii)))(xvi) AC drives from a DC source;

(((xxix)))(xvii) Slack rope devices;

(((xxx)))(xviii) Wiring diagrams; and

(((xxxi)))(xix) Rope retainers or restraints ((for seismic risk zones; and

(xxxii) Seismic and displacement switches)).

(d) ((ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.3)) Top-of-car:

(i) Top-of-car stop switch;

(ii) Car top light and outlet;

(iii) Top-of-car operating device working platforms;

(iv) ((Top-of-car clearance and refuge space**;

(v) Top counterweight clearance;

(vi))) Car, overhead, and deflector sheaves;

(((vii)))(v) Crosshead data plate**;

(((viii) Top emergency exit;

(ix) Floor and emergency identification numbering**;

(x) Hoistway construction**;

(xi) Hoistway smoke control**;

(xii) Pipes, wiring, and ducts**;

(xiii) Windows, projections, recesses, and setbacks**;

(xiv) Hoistway clearance;

(xv) Multiple hoistways**;

(xvi)))(vi) Traveling cables and junction boxes;

(((xvii)))(vii) Door and gate equipment;

(((xviii)))(viii) Car frame and stiles;

(((xix)))(ix) Guide rails fastening and equipment;

(((xx)))(x) Governor rope;

(((xxi)))(xi) Governor releasing carrier;

(((xxii)))(xii) Fastening and hitch plate;

(((xxiii)))(xiii) Suspension means;

(((xxiv)))(xiv) Compensation means;

(((xxv) Machinery space/control space;

(xxvi)))(xv) Working areas on the car top;

(A) Means to prevent unexpected movement.

(B) Unexpected car movement device.

(D) Operating instructions for egress and reentry procedure;

(((xxvii) Equipment exposure to weather;

(xxviii)))(xvi) Machinery supports and fastenings;

(((xxix)))(xvii) Guarding of exposed auxiliary equipment;

(((xxx) Anchoring of beams and supports in seismic risk zone 2 or greater;

(xxxi)))(xviii) Rope retainers and snag guards ((in seismic risk zone 2 or greater));

(((xxxii)))(xix) Position restraints ((in seismic risk zone 2 or greater;

(xxxiii) Car and counterweight guide rails system in seismic risk zone 2 or greater;

(xxxiv) For seismic risk zones 2 or greater, horizontal clearance for car and counterweight, snag-point clearance and rail fastening;

(xxxv) Seismic risk zone 2 or greater rope retainers/restraints and snag guards;

(xxxvi) Seismic risk zone 2 or greater rope retainer and snag guard for compensating ropes or chains and compensating tension sheave fastening; and

(xxxvii) Sheaves with nonmetallic groove surfaces)).

(e) ((ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.4)) Outside hoistway:

(i) Car platform guard;

(ii) Hoistway doors;

(iii) Vision panels*;

(iv) Hoistway door locking devices;

(v) Access to hoistway;

(vi) ((Sequence operation;

(vii) Hoistway enclosure;

(viii) Elevator parking devices;

(ix))) Emergency and access hoistway openings;

(((x)))(vii) Separate counterweight hoistway;

(((xi) Means necessary for tests;

(xii) Inspection and test panel (ASME A17.1-2.7.6.5), inspection operation (ASME A17.1-2.26.1.4.1), and inspection operation with open door circuits; and

(xiii) Equipment exposure to weather.

(f) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.5))(f) Pit:

(i) Pit access, lighting, stop switch and condition;

(ii) Bottom clearance and runby;

(iii) Traveling cables;

(iv) Compensating chains, ropes, and sheaves;

(v) Car frame and platform;

(vi) ((Machinery space/control space;

(vii))) Working areas in the pit;

(A) Means to prevent unexpected movement.

(B) Unexpected car movement device.

(D) Operating instructions for egress and reentry procedure;

(((viii) Equipment exposure to weather;

(ix)))(vii) Machinery supports and fastenings;

(((x)))(viii) Guarding of exposed auxiliary equipment; and

(((xi)))(ix) Pit inspection operation.

(((g) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.7 Working platform:

(i) Working platforms; operating instructions;

(ii) Retractable stops; retractable stop electrical device; and

(iii) Inspection operation.))

Note:	(*) May be combined with other items on the log.
	(**) A visual component that must be reported to the owner.

(2) ((The maintenance, examination, and testing of hydraulic elevators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3 and the applicable requirements of ASME A17.1-8.6.4, ASME A17.1-8.6.5, and ASME A17.1-8.11.3, as amended below.

(a) Periodic))Annual examination requirements for hydraulic elevators. Service providers shall furnish documentation to include the following ((when identifying)) components or systems((, or both,)) that shall be examined if installed.

(((b) ASME A17.1-8.11.3.1.1))(a) Inside the car:

(i) Door reopening device;

(ii) Stop switches;

(iii) Operating control devices*;

(iv) ((Sill and car floor**;

(v))) Car auxiliary lighting ((and receptacles**));

(((vi)))(v) Car emergency signal;

(((vii)))(vi) Car door or gate;

(((viii)))(vii) Door closing force;

(((ix) Power closing of doors or gates;

(x) Power opening of doors or gates; car enclosure*;

(xi)))(viii) Emergency exit;

(((xii)))(ix) Ventilation*;

(((xiii)))(x) Signs and operating device symbols;

(((xiv) Rated load, platform area, and data plate;

(xv)))(xi) Restricted opening of car or hoistway doors;

(((xvi)))(xii) Car ride*((;

(xvii) Door monitoring system)); and

(((xviii)))(xiii) Stopping accuracy*.

(((c) ASME A17.1-8.11.3.1.2))(b) Machine room/control room:

(i) ((Equipment exposure to weather;

(ii) Means of access**;

(iii) Headroom**;

(iv) Means necessary for tests;

(v) Inspection and test panel;

(vi) Lighting and receptacles**;

(vii) Enclosure of machine room/spaces and control room/spaces**;

(viii) Ventilation and heating;

(ix) Pipes, wiring, and ducts**; guarding of equipment;

(x) Numbering of elevators, machines, and disconnect switches;

(xi) Maintenance path and maintenance clearance**;

(xii))) Stop switch;

(((xiii)))(ii) Disconnecting means and control;

(((xiv)))(iii) Controller wiring, fuses, grounding, etc.;

(((xv)))(iv) Hydraulic power unit;

(((xvi)))(v) Tanks**((;

(xvii) Recycling operation)); and

(((xviii)))(vi) Wiring diagrams.

(((d) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.3))(c) Top-of-car:

(i) Top-of-car stop switch;

(ii) Car top light and outlet;

(iii) Top-of-car operating device and working platforms;

(iv) ((Top-of-car clearance and refuge space**;

(v))) Top emergency exit;

(((vi) Floor and emergency identification numbering**;

(vii) Hoistway construction*;

(viii) Hoistway smoke control**;

(ix) Pipes, wiring, and ducts**;

(x) Windows, projections, recesses, and setback**;

(xi) Hoistway clearances**;

(xii) Multiple hoistways**;

(xiii)))(v) Traveling cables and junction boxes;

(((xiv)))(vi) Door and gate equipment;

(((xv)))(vii) Car frame and stiles;

(((xvi)))(viii) Guide rails fastening and equipment;

(((xvii)))(ix) Governor rope;

(((xviii)))(x) Wire rope fastening and hitch plate;

(((xix)))(xi) Suspension rope;

(((xx)))(xii) Slack rope device;

(((xxi)))(xiii) Traveling sheave;

(((xxii)))(xiv) Crosshead data plate**((;

(xxiii) Equipment exposure to weather;

(xxiv) Machinery supports and fastenings)); and

(((xxv)))(xv) Guarding of equipment.

(((e) ASME A17.1-8.11.3.1.4))(d) Outside hoistway:

(i) Car platform guard;

(ii) Hoistway doors;

(iii) Vision panels*;

(iv) Hoistway door locking devices;

(v) Access to hoistway; and

(((vi) Power closing of hoistway doors;

(vii) Sequence operation;

(viii) Hoistway enclosure*;

(ix) Elevator parking devices;

(x)))(vi) Emergency doors in blind hoistways;

(((xi) Inspection and test panel (ASME A17.1-3.7.1 and ASME A17.1-2.7.6.5), inspection operation (ASME A17.1-2.26.1.4.1), and inspection operation with open door circuits (ASME A17.1-2.26.1.5); and

(xii) Equipment exposure to weather.

(f) ASME A17.1-8.11.3.1.5))(e) Pit:

(i) Pit access, lighting, stop switch, and condition;

(ii) Bottom clearance((,))and runby((, and minimum refuge space**));

(iii) Plunger and cylinder;

(iv) Traveling cables;

(v) Car frame and platform;

(vi) Supply piping;

(vii) Governor rope tension device;

(viii) ((Equipment exposure to weather;

(ix))) Machinery supports and fastenings;

(((x)))(ix) Guarding of exposed auxiliary equipment((;

(xi) Pit inspection operation; and

(xii) Seismic overspeed valve and pipe support)).

Note:	(*) May be combined with other items on the log.
	(**) A visual component that must be report to the owner.

(((g) If it is determined the hydraulic cylinders system is not being maintained per ASME A17.1-8.6.5.7 and ASME A17.1-8.6.5.14, cylinders installed below ground shall conform to ASME A17.1-3.18.3.4 or to ASME A17.1-8.6.5.8(a) or ASME A17.1-8.6.5.8(b).

(h) The relief-valve adjustment shall be examined to ensure that the seal is intact. If the relief-valve seal is not intact, checks shall be conducted in accordance with ASME A17.1-8.6.5.14.1 and the state hydraulic overpressure form shall be used to document compliance. The form shall be left on-site and located in the machine room in a conspicuous location.

(3) The maintenance and examination of dumbwaiter, rack-and-pinion, screw-column, hand, incline, limited use limited application, private residence*, power sidewalk, rooftop, special purpose, and shipboard and construction elevators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3 and the applicable requirements of ASME A17.1-8.6 and ASME A17.1-8.11 as amended in this chapter.

Note:

(*) Chapter 70.87 RCW exempts private resident elevators from periodic inspections, but these maintenance guidelines provide the proper outline for the level of service that should be provided.

(4) The maintenance of material lifts without automatic transfer devices, hand pull and electric manlift, residential incline elevators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3 and the applicable requirements of ASME A17.1-8.6 and ASME A17.1-8.11, as amended in this chapter*.

Maintenance, examination and test requirements shall only apply to the corresponding installation requirements in chapter 296-96 WAC.

Note:

(*) Chapter 70.87 RCW exempts private resident elevators from periodic inspections, but these maintenance guidelines provide the proper outline for the level of service that should be provided.

(5) Periodic examination requirements for conveyances outlined in WAC 296-96-23605 (3) and (4). Service providers shall include the following when identifying components or systems, or both, that shall be examined if installed.

(a) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.1 Sidewalk elevator, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(b) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.2 Private resident elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2)*.

(d) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.4 Dumbwaiters, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(e) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.5 Material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(f) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.6 Special purpose personnel elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(g) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.7 Inclined elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1)(a) through (2) or (3).

(h) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.8 Shipboard elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(i) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.9 Screw-column elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(j) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.10 Rooftop elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(k) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.11 Rack-and-pinion elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) and (2).

(l) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.12 Limited-use/limited-application elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(m) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.13 Elevators used for construction, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(n) These conveyances shall be subject to the corresponding ASME A17.1-8.11 examination requirements as applicable (see ASME A17.1 for sections references). The applicable items above shall be documented on the required records.

Note:

Chapter 70.87 RCW exempts these elevators from periodic inspections, but these examination guidelines provide the proper outline for the level of service that should be provided.

(6) The maintenance and examination of escalators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3 and ASME A17.1-8.6.8 and the applicable sections of ASME A17.1-8.11.4. The maintenance and examination of moving walks shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3, ASME A17.1-8.6.9 and the applicable sections of ASME A17.1-8.11.4, as amended below.

(a) Periodic examination requirements for escalators and moving walks: Service providers shall include the following when identifying components or systems, or both, that shall be examined if installed.

(b) ASME A17.1-8.11.4.1 Escalators and moving walks:

(i) General fire protection;

(ii) Geometry;

(iii) Entrance and egress;

(iv) Lighting;

(v) Caution signs;

(vi) Combplate;

(vii) Deck barricade guard and antislide devices*;

(viii) Steps and treadway;

(ix) Operating devices;

(x) Skirt obstruction devices;

(xi) Handrail entry device;

(xii) Egress restriction device;

(xiii) Balustrades;

(xiv) Ceiling intersection guards*;

(xv) Skirt panels;

(xvi) Outdoor protection*;

(xvii) Additional stop switch(es);

(xviii) Controller and wiring; and

(xix) Code data plate**, other: Annual clean down WAC 296-96-23610(7).

Note:	(*) May be combined with other items on the log.
	(**) A visual component that must be reported to the owner.))

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 13-24-066, filed 11/27/13, effective 1/1/14)

WAC 296-96-23606((ASME A17.1-8.11 Covers periodic inspections, examinations, and tests of existing ASME A17.1 installations.))Installations placed in voluntary red tag status.

(1) ((ASME A17.1-8.11.1.1.1:

(a) Annual inspections shall be made by an inspector employed by the department having jurisdiction;

(b) The inspector shall submit a signed written report to the department containing the following information:

(i) Date of inspection; and

(ii) Code deficiencies noted during the inspection and a statement as to the corrective action to be taken, if any.

(2) Periodic or routine examinations shall be made by a person authorized by the department.

(a) Persons authorized are licensed mechanics and other authorized persons under RCW 70.87.270.

(b) The authorized mechanic shall submit a signature on the maintenance control record containing the following information:

(i) Date of examination(s);

(ii) ASME A17.1-8.11 components or systems that have been examined and performed according to this chapter;

(iii) Code deficiencies noted during the examination and a statement on the repair or replacement log as to corrective action taken, if any.

(3) ASME A17.1-8.11.1.4 Installation placed out-of-service.

(a))) Maintenance, examinations, and safety tests shall not be required when an installation is placed (("))in voluntary red tag status.((")) All code required maintenance, examinations, and safety tests ((must))shall be up to date, prior to removal of the red tag.

(((b)))(2) A conveyance in red tag status for two years or more shall be subject to witnessing by the inspector for the category tests due and may include ASME ((A17.1-8.11))A17.1/CSA B44, 8.11 items, before being placed back in service.

(((c)))(3) Annual operating certificate, maintenance, examinations, inspections, and tests shall not be required when an installation is placed in (("decommissioned))voluntary red tag status.(("))

Subpart ((VII))IV

Lifts for Physically Handicapped

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-02-026, filed 12/22/00, effective 1/22/01)

WAC 296-96-23700((What is the scope of Subpart VII,)) Lifts for ((Physically Handicapped?))persons with disabilities.

The department's rules regulating lifting devices for ((physically handicapped))persons with disabilities people are described in this subpart.

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 13-24-066, filed 11/27/13, effective 1/1/14)

WAC 296-96-23701Periodic examinations and ((safety)) tests on commercial accessibility lifts.

(1) ((For five year and category 5 testing,))A test tag in accordance with ((WAC 296-96-23610(4),))ASME A18.1, Section 10.3, shall be attached and visible. A full-load safety test ((must))shall be performed with weights on all commercial accessibility equipment.

(2) ((ASME A18.1-10.1.2)) The owner ((must))shall ensure that the accessibility lifts are routinely examined and ((tested according to section 10.2 and periodically tested to 10.3. All conveyances must be tested to the applicable code(s) by an elevator mechanic licensed in the appropriate category for the lift being tested. An inspector employed by the department may witness the examinations or test))maintained in accordance with ASME A18.1, Section 10.2.

(3) Documentation of tests, examinations and maintenance shall be readily accessible on-site.

Subpart ((VIII

Sidewalk Elevators))V

Standard Application Material Lifts

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24000Applicable codes and rules.

Standard application material lifts shall comply with the rules adopted by the department that were in effect at the time the conveyance was permitted, regardless of whether the rule(s) has been repealed, unless any new rule specifically states that it applies to all conveyances regardless of when the conveyance was permitted. Copies of previous rules adopted by the department are available upon request.

If the department determines that a standard application material lift was installed without a permit and/or without an inspection, the conveyance will be required to comply with the current rules adopted by the department at time of discovery.

Subpart VIII

Inclined Private Residence Elevators

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24100Definition of inclined private residence elevators.

"Inclined private residence elevator" means a device constructed and operated for transporting people or property from one elevation to another at an angle of inclination of seventy degrees or less from the horizontal. Essentially, it is a car or platform traveling on guides or guiding members in an inclined plane.

Note:

For purposes of this chapter, devices installed indoors on stairways that utilize chairs to carry passengers are not considered "inclined passenger elevators."

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24103Requirements for existing inclined elevators.

Inclined private residence elevators shall comply with the rules adopted by the department that were in effect at the time the elevator was permitted, regardless of whether the rule(s) has been repealed, unless any new rule specifically states that it applies to all conveyances, regardless of when the conveyance was permitted. Copies of previous rules adopted by the department are available upon request.

If the department determines that an inclined private residence elevator was installed without a permit and/or without an inspection, the conveyance will be required to comply with the current rules adopted by the department unless documentation can be provided to determine the date the conveyance was installed (e.g., sales receipts, building permits, or other appropriate documentation).

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24106Alterations.

If the inclined private residence elevator is altered, only the component(s) that was altered shall comply with the applicable rules adopted by the department in effect at the time the conveyance was altered. If the department determines that an elevator was altered without a permit and inspection, the conveyance shall be required to comply with the applicable rules adopted by the department at the time the noncompliant alteration was identified.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24109Minimum maintenance requirements.

Owners of inclined private residence elevators are responsible for the following:

(1) Maintaining elevators and mechanical parts in a safe condition; and

(2) Ensuring that all devices and safeguards required by these regulations are maintained in good working order. The department recommends maintenance, examinations, and safety tests be performed and documented to the applicable sections of WAC 296-96-23604 and 296-96-23605.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24112Runway clearances.

(1) If the car sides extend less than 6 ft. above the floor of the car, there shall be no obstruction along the runway within 24 in. of the car sides.

EXCEPTION:

When solid guards are installed on the obstruction in both directions of travel which project at least 14 in. in line with the direction of travel, the running clearance may be reduced to 7 in. The guard shall be arched and the edges rounded to eliminate shear hazard.

(2) Guiding members and moving parts of the inclined private residence elevator shall be kept free of brush and other types of material that might either impede the travel or cause deterioration of the equipment over time.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24115Landing enclosures and gates.

Any landing enclosures and gates shall have:

(1) A railing at least 42 in. high to protect all landing platforms and those areas of a building used as landing platforms; and

(2) A gate whose height is equal to the height of the railing to protect the passenger landing opening.

(a) Gates may either be a horizontally sliding type or a swing type; and

(b) All gates shall be equipped with a latch that holds the gate closed and an electrical contact to prevent movement of the car when a gate is open.

(3) Railing enclosure and gate shall reject a 1.5 in. diameter ball.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24118Bumpers and buffers.

(1) If spring or equivalent type buffers are not being used and rated speeds do not exceed 50 ft. per minute, solid bumpers shall be installed. Solid bumpers shall:

(a) Be built of wood or other suitable resilient material;

(b) Have the ability to resist deterioration from weather;

(c) Have sufficient strength to withstand, without failure, the impact of a descending car carrying its rated load or counterweight and traveling at 115 percent of its rated speed.

(2) Spring type buffers shall be installed when speeds exceed 50 ft. per minute. Spring buffers shall:

(a) Be built with a minimum stroke of 3/4 in. and with a maximum stroke of 1 1/2 in.;

(b) Not fully compress when struck by a car carrying its rated load or counterweight and traveling at 115 percent of its rated speed.

(3) Inclined private resident elevators are not required to have bumpers and buffers except when obstructions are encountered.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24121Machinery beams and supports.

(1) All machinery and sheaves shall be sufficiently secured and supported to prevent any part from becoming loose or displaced. Beams directly supporting machinery shall be made of steel, sound timber or reinforced concrete.

(2) Beams and support loads shall be computed as follows:

(a) The total load on the beams shall be equal to the weight of all apparatus resting on the beams plus twice the maximum load suspended from the beams.

(b) The load resting on the beams shall include the complete weights of the driving machine, sheaves, controller, etc.

(3) The elevator driving machine or sheaves shall not be fastened to the underside of the supporting beams at the top of the hoistway.

EXCEPTION:

Cast iron in tension shall not be used for supporting members for idler and deflecting sheaves where hung beneath beams.

(4) The factor of safety for beams and support shall be no less than:

(a) 5 For steel; and

(b) 6 For timber and reinforced concrete.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24124Car platforms.

The minimum rated load shall be not less than the following:

(1) For net platform areas up to and including 12 ft2, the rated load shall be not less than 40 lbs./ft2 or 350 lbs. whichever is greater.

(2) For net platform areas greater than 12 ft2, the rated load shall be based upon 62.5 lbs./ft2.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24127Maximum rated speed.

The maximum rated speed of an incline elevator, measured along the incline, is 75 ft./min.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24130Construction requirements.

(1) All of the components associated with inclined private residence elevators shall be built to a minimum safety factor of 5, unless otherwise specified in this part.

(2) Inclined private residence elevator car frames and platforms shall:

(a) Be built of metal, a combination of metal and wood or other materials of equal strength;

(b) Be suitably prepared and/or protected for exposure to weather.

(3) Incline car chassis shall:

(a) Be built of metal, except for the guiding members; and

(b) Chassis guiding members shall be retained and/or enclosed in guides so that the chassis cannot be derailed.

(4) Cast iron shall not be used in the construction of a car frame or chassis.

(5) A car shall have only one compartment.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24133Car enclosures.

Car enclosures shall be:

(1) Enclosed on all sides, except at the entrance, to a height of at least 42 in.;

(2) Enclosed with a type of material that will reject a 1.5 in. diameter ball;

(3) Securely fastened to the car platform so that it cannot become loose or displaced due to ordinary service, application of the car safety, or car contact with a buffer;

(4) Built to withstand a 75 lb. pressure, horizontally applied at any point on the wall, without causing a wall deflection that reduces running clearance below 3/4 in. or above 1 in.;

(5) Weather resistant plastic and tempered safety glass may be used in car enclosures.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24136Car doors and gates.

(1) All car entrances shall be protected by a door or gate. The height of the door or gate shall be at least 42 in. and equal to the height of the car enclosure. Doors and gates may be of either a solid design or an openwork design. If of an openwork design, the door or gate shall be able to reject a 3 in. diameter ball. After the effective date of these rules the diameter will be reduced to 1.5 in.

(2) Car doors or gates shall be equipped with an electric contact that prevents the elevator from operating unless the door or gate is securely closed. If the gate is a swing type opening outward from the car, the electric contact shall not be made until the gate is securely latched.

(3) All car doors or gates shall be manually operated.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24139Capacity and data plates.

(1) The manufacturer shall install a weather resistant capacity plate. It shall be securely fastened to the car in a conspicuous place and state the car's rated load in pounds using letters at least 1/4 in. high.

(2) The manufacturer shall install a metal data plate showing the car's weight, speed, suspension means data, manufacturer's name and date of installation. The data plate shall be securely fastened in a conspicuous place in the machine area.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24142Guide rails, track supports and fastenings.

(1) Guides, guide rails, guide rail brackets, splice plates, and fastenings shall be made of steel or other metals conforming to the requirements of this section.

(2) Guides, guide rails, guide rail brackets, and their fastenings and supports shall, at the point of support, deflect 1/8 in. or less while resisting horizontal forces encountered during loading. When horizontal force is measured at a midpoint between brackets, guide rails shall deflect 1/4 in. or less in any direction. Fixed, suspended cable guides shall be permitted to be used as guide members. When cable guides are used, the deflection is to be specified by the manufacturer and approved by the structural engineer licensed in the state of Washington.

(3) The top and bottom of each guide or guide rail run shall not allow a car and counterweight guiding members to travel beyond the guide rail ends.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24145Counterweights.

(1) Counterweights, where used, shall be in a guide or guiding members.

(2) Counterweights shall not be of sufficient weight to cause undue slackening of any car hoisting rope or chain during acceleration or retardation of the car. Counterweight weight section(s) shall be mounted in structural or formed metal frames which are designed to retain weights securely in place.

EXCEPTION:

Counterweights are permitted to be constructed of a single metal plate.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24148Safeties and governors.

(1) All inclined private residence elevators shall be equipped with a safety capable of stopping and sustaining a car carrying its rated load.

(a) Elevator safeties shall be type "A" or "B" or other devices approved by the department and shall be operated by a speed governor.

(b) Elevator safeties shall operate independently of governor speed action and without delay when a hoist rope breaks.

(2) Governors shall operate to set the safety at a maximum of 140 percent of rated speed. Upon slackening of the hoist ropes the safety shall set without appreciable delay and independently of the speed governor.

(a) The governor shall be located where:

(i) The governor will not be struck by the car or counterweight if over-travel occurs;

(ii) All parts can freely and fully move;

(iii) The governor is accessible for a complete examination.

(b) Governors are required to be of the mechanical type; and

(3) If ropes are used, the ropes shall be made of iron, steel, monel metal or phosphor bronze and be at least 1/4 in. in diameter. Tiller rope construction shall not be used.

(4) Motor-control circuits and brake-control circuits shall be opened either before the safety applies or at the time the safety applies.

(5) All safeties shall apply mechanically; electrically operated safeties shall not be used.

(6) All winding drum type inclined elevators that use rope suspensions shall be equipped with a manually reset slack-rope device. During a car's descent, if the travel of the car is obstructed and the hoisting ropes go slack, the slack-rope device shall stop power to the elevator motor and brake.

(7) Cast iron shall not be used to build any elevator safety part that stops and sustains the elevator.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24151Testing of safeties and governors.

(1) The safety shall be tested before the inclined private residence elevator is put into service. It shall be tested while the elevator is carrying its rated load.

(2) Governors on instantaneous type safeties shall be tested by manually tripping the governor while the elevator is traveling at its rated speed. Creating sufficient slack in the rope and dropping the elevator is a method of testing speed governors located on an elevator or chassis.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24154Driving machines and sheaves.

(1) Winding drums, traction sheaves, overhead sheaves and deflecting sheaves shall:

(a) Be made of cast iron or steel;

(b) Have diameters at least 30 times the diameter of the wire hoisting ropes; and

EXCEPTIONS:	• If 8 x 19 steel ropes are used, drum and sheave diameters are permitted to be reduced to 21 times the diameter of the hoisting rope.
	• Existing incline lifts suspended by cables are not required to have machine grooves, except for the first row of cables wrapped on the drum and a tracking device shall be required to monitor the winding of the cable on the drum.
	• On existing inclined lifts suspended by cables that do not have machine grooves on the drum, the first layer of ropes will be recognized as providing the same traction as grooves, provided that this layer remains on the drum at all times and is not allowed to wind out. Such lifts shall be provided with a rope tracking device to ensure that the rope does not wind over itself on the drum.

(2) The factor of safety, based on the static load (the rated load plus the weight of the car, ropes, counterweights, etc.) to be used in the design of driving machines and sheaves, shall be at least:

(a) 8 For driving machines and sheaves built of wrought iron and steel; or

(b) 10 For driving machines built of cast iron, cast steel or other materials.

(3) Set screw type fastenings shall not be substituted for keys or pins if connections are subject to torque or tension.

(4) Gears:

(a) When connecting drums or sheaves to the main driving gear, friction gears, clutch mechanisms or couplings shall not be used.

(b) Worm gears having cast iron teeth shall not be used.

(5) Brakes:

(a) Electric brakes shall be of the friction type set by springs and shall release electrically.

(b) All brakes shall be able to stop and hold an elevator carrying 125 percent of its rated load.

(d) If a single ground or short-circuit, a counter-voltage or a motor field discharge occurs and the operating device is set in the stop position, the brake magnet shall set the brake.

(6) Driving machines:

(a) A driving machine shall be permitted to be mounted on an elevator chassis or in a remote location. However, if mounted in a remote location, all sheaves and sprockets shall be guarded and positioned so the hoisting ropes and chains remain properly aligned while the elevator is in use.

(b) Screw type machines shall not be used.

(d) Roped-hydraulic machines shall be permitted to be used.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24157Terminal stopping switches.

A hoistway shall be equipped with normal upper and lower terminal stopping switches that are activated by an elevator chassis. Normal upper and lower terminal stopping switches shall stop the elevator at the normal top and bottom terminals of travel.

(1) A hoistway shall be equipped with final terminal stopping switches that are activated by an elevator chassis. These switches shall stop the elevator if the elevator travels beyond the normal terminals and prevent the elevator from moving in either direction.

(2) Winding drum machines shall be permitted to use a slack cable switch instead of a bottom final terminal switch.

(3) Normal and final terminal stopping switches shall not control the same switches on the controller unless at least two separate and independent switches are used. At least two of these separate switches shall be closed in order to complete the motor and brake circuits for each direction of travel.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24160Operation.

(1) If the activation of the elevator is by key switch or key pad, it shall conform to the requirements of (a) and (b) of this subsection. The department may approve alternative methods of equal security such as key card or magnetic swipe card. Methods shall conform to the following:

(a) The key or code shall be entered each time to move the elevator.

(b) Key-operated switches shall be of the spring return type and shall be operated by a weatherproof cylinder type lock having not less than five pin or five disc combination with the key removable only when the switch is in the off position.

(2) If activation of the elevator is provided by a timing circuit that only allows the circuits to be initiated or unlocked for a sufficient amount of time to allow passengers to board the elevator and begin transit, a separate activation switch on the car is not required. The operating circuits shall automatically relock:

(a) If the elevator is not activated within its preset period of time;

(b) When any landing stop button is activated;

(c) When the preset timing period has expired and the car has completed transit to another landing or returns to the departure landing.

(3) Emergency stop switches shall be provided on or adjacent to the operating station.

(a) Stop switches in the car shall:

(i) Be of a manually opened and manually closed type;

(ii) Have red handles or buttons and be conspicuously marked "STOP";

(iii) Open even if springs fail when springs are used.

(b) Stop switch at other operating stations:

(i) May be of a momentary type;

(ii) Shall have red handles or buttons and be conspicuously marked "STOP";

(iii) Shall open even if springs fail when springs are used;

(iv) After initiation of stopping, the car shall not automatically restart. Run condition shall be manually initiated.

(4) Design and installation of control and operating circuits shall meet the following:

(a) Control systems based upon the completion or maintenance of an electric circuit shall not be used for:

(i) Interrupting power and applying machine brakes at terminals;

(ii) Stopping elevators when an emergency stop switch is open or when any electrical protective device operates;

(iii) Stopping a machine when the safety applies.

(b) If springs are used to activate switches, contacts, or circuit breaking relays to stop the elevator at a terminal, the springs shall be of the restrained compression type.

(5) Hand rope operation shall not be used.

(6) Radio controls may be used in lieu of wiring for all car controls provided:

(a) The system is set up so that it is fail safe (if contact is lost, the unit will stop);

(b) In such installations, the "STOP" button in the car shall open the contact, and maintain an open condition, so that the car stops in the fail-safe mode as described in (a) of this subsection; and

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24163Suspension means.

(1) When a chassis is suspended from a driving machine by a wire rope, a single method of suspension may be used. The suspension means shall be any one of the following:

(a) Steel elevator wire rope;

(b) Steel aircraft cable; or

(2) Steel tapes shall not be used as a suspension method.

(3) The minimum diameter of hoist ropes or cables shall be 1/4 in. galvanized elevator wire rope and 3/16 in. aircraft cable.

(4) Factor of safety:

(a) The minimum factor of safety for a suspension method shall be not less than 8 based upon the rope tension while elevating a car carrying its rated load.

(b) In no case, shall the rated breaking strength of the rope be less than 4,000 lbs.

(5) The contact arc of a wire rope on a traction sheave shall be sufficient to produce adequate traction under all load conditions.

(6) All wire ropes anchored to a winding drum shall have at least one full turn of rope on the drum when the car or counterweight reaches its over-travel limit.

(7) The winding drum ends of car and counterweight wire ropes shall be secured by:

(a) Clamps on the inside of the drum;

(b) Return loop;

(d) Properly attached fittings recommended by wire rope manufacturers.

U-bolt type clamps shall not be used.

(8) The ends of wire ropes shall be fastened to cars or counterweights by:

(a) Return loop; or

(b) Properly made individual tapered babbitted sockets that conform to ASME A17.1/CSA B44 requirements. (The diameter of the hole in the small end of the socket shall not exceed the nominal diameter of the rope by more than 3/32 in.); or properly attached fittings recommended by wire rope manufacturers.

U-bolt type clamps shall not be used.

(9) Rope repair:

(a) Car and counterweight wire ropes shall not be lengthened or repaired by splicing.

(b) If a single wire rope in a set is worn or damaged and needs to be replaced, the entire set shall be replaced.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24166Controllers.

All controllers shall be labeled and listed where required at the time of installation or alteration. In addition, controller covers shall be locked.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24169Traveling cables.

(1) All traveling cables shall conform to the edition of NFPA 70 in effect at the time of installation or major alteration.

(2) Where circuits through the traveling cable(s) exceed 30 volts, a means shall be provided to stop the power automatically if the traveling cable parts.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24172Electrical wiring.

(1) All wiring shall conform to the National Electrical Code (NEC) in effect at the time of installation or major alteration.

(2) If a driving machine is mounted on the elevator chassis, the electrical connections between the elevator and the power source must be able to stop power if a traveling cable parts.

(3) All electrical connections between the elevator and the stationary connections shall be insulated flexible conducts conforming to the applicable articles in NFPA 70 relating to elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving walks, wheelchair lifts, and stairway chair lifts.

(4) An elevator mechanic employed by an elevator contractor may perform electrical work starting from the load side inside the controller.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24175Supporting structures.

All supporting structures shall meet the local building codes.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24178Additional requirements.

(1) All inclined private residence elevators shall be equipped with:

(a) A manual method of moving the elevator in accordance with ASME A17.1/CSA B44; and

(b) A machine brake with a lever to release the brake allowing movement by use of a manual method.

(2) Machinery spaces shall be protected from weather and accidental contact. Machinery spaces shall be locked.

(3) Guiding members and moving parts of the inclined private residence elevator shall be free of brush and other types of material that might either impede the travel or cause deterioration of the equipment over time.

Subpart IX

Private Residence Inclined Conveyances for Transporting Only Property

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24200Scope.

The rules in this section are the minimum standard for all existing inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property for single family use in a private residence. The purpose of this section is to ensure that inclined private residence conveyances will be used only for transporting materials and goods, not people, and that no person in proximity of the conveyance will be endangered by its operation or failure.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24203Definition.

"Inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property" means a device constructed and operated for transporting property from one elevation to another at an angle of inclination of 70 degrees or less from the horizontal. Essentially, it is a car or platform traveling on guides or guiding members in an inclined plane.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24206Existing conveyances.

Inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property shall comply with the rules adopted by the department that were in effect at the time the conveyance was permitted, regardless of whether the rule(s) has been repealed, unless any new rule specifically states that it applies to all conveyances available, regardless of when the conveyance was permitted. Copies of previous rules adopted by the department are available upon request.

If the department determines that an inclined private residence conveyance for transporting property was installed without a permit and inspection, the conveyance will be required to comply with the current rules adopted by the department unless documentation determining the date the conveyance was installed (e.g., sales receipts, building permits, or other appropriate documentation) can be provided.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24209Alterations.

If the inclined private residence conveyance for transporting property is altered, only the component(s) that was altered shall comply with the applicable rules adopted by the department in effect at the time the conveyance was altered.

If the department determines that a conveyance was altered without a permit and inspection, the conveyance will be required to comply with the applicable rules adopted by the department at the time the noncompliant alteration was identified.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24212Plans.

(1) Before commencing alteration of any inclined private residence elevator for transporting property, the owner shall submit complete plans and specifications to the department for approval.

(2) Plans and specifications covering the installation of an inclined private residence conveyance for transporting property shall be endorsed by a professional engineer before the department will approve the plans.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24215Minimum maintenance requirements.

Owners of inclined private residence elevators for transporting property are responsible for ensuring that:

(1) Elevators and their parts are maintained in a safe condition;

(2) All devices and safeguards required by these regulations are maintained in good working order.

The department recommends maintenance, examinations, and safety tests be performed and documented to the applicable sections of WAC 296-96-23601 through 296-96-23610.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24218Cars, landing gates and enclosures.

(1) Any landing enclosure shall have a railing at least 42 in. high to protect all landing platforms and those areas of a building used as landing platforms.

(2) Where gates are not provided at the entrance to the platform, a chain with a sign shall be provided to block the landing entrance. The sign shall state "Keep off landing until elevator has stopped at platform."

(3) If gates are provided they shall be:

(a) Either a horizontally sliding type or a swing type; and

(b) Equipped with a latch that holds the gate closed and an electrical contact to prevent movement of the elevator when a gate is open.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24221Bumpers and buffers.

Solid bumpers or spring type buffers may be used.

(1) Solid bumpers shall:

(a) Be built of wood or other suitable resilient material;

(b) Have the ability to resist deterioration from weather; and

(c) Have sufficient strength to withstand, without failure, the impact of a descending conveyance carrying its rated load or counterweight while traveling at 115 percent of its rated speed.

(2) Spring type buffers, if used, shall:

(a) Be built with a minimum stroke of 3/4 in. and with a maximum stroke of 1 1/2 in.; and

(b) Not fully compress when struck by the conveyance carrying its rated load or counterweight and traveling at 115 percent of its rated speed.

(3) Inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property are not required to have bumpers and buffers except when obstructions are encountered.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24225Machinery beams, sheaves, and supports.

(2) Beams and support loads shall be computed as follows:

(a) The total load on the beams shall be equal to the weight of all apparatus resting on the beams plus twice the maximum load suspended from the beams.

(b) The load resting on the beams shall include the complete weights of the driving machine, sheaves, controller, etc.

(3) The elevator driving machine or sheaves shall not be fastened to the underside of the supporting beams at the top of the hoistway.

EXCEPTION:

Cast iron in tension shall not be used for supporting members for idler and deflecting sheaves where they are hung beneath beams.

(4) The factor of safety for beams and supports shall be no less than:

(a) 5 For steel; or

(b) 6 For timber and reinforced concrete.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24228Rated load of platforms.

(1) The rated load of a platform shall not exceed 5,000 lbs.

(2) The rated load of the platform shall be no less than the load to be carried and shall not exceed 50 lbs./ft2 of inside net platform area.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24231Rated speed.

The maximum rated speed of an inclined conveyance, measured along the incline, is 75 ft./min.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24234Frames and platforms.

(1) Inclined conveyance elevator frames and platforms shall:

(a) Be built of metal, a combination of metal and wood or other materials of equal strength;

(b) Have a safety factor of at least 5; and

(2) Inclined conveyance chassis shall:

(a) Be built of metal, except for the guiding members;

(b) Have a safety factor of at least 5, based upon the conveyance's rated load; and

(3) Cast iron may not be used in the construction of the conveyance frame or chassis.

(4) A car shall have only one compartment.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24237Car enclosures.

(1) Car enclosures are not required; however, if provided, the car enclosure shall be:

(a) Securely fastened to the car platform so that it cannot become loose or displaced due to ordinary service, application of the conveyance safety, or from the conveyance coming into contact with the buffer.

(b) Built to withstand a 75 lb. pressure, horizontally applied to any point on the wall, without causing deflection to the wall that reduces running clearance below 3/4 in. or above 1 in.

(2) If glass or plastic is used in the car enclosure, it shall be weather resistant plastic or tempered safety glass.

(3) Where there is no car enclosure, a means shall be provided to secure all materials to the platform.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24240Capacity and data plates.

(1) The manufacturer shall install a weather resistant capacity plate. It shall be securely fastened to the conveyance in a conspicuous place and state the conveyance's rated load in pounds using letters at least 1/4 in. high.

(2) The manufacturer shall install a metal data plate showing the conveyance's weight, speed, suspension means data, manufacturer's name and date of installation. The data plate shall be securely fastened in a conspicuous place in the machine area.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24243Guide rails, track supports, and fastenings.

(1) Guides, guide rails, guide rail brackets, splice plates, and fastenings shall be made of steel or other metals conforming to the requirements of this section.

(3) The top and bottom of each guide or guide rail run shall not allow the conveyance and counterweight guiding members to travel beyond the guide rail ends.

(4) Guides for inclined private residence conveyances shall have no more stresses and deflection than allowed by the manufacturer's specifications.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24246Counterweights.

(1) Counterweights, where used, shall be in a guide or track.

(2) Counterweights shall not be of sufficient weight to cause undue slackening of any conveyance hoisting rope or chain during acceleration or retardation of the conveyance. Counterweight weight section(s) shall be mounted in structural or formed metal frames which are designed to retain weights securely in place.

EXCEPTION:

Counterweights may be constructed of a single metal plate.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24249Safeties and governors.

(1) All inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property shall have a slack cable safety device capable of stopping and sustaining a car carrying its rated load.

(2) Other types of approved safety devices may be used provided they have been approved by the department.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24252Testing of safeties.

Safeties shall be tested before inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property are put into service. Safeties shall be tested while the conveyance is carrying its rated load.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24255Drive machines, sheaves and brakes.

(1) All new winding drums, traction sheaves, overhead sheaves and deflecting sheaves shall:

(a) Be made of cast iron or steel;

(b) Have diameters at least 30 times the diameter of the wire hoisting ropes;

EXCEPTION:

If 8 x 19 steel ropes are used, drum and sheave diameters may be reduced to 21 times the diameter of the hoisting rope.

(3) Set screw type fastenings shall not be substituted for keys or pins if connections are subject to torque or tension.

(4) Gears:

(a) When connecting drums or sheaves to the main driving gear, friction gears, clutch mechanisms or couplings shall not be used.

(b) Worm gears having cast iron teeth shall not be used.

(5) Brakes:

(a) Electric brakes shall be of the friction type set by springs and shall release electrically.

(b) All brakes shall be able to stop and hold a car carrying 125 percent of its rated load.

(c) At least one brake shall be mounted on the load side of the driving machine's worm shaft. On indirectly driven lifts, brakes shall engage when the driving machine fails.

(d) If a single ground or short-circuit, a counter-voltage or a motor field discharge occurs and the operating device is set in the stop position, the brake magnet shall set the brake.

(6) Driving machines:

(a) A driving machine may be mounted on a conveyance chassis or in a remote location. However, if mounted in a remote location all sheaves and sprockets shall be guarded and positioned so the hoisting ropes and chains remain properly aligned while the conveyance is in use.

(b) Screw type machines shall not be used.

(d) Roped-hydraulic machines may be used.

(e) Rack and pinion drive may be used.

EXCEPTION:

Existing inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property may use wrapped cable drums as long as they do not show signs of excessive wear.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24258Terminal stopping switches.

A hoistway shall be equipped with normal upper and lower terminal stopping switches that are activated by the conveyance chassis. These switches shall stop the conveyance at the normal top and bottom terminals of travel.

(1) Winding drum machines may use a slack cable switch as a bottom final terminal switch.

(2) Normal and final terminal stopping switches shall not control the same switches on the controller unless at least two separate and independent switches are used. At least two of these separate switches shall be closed in order to complete the motor and brake circuits for each direction of travel.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24261Activation and operation.

(1) If activation of the conveyance is by key switch, key pad or swipe card, the activation and operation shall conform to the requirements of (a) and (b) of this subsection. The department may approve alternative methods of equal security.

(a) The key or code shall be entered each time to move the conveyance.

(b) Key-operated switches shall be of the spring return type and shall be operated by a weatherproof cylinder type lock having not less than 5 pin or 5 disc combination with the key removable only when the switch is in the off position.

(2) If activation is provided by a timing circuit that only permits the circuits to be initiated or unlocked for a sufficient amount of time to allow the loading of materials, the operating circuits shall automatically relock:

(a) If the conveyance is not activated within its preset period of time;

(b) When any landing stop button is activated; or

(3) Emergency stop switches shall be provided on or adjacent to the operating station. Stop switches:

(a) May be of a momentary type;

(b) Shall have red handles or buttons and be conspicuously marked "STOP"; and

(4) After initiation of stopping, the car may not automatically restart. Run condition shall be manually initiated.

(5) Design and installation of control and operating circuits shall meet the following:

(a) Control systems based upon the completion or maintenance of an electric circuit shall not be used for interrupting power and applying machine brakes at terminals, stopping elevators when an emergency stop switch is open or when any electrical protective device operates, or for stopping a machine when the safety applies.

(b) If springs are used to activate switches, contact, or circuit breaking relays to stop the elevator at a terminal, the springs shall be of the restrained compression type.

(6) Hand rope operation shall not be used.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24264Suspension means.

(1) When a chassis is suspended from a driving machine by a wire rope, a single method of suspension may be used. The suspension means may be any one of the following:

(a) Steel elevator wire rope;

(b) Steel aircraft cable; or

(2) Steel tapes shall not be used as a suspension method.

(3) The minimum diameter of hoist ropes or cables shall be 1/4 in. galvanized elevator wire rope and 3/16 in. aircraft cable.

(4) Factor of safety:

(a) The minimum factor of safety for a suspension method is 5 based upon the rope tension while elevating the elevator carrying its rated load.

(b) In no case, shall the rated breaking strength of the rope be less than 4,000 lbs.

(5) The contact arc of a wire rope on a traction sheave shall be sufficient to produce adequate traction under all load conditions.

(6) All wire ropes anchored to a winding drum shall have a least one full turn of rope on the drum when the car or counterweight reaches its over-travel limit.

(7) The winding drum ends of car and counterweight wire ropes shall be secured by:

(a) Clamps on the inside of the drum;

(b) Return loop;

(d) Properly attached fittings recommended by wire rope manufacturers.

U-bolt type clamps shall not be used.

(8) The ends of wire ropes shall be fastened to cars or counterweights by:

(a) Return loop;

(b) Properly made individual tapered babbitted sockets that conform to ASME A17.1/CSA B44 requirements (the diameter of the hole in the small end of the socket shall not exceed the nominal diameter of the rope by more than 3/32 in.); or

U-bolt type clamps shall not be used.

(9) Rope repair:

(a) Car and counterweight wire ropes shall not be lengthened or repaired by splicing.

(b) If a single wire rope in a set is worn or damaged and needs to be replaced, the entire set shall be replaced.

(10) A metal or plastic data tag shall be securely attached to one of the wire rope fastenings each time the ropes are replaced or reshackled. The data tag shall include:

(a) The diameter of the ropes in inches; and

(b) The manufacturer's rated breaking strength.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24267Controllers.

All controllers shall be labeled and listed. In addition, controller covers shall be locked.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24270Traveling cables.

(1) All traveling cables shall conform to the NEC in effect at the time of installation or major alteration.

(2) Where circuits through the traveling cable(s) exceed 30 volts, a means shall be provided to stop the power automatically if the traveling cables part.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24273Electrical requirements.

(1) All wiring shall conform to the NEC in effect at the time of installation or major alteration.

(2) If a driving machine is mounted on the conveyance chassis, the electrical connections between the conveyance and the power source shall be able to stop power if a traveling cable parts.

(3) All electrical connections between the conveyance chassis and the stationary connections shall be insulated flexible conductors conforming to the applicable articles of the NEC relating to elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving walks, wheelchair lifts, and stairway chair lifts.

(4) An elevator mechanic employed by an elevator contractor may perform electrical work starting from the load side inside the controller.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24276Track supporting structures.

All supporting structures shall meet the local building codes.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24279Additional requirements.

(1) All inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property shall be equipped with:

(a) A manual method capable of moving the conveyance in accordance with ASME A17.1/CSA B44; and

(b) A machine brake with a lever to release the brake allowing movement by use of the manual method.

(2) Machinery spaces shall be protected from weather and accidental contact. Machinery spaces shall be locked.

(3) Metal signs stating, "NO RIDERS" in 2.0 in. letters shall be conspicuously posted and permanently attached to the conveyance and at each landing.

Subpart X

Material Hoists

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24301Applicable regulations.

All material hoist installations, maintenance, repair, and tests shall comply with the edition of ANSI/ASSE A10.5 Safety Requirements for Material Hoists under the edition to which they were installed. EXCEPTION: Lifts and hoists for material that are erected temporarily for use during construction work only and are designed in one of the following ways:

(1) Powered platforms used for and temporarily constructed in conjunction with exterior work on building facades or to erect scaffolding, not intended to move material from one landing to another; and

(2) Portable lifts for material only.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24350Inspection of jumps.

Material hoists that have been increased in height (jumped) shall be inspected before being allowed to run to the new landings.

Subpart XI

Belt Manlifts

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24401Applicable requirements.

(1) Belt manlifts shall comply with the code under which the unit was installed.

(2) Where a unit was installed when no code was available (pre-1949), the unit shall, as a minimum, comply with the oldest adopted standard (i.e., ASME A90.1-2003).

(3) Appendix I and II records shall be kept in a secure location within the building and be readily accessible to maintenance personnel and inspectors.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24416Landings.

(1) Vertical clearance between the floor or mounting platform and the lower edge of the conical guard above it shall be at least 7 ft., 6 in. When this clearance is not possible, access to the manlift shall be prohibited and the space where the runway passes through the platform floor shall be enclosed.

(2) Floor space adjacent to floor openings shall be kept clear and free of obstructions at all times.

(3) Adequate lighting shall be provided at each floor landing whenever the lift is in use.

Note:

For purposes of this section "adequate lighting" means 5 foot-candles.

(4) The landing surfaces at all entrances and exits shall provide safe footing and shall have a coefficient of friction of not less than 0.5 to help ensure safe footing.

(5) Emergency landings shall be provided so that the maximum distance a person travels on the emergency ladder between an emergency landing and a floor landing is 25 ft.

Emergency landings shall:

(a) Be accessible from both runs of the lift;

(b) Give access to the emergency ladder; and

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24419Landing guards and cones.

(1) On the ascending side of the lift, all landings shall have a beveled guard or cone that meets the following requirements:

(a) Where possible, a cone shall make an angle with the horizontal of at least 45 degrees. A cone angle of 60 degrees or more shall be used where ceiling heights permit.

(b) Where possible, the guard or cone shall extend at least 42 in. outward from any belt handhold. A guard or cone shall not extend beyond the upper surface of the floor above.

(c) A cone shall be built of sheet steel (at least No. 18 U.S. gauge) or any material of equivalent strength or stiffness. The lower edge of a cone shall be rolled to a minimum diameter of 1/2 in. The interior of a cone shall be smooth with no protruding rivets, bolts, or screws.

(2) All obstructions shall be guarded just like floor openings with the same minimum distances observed.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24422Guarding of entrances and exits.

(1) All manlift floor or landing entrances and exits shall be guarded by either a maze (staggered railing) or a handrail equipped with self-closing gates.

(2) When a maze is used:

(a) Maze or staggered openings shall not allow direct passage between a platform enclosure and the outer floor space;

(b) Rails shall be located between 24 and 48 in. from the edge of the opening as measured at right angles to the face of the belt; and

(3) When a handrail is used:

(a) Rails shall be standard guardrails; and

(b) Gates shall have rounded corners, open outward, and be self-closing.

(4) Unless prevented by building design, all entrances and exits at all landings shall be in the same relative location.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24425Guarding of floor openings.

Except on the entrance or exit side, floor openings at each landing shall be guarded.

(1) The guards shall be constructed by one of the following methods:

(a) A standard railing and toeboard;

(b) Panels of wire mesh (not less than No. 10 U.S. gauge);

(d) Panels of sheet metal (not less than No. 13 U.S. gauge); or

(e) Metal on a frame of either angle iron (at least 1 1/4 by 1 1/8 in.) or 1 1/4 in. iron pipe.

(2) When a belt manlift is installed in a stairwell, a standard guardrail shall be placed between the floor openings and the stairway.

(3) Rails or guards shall be:

(a) At least 42 in. high on the up-running side and 66 in. high on the down-running side; and

(b) Be located not more than 1.0 ft. from the edge of the floor opening.

(4) If a guardrail is used, the section of the guard above the rail may be constructed:

(a) According to ASME A90.1; or

(b) Using either vertical or horizontal bars capable of rejecting a 6 in. diameter ball.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24428Guarding of floor landings.

Expanded metal, sheet metal or wooden guards shall be installed on each floor landing to prevent people from placing their hands in areas where step-rollers operate. These guards shall be installed on each exposed side of the lift and extend from the floor to a height of 84 in.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24431Bottom landings.

(1) Bottom landing clear areas:

(a) Where possible, the clear area of a bottom landing shall be at least the size of the area enclosed by guardrails on the floors above;

(b) A clear area shall be free of stairs and ladders; and

(c) If a wall on the bottom landing is located in front of the down-running side of the belt, it shall be installed at least 48 in. away from the belt face.

(2) The lowest landing serviced by the lift shall support the lower (boot) pulley installation.

(3) A mounting platform shall be installed on the lowest landing unless the landing floor is at or above the point at which the upper surface of the belt steps assume or leave a horizontal position.

(4) If a mounting platform is installed, it shall be located in front of or to one side of the up/down run.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24434Top clearances.

(1) When the center of the head pulley is more than 72 in. above the top landing, an emergency landing and ladder shall be installed.

(2) The location of the emergency landing shall be 24 in. below the center of the head pulley.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24437Emergency exit ladders.

Emergency exit ladders shall:

(1) Be a fixed metal type;

(2) Be accessible from either the "up" or "down" path of the lift;

(3) Be installed when the vertical distance between the landings exceeds 20 ft.; and

(4) Be constructed to comply with current general safety standards except enclosed cages need not be built;

(5) Provide access to an emergency exit;

(6) Be located in a position so that in an emergency a person can safely transfer from the manlift to the ladder.

Note:

Transfer is considered safe when a person can maintain 3 points of contact while making the transfer.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24440Lighting.

(1) When a lift is in operation, both runs shall be illuminated at all points with an intensity of at least 1.0 foot-candle.

(2) Lighting control in runways shall be:

(a) Circuits tied permanently into the building circuits (no switches);

(b) Near the starting switch that controls the lift motor; or

(c) Separate switches located on every landing and with each switch having the capability of turning on all lights throughout the entire runway.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24445Drive machines.

(1) Belt manlifts shall be driven either by directly connected machines or by multiple "V" belts.

(2) Cast iron gears shall not be used.

(3) Brakes:

(a) On direct connected machines, the brake shall be mechanically applied to the motor shaft and released electronically.

(b) On "V" belt driven machines, the brake shall be mechanically applied to the input shaft and released electronically.

(4) Belts:

(a) Belts shall not have more than one splice per belt.

(b) There shall not be more than 1 in. of space between the opposing ends of the belt.

(c) A belt manlift that has evidence of severe belt damage shall be removed from service immediately. Belts with severe belt damage shall not be repaired and/or returned to service. "Severe belt damage" means that the protective outer cover of a belt becomes cut, cracked or separated exposing damaged inner fabric, and such damage extends across the full width of the belt, spans between adjacent bolt holes, or damage goes through the entire thickness of the inner fabric. A torn belt is also considered severe.

EXCEPTION:

A lap splice that has become cracked or damaged may be converted to a butt splice and returned to service, provided that the damaged area on the splice is completely removed.

(d) The conversion of a lap splice to a butt splice does not constitute a repair.

(e) A belt that has evidence of superficial belt cover damage while in use on a manlift is not required to be replaced. "Superficial belt cover damage" means that the protective outer cover of a belt becomes scratched, cut or cracked exposing the inner fabric. Such damage shall not be continuous across the full width of the belt.

(5) Belts fastening:

(a) Shall be fastened either by a lap splice or a butt splice with a strap on the belt side opposite the pulley.

(b) For lapped splices on manlifts with travel distances not exceeding 100 ft., the overlap of the belt at the splice shall be at least 36 in.; or

(d) For butt splices on manlifts with travel distances not exceeding 100 ft., the strap shall extend at least 36 in. on one side of the butt; or

(e) For butt splices on manlifts exceeding 100 ft., the strap shall extend at least 48 in. on one side of the butt.

(f) For 12 in. belts, the joint shall be fastened with a minimum of 20 special elevator bolts with minimum diameters of 1/4 in. To effectively cover the belt joint area, these bolts shall be arranged symmetrically in 5 rows.

(g) For a 14 in. belt, the minimum number of bolts is 23.

(h) For a 16 in. belt, the minimum number of bolts is 27.

(6) All installations shall use machines designed and constructed to hold the driving pulley when there is shaft failure or overspeed.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24448Operating speed.

The maximum belt speed of a belt manlift is 80 ft./min. No belt manlift shall be installed that exceeds this maximum speed limit, and all belt manlifts in a given location should run at approximately the same speed.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24451Step requirements.

(1) Measured from the belt to the edge of the step, the minimum depth of a step is 12 in. and the maximum depth is 14 in.

(2) Step width shall not be less than the width of the belt to which it is attached.

(3) Measured from the upper surface of one step to the upper surface of the next step above, the distance between steps shall be at least 16 ft. and the steps shall be equally spaced along the belt.

(4) A step shall be attached to the belt so its surface approximates a right angle with the face of the belt enabling the step to travel in basically a horizontal position with the "up" and "down" path of the belt.

(5) The working (upper) surface of a step shall be made of either a material having nonslip characteristics (possessing a coefficient of friction of not less than 0.5) or be completely covered with a securely attached nonslip tread.

(6) Step supports (frames) and guides shall be sufficiently strong to prevent:

(a) The disengagement of any step roller;

(b) Any appreciable misalignment; or

(7) Steps shall have corresponding handholds.

(8) If a step is removed for any reason, the handholds immediately above and below it shall be removed before the lift resumes operation.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24454Handholds.

(1) Handholds attached to the belt shall be provided and installed so that they are not less than 48 in. nor more than 56 in. above the step tread. These handholds shall be available on both the "up" and "down" run of the belt.

(2) All handhold grab surfaces shall be at least 4 1/2 in. in width. Fastenings shall not come within 1 in. of the belt edge.

(3) All handholds shall be capable of withstanding, without damage, a 300 lb. load applied parallel to the belt run.

(4) All handholds shall have corresponding steps. When a handhold is removed for any reason, the corresponding step and handhold for the opposite direction of travel shall also be removed before the lift resumes operation.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24457Up-limit stop devices.

(1) Two separate automatic stop devices shall be provided to cut off the power and apply the brake when a loaded step passes the upper terminal landing. One of these devices shall consist of a switch mechanically operated by the belt or stop roller. The second device shall consist of any of the following:

(a) A roller switch located above but not in line with the first switch;

(b) A photocell and light source (an "electric eye"); or

(i) If a plate is used, it shall be positioned above the head pulley so it barely clears a passing step.

(ii) If a bar is used, the bar shall be of the "breakaway" type.

(2) The stop device shall stop the lift before a loaded step reaches a point 24 in. above the top terminal landing.

(3) Once the lift has stopped, the automatic stop device shall be manually reset. Therefore, this device shall be located on the top landing where the person resetting the device has a clear view of both the "up" and "down" runs of the lift; and it shall be impossible to reset from a step.

(4) Electric stop devices shall meet the following requirements:

(a) All electric switches that directly open the main motor circuit shall be multiple type switches;

(b) Photoelectric devices shall be designed and installed so that failure of the light source, the light sensitive element or any vacuum tube used in the circuit will result in shutting off the power to the driving motor;

(c) In areas where flammable vapors or dust may be present, all electrical installations shall be in accordance with the NEC requirements for those installations; and

(d) All controller contacts carrying main motor current shall be copper to carbon types unless the circuit is simultaneously broken at two or more points or the contacts are immersed in oil.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24460Emergency stop devices.

All belt manlifts shall have emergency stop devices that:

(1) Are located within easy reach of the "up" and "down" run of the belt;

(2) Stop power to the lift and apply the lift brake when pulled in the direction of travel;

(3) Have a treadle switch (manual reset type) that is located below the lowest landing on the belt's "down" side and, if a person fails to get off at the lowest landing, stops the lift and ejects the person from the step as it approaches the boot pulley;

(4) Are made of cotton rope with a wire center, manila or sisal rope, or metal pipe or tubing. Wire rope cannot be used, unless covered with marlin. Rope stops shall be at least 3/8 in. in diameter; and

(5) An emergency stop may be used for normal stopping and starting if the lift does not run continuously.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24466Warning signs.

(1) Instructional signs explaining how to use the belt lift shall be:

(a) Conspicuously posted on each landing or stenciled on the belt;

(b) Printed in an easily read style with letters at least 1 in. in height;

(c) Printed in a color that clearly contrasts with the background surface (for example, white or yellow on black or black on white or gray); and

(d) Examples of instructional signs are:

• "Face the belt";

• "Use the handhold";

• "To stop – Pull rope."

(2) Warning signs and/or lights shall include an illuminated sign or red warning light announcing the top floor and shall be within easy view of an ascending passenger.

(a) If a sign, it shall be located no more than 2 ft. above the top terminal landing and printed in block letters (at least 2 in. in height) displaying the words, "Top floor – Get off."

(b) If a red light, it shall have at least a 40-watt rating and be located immediately below the upper terminal landing where it will shine in the belt passenger's face.

(3) There shall be conspicuous signs on each landing that read, "Employees only – Visitors keep off," printed in block letters at least 2 in. in height in a color that sharply contrasts with the background.

(4) A sign or red light shall be conspicuously posted above the bottom landing announcing its approach. These shall be:

(a) If a sign, printed in block letters at least 2 in. in height that sharply contrast with the background and reads, "Bottom floor – Get off."

(b) If a light, rated at least 40 watts.

(5) An electronic warning buzzer shall be installed 5 ft. above the bottom landing on the down side of the belt to warn belt riders of the approaching landing. This warning buzzer shall be automatically activated by load weight on a step.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24470Restricted use of manlifts.

(1) No freight or packaged goods may be carried on any manlift;

(2) No pipe, lumber, or other construction materials may be handled on any manlift; and

(3) No tools except those which will fit entirely within a pocket of ordinary working clothes may be carried on any manlift, except as follows:

(a) Tools may be carried in a canvas bag not larger than 11 in. by 13 in.;

(b) The bag shall have a leather bottom; and

(c) The bag shall have loops or handles to be carried in the passenger's hand while riding the manlift. Shoulder straps are prohibited.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24478Inspection requirements.

(1) All manlifts shall be inspected by a qualified person, designated by the lift's owner, at least once every 30 days.

(2) The inspection shall cover, but is not limited to, the following items:

• Belt and belt tension;

• Bottom (boot) and pulley;

• Brake;

• Clearance;

• Drive pulley;

• Driving mechanism;

• Electrical switches;

• Guardrails;

• Handholds and fastenings;

• Lubrication;

• Motor;

• Pulley supports;

• Rails, rail supports and fastenings;

• Rollers and slides;

• Signal equipment;

• Steps and fastenings;

• Warning signs and lights.

(3) A written record shall be kept of results of each inspection, and shall be made available to all inspectors. This information shall be recorded under the monthly portion of the test log required by Appendix A of ASME A90.1-1997.

(4) For purposes of this section "adequate lighting" means 5 foot-candles.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24480Five-year test requirements.

A five-year test of the belt manlifts shall be conducted, and the test shall be administered under the following conditions:

(1) Qualified people will conduct the test. A qualified person is either:

(a) An elevator mechanic licensed in the appropriate category of the conveyance being tested;

(b) The representative of a firm that manufactured the particular belt manlift who holds a current temporary mechanic's license in this state; or

(c) The representative of a firm that manufactured the particular belt manlift who is working under the direct supervision of an elevator mechanic licensed in the appropriate category of the conveyance being tested.

(2) The up capacity of the belt manlift shall be tested with 200 lbs. on each horizontal step. During the up-run portion of the test the belt manlift shall not show appreciable slip of the belt when standing or running at rated speed.

(3) The down capacity of the belt manlift shall be tested with 200 lbs. on each horizontal step. During the down-run portion of the test the belt manlift shall not show appreciable slip of the belt when standing or running at the rated speed. The brake shall stop and hold the belt with test load within a maximum of 24 in. of travel.

(4) After the five-year test has been performed a tag indicating the date of the test and name of the company performing the test shall be attached in a visible area of the drive motor machine. The tag shall have all applicable ASME A90.1, 8.1 test descriptions and code references.

Subpart XII

Special Purpose Elevators

(Formerly Known as Electric Manlifts)

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24500Scope.

(1) These requirements apply to special purpose personnel elevators installed prior to January 1, 1999, in facilities in which agricultural products are stored, food products are processed, goods are manufactured, energy is generated, or similar industrial or agricultural processes are performed.

(2) Where a special purpose personnel elevator was installed after January 1, 1999, the conveyance shall comply with the edition of ASME A17.1 or A17.1/B44 that was in effect at the time.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24516Maintenance requirements.

(1) Examinations, in compliance with WAC 296-96-23605, are to be performed and documented in the maintenance and testing records.

Test tag(s) shall be attached to a wall inside the cab (car enclosure).

(2) Owners of electric manlifts are responsible for ensuring that:

(a) Elevators and their parts are maintained in a safe condition;

(b) All devices and safeguards required by these regulations are maintained in good working order; and

(c) Maintenance, examinations, and safety tests be performed and documented to the applicable sections of WAC 296-96-24519 through 296-96-24560.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24519Hoistway and landing construction.

(1) A hoistway shall be fully enclosed, or enclosed on all landings to a height of 72 in. above the landing floor or 72 in. above the highest working level or stair level adjacent to the hoistway.

(2) Perforated enclosures may be used where fire resistance is not required. However, such enclosures shall be constructed of at least No. 13 U.S. gauge steel wire, if a steel wire grill or expanded metal grill type, and have openings that reject a 1 in. diameter ball.

(3) Adequate lighting shall be provided at each landing and in the hoistway.

Note:

For purposes of this section "adequate lighting" means 5 foot-candles.

(4) Emergency evacuation ladders when installed:

(a) Shall provide access to an emergency exit.

(b) Shall be located in a position so that in an emergency a person can safely transfer from the car platform to the ladder.

Note:

Transfer is considered safe when a person can maintain 3 points of contact while making the transfer.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24522Hoistway doors and gates.

(1) Gates may be constructed of wood slat, steel wire grill, expanded metal or solid material provided that all openings reject a 2 in. diameter ball and resist a 250 lb. horizontal thrust.

(a) Steel wire and expanded metal gates shall be constructed of at least No. 13 U.S. gauge steel.

(b) Wood slat gates shall have slats at least 2 in. wide and 1/2 in. thick, nominal size.

(2) Gates may be horizontal swinging, vertical or horizontal sliding or biparting types, and shall:

(a) Span the full width of the elevator car;

(b) Extend from 1 in. above the landing floor to at least 72 in. above it;

(3) Hoistway doors shall be closed before the car can leave the landing. Once the car leaves the landing, the door shall be latched so that it will not open when the elevator is not at the landing.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24525Car enclosures and frames.

Elevator cars shall be fully enclosed to the car height or to a height of at least 78 in., whichever is greater.

(1) If constructed of solid materials, cars shall be capable of withstanding a horizontal thrust of 75 lbs. while deflecting no more than 1/4 in.

(2) If constructed of perforated materials, all openings shall be capable of rejecting at least a 1 in. diameter ball.

(3) Car frames shall be of substantial metal or wood construction.

(a) Metal frames shall have a safety factor of 4.

(b) Wood frames shall have a safety factor of 6.

(4) Cars shall have platforms whose inside dimensions do not exceed 30 in. on each side (6.25 ft2).

(5) Cars shall have substantial protective tops. These tops:

(a) May have hinged front halves.

(b) Shall be made of No. 9 U.S. wire-gauge screen, No. 11 gauge expanded metal, No. 14 gauge sheet steel, or 1/4 in. or heavier plywood.

(6) A properly working fire extinguisher shall be present in each car.

(7) A sign bearing the following information shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the car:

(a) Total load limit in pounds;

(b) Maximum capacity one or two persons where applicable;

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24528Car doors and gates.

All elevators shall have car doors, except on fully enclosed hoistways equipped with hoistway gates and enclosed from the top of the hoistway opening to the ceiling on the landing side.

(1) Car doors shall be:

(a) Constructed of solid or perforated material capable of resisting a 75 lb. thrust without deflecting 1/4 in. If perforated material is used, it shall reject a 1 in. diameter ball.

(b) Biparting or otherwise horizontally swung provided the door swings within the elevator car.

(2) Interlocks or a combination consisting of mechanical locks and electric contacts shall be provided on car gates on elevators in unenclosed hoistways unless a safe means of self-evacuation is provided. Such means shall be approved by the department.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24531Counterweight enclosures, counterweight and fastenings.

All counterweights shall be fully enclosed at landings or at the path of travel where inadvertent contact can occur.

(1) At the bottom of a counterweight enclosure, there shall be an inspection opening large enough to allow the inspection of cable fastenings, counterweight and buffer.

(2) Sectional rectangular shaped counterweights shall be secured by at least two, 1/2 in. mild steel bolts with lock nuts.

(3) Sectional round counterweights shall be fastened with a center bolt at least 3/4 in. in diameter and secured with a lock nut.

(4) All bolt eyes shall be welded closed.

(5) Cable fastening shall be by babbitted tapered elevator sockets or other acceptable methods. If cable clamps are used, a minimum of three cable clamps shall be provided. U-shaped clamps shall not be acceptable.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24534Guide rails.

Each elevator shall be equipped with at least 2 guide rails. Guide rails shall:

(1) Extend at least 6 in. beyond the maximum travel distance of the car with the buffers compressed.

(2) Be securely fastened to a vertical support for the full length of the elevator's travel.

(3) Be constructed of vertical grain fir or steel:

(a) If constructed with vertical grain fir, the rails shall be at least 1 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in. and not vary in thickness by more than 3/16 in. on brake surfaces.

(b) If constructed of steel, it shall meet the requirements of subsections (4) and (5) of this section.

(4) Be able to resist a 250 lb. horizontal thrust.

(5) Be able to resist more than 1/2 in. total deflection when the car safety is applied.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24537Suspension means.

There shall be at least 2 hoisting ropes. Each rope shall be:

(1) Made of a good grade of elevator traction wire rope;

(2) At least 3/8 in. in diameter and possessing a safety factor of 5;

(3) Fastened by babbitted tapered elevator sockets or other acceptable methods. If cable clamps are used, a minimum of 3 fist grip or equivalent clamps shall be provided. U-shaped clamps shall not be acceptable.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24540Habitable space below elevator.

There shall not be habitable space below an elevator hoistway or counterweight shaft unless the floor above the space can withstand an impact 125 percent greater than the impact generated by a free falling car with rated load or counterweight falling from the full height of the hoistway.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24543Car safeties.

All cars suspended or operated from overhead machinery shall be equipped with an approved car safety capable of stopping and holding the car while carrying its rated load.

(1) Car safeties shall be mechanically operated and not be affected by any interruptions in the electrical circuit.

(2) Car safeties and governor controlled safeties shall operate automatically and the control circuit shall be interrupted in the event the safeties set.

(3) All special purpose elevators shall be equipped with an overspeed governor that shall not exceed 175 ft./min. and shall deenergize the brake control and motor drive circuits simultaneously when the car safety mechanism is activated.

(4) Winding drum type machines shall have a manual-reset slack rope device that interrupts the drive motor and brake circuits.

(5) Separate safety tags shall be used to distinguish the no-load annual safety test and the five-year full load test.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24547Drive machine brakes.

All elevators shall be equipped with brakes that engage mechanically and release electrically.

(1) Brakes shall be located on the final drive of all elevator machines;

(2) The brake activating circuit shall be designed so that interruption of power by the slack cable switch, control switch, and limit switches disconnect power to the brake;

(3) The brakes shall activate under short circuit, phase failure, or reverse phase conditions.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24550Car controls.

(1) Car controls shall be permitted to be automatic push button, constant pressure push button or momentary push button types. Hand rope and car switch controls shall not be used.

(2) If a car is not equipped with constant pressure push button controls, then it shall be equipped with a manually operated emergency stop switch that is clearly marked "emergency stop."

(3) Terminal limiting devices shall operate independently of car controls and shall automatically stop the car at the top and bottom terminal landings.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24553Drive machines.

(1) Elevator machines shall be driven by approved-type units.

(a) On direct drive or approved worm gear driven type, a mechanically actuated, electrically released brake shall be installed on the driving unit.

(b) On V belt driven types, a minimum of 4 belts, 1/2 in. minimum size, shall be used to transmit power from the motor to the drive shaft and a mechanically activated, electrically released brake shall be installed on the final drive shaft.

(2) Wherever practical, elevator machines shall be installed on the top side of the supporting structure.

(3) All components of the driving mechanism and parts subject to stress involved in suspending the load or related equipment shall be designed to withstand 8 times the total weight to be suspended, including load, counterweight, car and cables.

(4) Gears shall be made of steel or equivalent material. Cast iron gears are prohibited.

(5) A working platform, with railings complying with the applicable requirements adopted according to chapter 49.17 RCW, shall be provided to allow for safely working on equipment.

(6) A light with a switch shall be located near the elevator driving machine or the machinery space.

(7) A means to lockout/tagout the elevator equipment shall be provided.

(8) The elevator machinery shall be protected from the weather.

(9) All sheaves shall be appropriately guarded per the requirements adopted according to chapter 49.17 RCW.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24557Buffers.

(1) All elevator cars shall be equipped with adequate car buffers.

(2) All elevators using counterweights shall be equipped with adequate counterweight buffers.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24560Additional applicable requirements.

Car speeds shall not exceed 125 ft./min.

Subpart XIII

Hand Elevators

(Previously Called Hand-Powered Manlifts)

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24600Scope.

This section covers elevators that have the capacity of 1 person and are installed in a facility prior to January 1, 1999, in which agricultural products are stored, food products are processed, goods are manufactured, energy is generated, or similar industrial or agricultural processes are performed.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24611Maintenance and test requirements.

(1) Maintenance and tests shall comply with the applicable requirements found in ASME A17.1/CSA B44, Section 8.6.

(a) Test tag(s) shall be attached to the inside of the car.

(b) Hand elevators with wooden rails shall be tested with no load annually.

(2) Qualified people shall conduct the test. A qualified person is either:

(a) An elevator mechanic licensed in the appropriate category for the conveyance being tested;

(b) The representative of a firm that manufactured the particular conveyance and who holds a current temporary mechanic's license in this state; or

(c) The representative of a firm that manufactured the particular conveyance who is working under the direct supervision of an elevator mechanic licensed in the appropriate category for the conveyance being tested.

(3) Examinations, in compliance with WAC 296-96-23605, are to be performed and documented in the maintenance and testing records.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24620Landings and entrances.

(1) Every landing shall be protected on all sides other than the landing opening side with a standard guard rail and intermediate guard rail. All landings except the bottom landing shall have a toe board installed on all sides except the landing opening side.

(2) All entrances shall be not less than 78 in. in height and in no case may the width exceed the corresponding car dimensions.

(3) All entrances shall be provided with an approved maze or with a hoistway gate which shall:

(a) Be at least 36 in. in height;

(b) Extend downward to within 1 in. of the landing sill;

(c) Be of the self-closing type, designed to swing horizontally out from the hoistway and closing against a full jam stop;

(d) Be located within 4 in. of the edge of the landing sill;

(e) Have a "DANGER" sign conspicuously posted on the landing side of the hoistway gate; and

(f) Withstand a 250 lb. horizontal thrust.

(4) An automatic safety device which will prevent the car from leaving the landing until manually released by the operator shall be installed at the bottom landing.

(5) Adequate lighting shall be installed and operating at each landing.

Note:

For the purpose of this section "adequate lighting" means 5 foot-candles.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24630Habitable space beneath the car and counterweight.

There shall not be habitable space below an elevator hoistway or counterweight shaft unless the floor above the space can withstand the impact of a freely falling car with rated load or counterweight.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24635Guide rails.

(1) There shall be a minimum of 2 opposing guide rails extending to a point 6 in. beyond the full height of travel of the car when the counterweight buffer is fully compressed.

(2) All rails shall be attached by bolts, lag screws or other approved methods to a vertical supporting member which shall not exceed 1/2 in. deflection with the application of a 250 lb. horizontal thrust at any point.

(3) Wood guide rails shall be at least 1 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in. vertical grain fir or equivalent and shall not vary more than 3/16 in. in thickness on the sides which the brakes contact. All joints shall be kept smooth and even.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24640Buffers.

(1) Spring buffers shall be installed below the car and counterweights.

(2) The maximum run-by of the car shall not exceed 8 in. above the top landing when the counterweight buffer spring is fully compressed.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24645Car construction.

(1) The car shall be built to the following specifications:

(a) The car platform shall be no greater than 30 in. on either side (6.25 ft2);

(b) The car frame and platform shall be of steel or sound seasoned wood construction and be designed with a safety factor of not less than 4 for metal and 6 for wood, based on a maximum capacity of 250 lbs.;

(c) All frame members shall be securely bolted, riveted or welded and braced. If bolted, lock washers or lock nuts shall be used;

(d) Where wooden frame members are bolted, large washers or metal plates shall be used to minimize the possibility of splitting or cracking the wood.

(2) The sides of the car shall be enclosed by a minimum of 2 safety guard rails with the top rail not less than 36 in. nor more than 42 in. from the car floor. Rails shall be capable of sustaining a horizontal thrust of 250 lbs. If solid material is used, it shall be smooth surfaced and not less than 1/2 in. thickness, if wood; not less than 16 gauge thickness, if steel; and shall be constructed from the car floor to a height of not less than 3 ft.

(a) Where the hoistway is not enclosed on the entrance side of the car, a self-locking or drop bar gate shall be provided. The car gate may be of the folding type, horizontally swung, provided it swings into the car enclosure. Drop bar gates shall be of two bar construction, parallelogram type, and conform to requirements specified for car guard rails.

(b) The car gate shall drop into locking slots or be provided with a positive locking type latch capable of withstanding a 250 lb. horizontal thrust.

(3) Every car shall have a substantial protective top. The front half may be hinged. The protective top shall be made from No. 9 U.S. wire gauge screen, No. 11 gauge expanded metal, No. 14 gauge sheet steel, 3/4 in. or heavier plywood. If made of wire screen or metal, the openings shall reject a 1/2 in. diameter ball.

(4) Every car shall have a proper rack to hold the balance weights. Weights shall be contained in the proper rack when the car is in motion.

(5) A sign bearing the following information shall be conspicuously posted within the car:

(a) Total load limit in pounds;

(b) "Maximum capacity one person"; and

(6) Every car shall be equipped with a spring loaded foot brake which:

(a) Operates independently of the car safeties;

(b) Operates in both directions and will stop and hold the car and its load; and

(7) Every car shall be equipped with a car safety device which:

(a) Applies to the sides of the main guide rails; and

(b) Stops and holds the car and its load immediately when the hoisting rope breaks.

(8) Every car shall have a minimum clearance of 78 in. from the top of the car platform to the bottom edge of the crosshead or any other obstruction.

(9) A tool box with minimum dimensions of 4 in. long x 3 in. deep shall be provided and firmly attached to the car structure.

(10) A fire extinguisher in proper working condition shall be available in the car.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24650Counterweights.

(1) The assembly of sectional counterweights shall conform to the following requirements:

(a) Rectangular counterweights shall be held together by at least 2 tie rods 1/2 in. in diameter fastened with lock washers and double nuts or other approved means;

(b) One 3/4 in. rod may be used to hold the sections of a round counterweight together. Any additional sections or weights shall be secured by an approved means.

(2) The eye bolt for the rope hitch shall be attached to the counterweight in a manner that will prevent the eye bolt from coming loose. The eye of eye bolts shall be welded to prevent it from opening.

(3) Every counterweight runway shall be enclosed with substantial unperforated material for its full distance of travel. Inspection openings shall be provided at either the top or bottom of the counterweight runway. These openings shall be substantially covered at all times except when actually being used for inspection of counterweight fastenings.

(4) Workers shall load the counterweight for the proper balance of the heaviest person using the elevator and others shall use compensating weights, which shall be available to maintain a balance.

(5) On elevators with a travel of 75 ft. or more, a compensation chain or cable shall be installed to maintain the proper balance of the counterweight to the car and load in all positions.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24655Sheaves and supporting members.

(1) The minimum sheave diameter shall be 40 times the diameter of the rope used. For example, a 3/8 in. rope requires a 15 in. diameter sheave.

(2) The overhead supporting members shall be designed, based upon impact loads, with a safety factor of:

(a) 9 If wood; and

(b) 5 If steel.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24660Suspension means.

(1) Hoisting ropes shall be of good grade traction elevator wire rope and shall:

(a) Be not less than 3/8 in. in diameter.

(b) Provide a safety factor of 5 based on the maximum weight supported.

(c) Be of sufficient length to prevent the counterweight from striking the overhead structure when the car is at the bottom, and prevent the car from striking the overhead before the counterweight is at its lower limit of travel.

(2) Cable fastenings shall be by babbitted tapered elevator sockets or other acceptable methods approved by the department. If cable clamps are used, a minimum of 3 cable clamps shall be provided. U-shaped clamps shall not be acceptable.

Where passed around a metal or other object less than 3 times the diameter of the cable, a thimble of the correct size shall be inserted in the eye.

(3) Approved sockets or fittings with the wire properly turned back and babbitted shall be used in place of clamps noted in subsection (1)(d) of this section.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24665Operating ropes.

The operating rope shall be of soft hemp, nylon or cotton at least 3/4 in. in diameter. It shall be securely fastened at each end and shall be in proper vertical alignment to prevent bending or cutting where it passes through the openings in the platform or the protective top of the car.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24670Hoistway requirements.

(1) Escape ladders shall be installed and shall extend the full length of the hoistway.

(a) Ladders shall be installed in a manner to provide access to an emergency exit and shall be located in a position so that in an emergency a person can safely transfer from the car platform to the ladder.

Note:

Transfer is considered safe when a person can maintain 3 points of contact while making the transfer.

(b) An "IMPAIRED CLEARANCE" sign shall be posted at the bottom of a ladder when the face of the ladder is less than 30 in. from any structure.

(2) The minimum clearance between a car side and the hoistway enclosure is 1 in.

(3) The clearance between a car platform and a landing sill shall be at least 1/2 in. but not more than 1 1/2 in.

Subpart XIV

Casket Lifts

Note:

As a minimum, all such lifts currently installed shall comply with this section. These conveyances are intended to be used only in mortuaries where moving of caskets is necessary. New casket lifts shall comply with either ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Part 7 or with this chapter, Part C1.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24700Scope.

The rules in this section apply to existing hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with cars that:

(1) Move within guides in a substantially vertical direction;

(2) Have a maximum net inside area of 28 ft²;

(3) Have a maximum total internal height of 48 in. and a maximum total internal width of 36.5 in.; and

(4) Utilize a series of rollers as a platform to exclusively carry caskets;

(5) Are provided with a hoistway enclosure, and related construction that are in substantial compliance with the building code.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24703Minimum maintenance requirements.

Owners of casket lifts are responsible for ensuring that:

(1) The lift and their parts are maintained in a safe condition; and

(2) All devices and safeguards required by these regulations are maintained in good working order.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24706Machine rooms and machinery space.

(1) Machines and control equipment shall be located:

(a) Inside a hoistway enclosure, at the top or bottom, without enclosures and platforms; or

(b) Outside a hoistway if enclosed with a noncombustible material to a height of at least 72 in.

(2) Machines and control equipment located outside the hoistway shall be enclosed in noncombustible material not less than 72 in. high and have a self-closing and locking door. Control equipment located outside the hoistway shall be enclosed in a metal cabinet equipped with a panel door capable of being locked in the closed position to prevent unauthorized access.

(3) Permanent electric lighting shall be provided in all machine rooms and machinery spaces.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24709Equipment in machine rooms/spaces.

Only machinery and equipment required for the operation of the lift is permitted in the lift machine room.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24712Electrical wiring, pipes and ducts in hoistways and machine rooms.

(1) Only electrical wiring raceways and cables directly related to a lift's operation may be installed inside the hoistway.

(2) Pipes or ducts that convey gases, vapors, or liquids and are not used in connection with the lift shall not be installed in any hoistway, machine room, or machinery space.

(3) Machinery and sheave beams, supports, and foundations shall be designed to support the loads imposed on equipment.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24715Pits.

A pit is not required in a casket lift hoistway.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24718Hoistway door openings.

(1) The width and height of door openings shall not exceed the width and height of the car by more than 1 in. in each dimension; except one door opening may be of sufficient size to permit installing and removing the car, but shall not be more than 57 in. in height.

(2) The bottom of the door opening shall be not less than 24 in. above the floor.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24721Hoistway door installation.

Hoistway doors shall be hung and guided in such a manner that the doors will not be displaced from the guides or tracks when in normal service nor when the doors are subjected to a constant horizontal force of 250 lbs. applied at right angles to and approximately at the center of the door or to the center of each door section where multisection doors are used.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24724Hoistway door clearances.

Hoistway doors shall be located so that the distance from the hoistway face of the doors to the landing sill shall not be more than 2.5 in.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24727Hoistway door locking devices.

All hoistway doors shall be equipped with a combination mechanical lock and electric contact or door interlock.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24730Protection of space beneath hoistway.

Where the space below the hoistway is used for a passageway or is occupied by people, or if unoccupied is not secured against unauthorized access, the cars and counterweights shall be equipped with safeties which shall be operated as a result of the breaking of the suspension means. Safeties may be of the inertia type without governors.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24733Car doors and gates.

There shall not be more than two entrances to the car.

(1) Each entrance shall be provided with a car door or gate which when in a fully closed position shall protect the full width and height of the car entrance opening.

(2) Collapsible type gates, when in a fully closed position, shall reject a 4.5 in. diameter ball.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24736Car enclosure.

(1) Lift platforms shall be permanently enclosed on all sides and the top.

(2) The enclosure shall be securely fastened to the platform and so supported that it cannot loosen or become displaced in ordinary service.

(3) The enclosure walls shall be of sufficient strength and designed and supported so that when subjected to a pressure of 75 lbs. applied horizontally at any point on the walls of the enclosure, the deflection will not reduce the running clearance to exceed 1 in.

(4) The top of the car enclosure shall be designed and installed so as to be capable of sustaining a load of 300 lbs. on any square area 24 in. on a side and 100 lbs. applied at any point. Simultaneous application of these loads is not required.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24739Construction of car frames and platforms.

(1) Every lift suspended by wire ropes shall have a car frame consisting of a crosshead, uprights (stiles) and a plank located approximately at the middle of the car platform and in no case farther from the middle than 1/8 of the distance from the front of the platform.

(2) Car frames shall be guided on each guide rail by upper and lower guiding members attached to the frame.

(3) Car frames and outside members of the platform shall be made of steel.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24742Connecting car frames to platforms.

Connections between members of the car frames and platform shall be riveted, bolted, or welded and shall meet the following specifications:

(1) Where used through sloping flanges of structural members bolt heads shall be of the tipped head type or shall be fitted with beveled washers.

(2) Nuts used on sloping flanges of structure members shall seat on beveled washers.

(3) Welding of parts upon which safe operation depends shall be done in accordance with the appropriate standards established by the American Welding Society.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24745Capacity.

(1) Driving machines, car and counterweight suspension mechanisms, and overhead beams and supports shall be able to sustain a car with a structure load capacity based upon the manufacturer's design criteria.

(2) A metal plate which gives the rated load in letters and figures not less than 0.25 in. high stamped, etched or raised on the surface of the plate shall be fastened in a conspicuous place in the car.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24748Driving machines.

Only drum, traction or plunger type driving machines may be used.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24751Material and grooving for sheaves and drums.

Material and grooving for sheaves and drums shall be of metal finished grooves and have a pitch diameter not less than 40 times the diameter of the rope.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24754Brakes.

Lift driving machines shall be equipped with a friction brake applied by a spring or springs and released electrically. The brake shall be designed to have a capacity sufficient to hold the car at rest with its rated load.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24757Terminal stopping devices.

(1) Upper and lower normal stopping devices shall be provided at the top and bottom of the hoistway.

(2) Final terminal stopping devices shall be provided and arranged to remove electric power to the lift driving machine motor and brake after the car has passed a terminal landing. Under normal operating conditions the final terminal stopping device shall not function when the car is stopped by the normal terminal stopping device.

(3) Lifts having traction machines shall have final terminal stopping switches located in the hoistway and operated by cams attached to the car.

(4) Lifts having winding drum machines shall have terminal stopping switches located on and operated by the driving machine, which shall not be driven by chain, rope or belt. Also, stopping switches shall be installed in the hoistway and operated by cams attached to the car or counterweights.

(5) Lifts having winding drum machines shall have a slack rope device with an electric switch of the enclosed manually reset type which will cause the electric power to be removed from the driving machine motor and brake if the hoisting ropes become slack.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24760Suspension means.

(1) Lifts and counterweights shall be suspended by steel wire ropes. Only iron (low carbon steel) or steel wire ropes with fiber cores, having the commercial classification of "elevator wire rope" may be used for the suspension of lifts and for the suspension of counterweights.

(2) The minimum number of hoisting ropes is:

(a) Three .5 in. ropes for traction elevators; and

(b) Two .5 in. ropes for drum type elevators.

(3) Fastenings shall be by individual tapered babbitted rope sockets or by other department-approved types.

(4) The rope sockets shall be of a type which will develop at least 80 percent of the breaking strength of the strongest rope to be used in such fastenings. U-bolt type rope clips (clamps) shall not be used for load line fastenings.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24765Hydraulic casket lifts.

(1) All hydraulic lifts shall be a plunger type with the plunger securely attached to the car platform.

(2) Plungers composed of more than one section shall have the joints designed and constructed to carry in tension the weight of all plunger sections below the joints.

(3) Plungers shall be provided with solid metal stops to prevent the plunger from traveling beyond the limits of the cylinder. Stops shall be designed and constructed so as to stop the plunger from maximum speed in the "up" direction under full pressure without damage to the hydraulic system.

(4) Any leaking hydraulic oil shall be collected.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24770Valves, supply piping and fittings.

(1) Valves, piping and fittings shall not be subjected to working pressures that exceed manufacturer recommendations.

(2) Pipes, especially those that may vibrate, shall be sufficiently supported at each joint and fitting so undue stress is eliminated.

(3) A shut-off valve shall be installed in the pit.

(4) Each pump shall be equipped with a relief valve and all relief valves shall be:

(a) Located between the pump and check valve in a bypass connection;

(b) A type that cannot be shut off from the hydraulic system; and

EXCEPTION:

Relief valves are not required for centrifugal pumps driven by an induction motor when the shutoff or maximum pressure that the pump develops is no more than 135 percent of the working pressure at the pump.

(5) A check valve shall be installed that will hold a car and its rated load at any point whenever a pump stops or pump operating pressure drops below the required minimum.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24775Stopping devices.

Normal stopping devices operated by cams attached to the car shall be installed at the top and bottom of the hoistway. Final terminal stopping devices and anticreep leveling devices are not required.

NEW SECTION

WAC 296-96-24780Operating devices.

Only constant pressure or automatic type operating devices located outside the hoistway may be used.

REPEALER

The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:

WAC 296-96-01012	What are the permit fees for alterations to conveyances, material lifts, and hoists and how are they calculated?
WAC 296-96-01050	How do I get a supplemental inspection?
WAC 296-96-02401	ASME A17.1-8.7.1 Alteration general requirements.
WAC 296-96-02411	ASME A17.1-8.7.2.13 Door reopening devices.
WAC 296-96-02420	What are the requirements for temporary construction operating permits?
WAC 296-96-02450	Can pipes and ducts be installed above a machine room?
WAC 296-96-02451	When a control space is used in lieu of a machine room.
WAC 296-96-02455	What is the minimum working space required in machine rooms/control rooms?
WAC 296-96-02466	ASME A17.1-8.9 Code data plate location and material.
WAC 296-96-02475	What are the requirements for sprinklers in hoistways and machine rooms?
WAC 296-96-02480	How does the department enforce ASME requirements for sprinklers, smoke detectors, and heat detectors in hoistways and machine rooms?
WAC 296-96-02485	What is required for emergency escape hatches?
WAC 296-96-02486	ASME A17.1-5.7.10.5 Special purpose elevator car doors or gates.
WAC 296-96-02495	Are self-leveling devices required?
WAC 296-96-02500	Is a door reopening device required on automatic-closing car doors?
WAC 296-96-02505	What is the minimum acceptable initial transfer time for an elevator door?
WAC 296-96-02510	What are the minimum cab size and other applicable requirements for car interiors?
WAC 296-96-02515	What is required for car controls?
WAC 296-96-02520	What are the location and operation requirements for car position indicators in the car?
WAC 296-96-02535	What requirements apply to floor designations on elevator door jambs?
WAC 296-96-02540	What are the installation and operation requirements for hall buttons?
WAC 296-96-02545	What are the requirements for installation and operation of hall lanterns?
WAC 296-96-02550	ASME A17.1-3.18.3.8.3 and ASME A17.1-8.7.3.23.1—What are the requirements for underground hydraulic elevator pipes, fittings, and cylinders?
WAC 296-96-02551	ASME A17.1-2.6 and ASME A17.1-8.7.2.6 Protection of spaces below hoistways.
WAC 296-96-02555	What are the requirements for accessing elevated elevator pit equipment?
WAC 296-96-02556	Minimum width, clearances, and access of pit ladders.
WAC 296-96-02557	Pit lighting and stop switch.
WAC 296-96-02560	What are the requirements for submersible pumps or sumps?
WAC 296-96-02564	ASME A17.1-2.4.12.1-2005 Distance required for car top refuge space.
WAC 296-96-02566	ASME A17.1-2.14.7.1.4 Requirements for top of car lighting and receptacle for elevators.
WAC 296-96-02567	ASME A17.1-2.7.6.3.4 Access to governors and brake.
WAC 296-96-02568	ASME A17.1-5.3.1.1 Residential hoistway enclosures.
WAC 296-96-02570	How do we enforce hoistway ventilation?
WAC 296-96-02575	How do we enforce hoistway pressurization?
WAC 296-96-02585	What are the requirements for fire doors installed in front of hoistway doors?
WAC 296-96-02595	What are the general requirements for LULA elevators?
WAC 296-96-02600	What is required for physically handicapped lifts?
WAC 296-96-02620	Private residence vertical platform lifts.
WAC 296-96-02625	Private residence incline platform lifts.
WAC 296-96-02630	Commercial vertical and incline platform lifts.
WAC 296-96-05009	What are the requirements for existing material lifts?
WAC 296-96-07010	What is the scope of Part C-2?
WAC 296-96-07020	What is the definition for inclined private residence elevator?
WAC 296-96-07021	What are the requirements for existing inclined private residence elevators?
WAC 296-96-07024	What rules apply to alterations of inclined private residence elevators?
WAC 296-96-07030	Does the department approve private residence elevator plans and specifications?
WAC 296-96-07035	What are the minimum maintenance requirements for inclined private residence elevators?
WAC 296-96-07040	What are the clearance requirements for an incline runway?
WAC 296-96-07050	What are the construction requirements for car landing enclosures and gates for inclined private residence elevators?
WAC 296-96-07060	What types of bumpers and buffers must be installed on inclined private residence elevators?
WAC 296-96-07070	What are the requirements for machinery beams and supports?
WAC 296-96-07080	What are the load and size requirements for car platforms?
WAC 296-96-07090	What is the maximum rated speed of an incline elevator?
WAC 296-96-07100	What construction requirements apply to inclined private residence elevators?
WAC 296-96-07110	What construction requirements apply to car enclosures?
WAC 296-96-07120	What construction requirements apply to car doors and gates?
WAC 296-96-07130	What type of glass or plastic can be used in a car enclosure?
WAC 296-96-07140	Are capacity and data plates required?
WAC 296-96-07160	What construction requirements apply to counterweights?
WAC 296-96-07170	What are the requirements of safeties and governors?
WAC 296-96-07171	How and when are safeties and governors tested?
WAC 296-96-07180	What are the construction requirements for driving machines and sheaves?
WAC 296-96-07190	What construction requirements apply to terminal stopping switches?
WAC 296-96-07200	What are the requirements for operation of an inclined private residence elevator?
WAC 296-96-07210	What are the construction requirements for suspension methods?
WAC 296-96-07215	What are the requirements for controllers?
WAC 296-96-07220	What are the requirements for traveling cables?
WAC 296-96-07230	What requirements apply to electrical wiring?
WAC 296-96-07240	What are the requirements for track supporting structures?
WAC 296-96-07250	What additional requirements apply to inclined private residence elevators?
WAC 296-96-08010	What is the scope of Part C-3?
WAC 296-96-08020	What is the definition for inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-08022	What are the requirements for existing inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-08024	What rules apply to alterations of inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-08030	Does the department approve elevators plans and specifications for inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-08035	What are the minimum maintenance requirements for inclined private residence elevators for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-08050	What are the construction requirements for inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property for cars, landing gates, and enclosures?
WAC 296-96-08060	What types of bumpers and buffers must be installed on inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-08070	What are the requirements for machinery beams and supports?
WAC 296-96-08080	What are the load and size requirements for car platforms?
WAC 296-96-08090	What is the maximum rated speed of an inclined conveyance?
WAC 296-96-08100	What requirements apply to inclined conveyance?
WAC 296-96-08110	What requirements apply to car enclosures?
WAC 296-96-08140	Are capacity and data plates required on inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-08150	What are the requirements for guide rails, track supports and fastenings?
WAC 296-96-08160	What requirements apply to counterweights?
WAC 296-96-08170	What are the requirements of safeties and governors?
WAC 296-96-08175	How and when are conveyance safeties tested?
WAC 296-96-08180	What are the requirements for driving machines and sheaves?
WAC 296-96-08190	What requirements apply to terminal stopping switches?
WAC 296-96-08200	What are the requirements for the activation and operation of an inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-08210	What are the requirements for suspension methods?
WAC 296-96-08215	What are the requirements for controllers?
WAC 296-96-08220	What are the requirements for traveling cables?
WAC 296-96-08230	What requirements apply to electrical wiring?
WAC 296-96-08240	What are the requirements for track supporting structures?
WAC 296-96-08250	What additional requirements apply to inclined private residence conveyances for transporting property?
WAC 296-96-09001	What regulations apply to personnel hoists?
WAC 296-96-09002	May a drop plate be used for temporary hoists?
WAC 296-96-09003	What are the requirements for landing gates?
WAC 296-96-09004	Do jumps (increased travel) have to be inspected?
WAC 296-96-10001	What regulations apply to material hoists?
WAC 296-96-10002	Do jumps (increased travel) have to be inspected?
WAC 296-96-11001	What regulations apply to belt manlifts?
WAC 296-96-11010	What are the definitions for belt manlifts?
WAC 296-96-11016	What general requirements apply to belt manlift landings?
WAC 296-96-11019	What requirements apply to the guards and cones of belt manlift landings?
WAC 296-96-11022	What requirements apply to guarding lift entrances and exits?
WAC 296-96-11025	What structural requirements apply to floor opening guards?
WAC 296-96-11028	What structural requirements apply to floor landing guards?
WAC 296-96-11031	What requirements apply to bottom landings?
WAC 296-96-11034	What requirements apply to top clearance?
WAC 296-96-11037	What requirements apply to emergency exit ladders?
WAC 296-96-11040	What lighting requirements apply to belt manlifts?
WAC 296-96-11045	What drive machine requirements apply to belt manlifts?
WAC 296-96-11048	What is an acceptable operating speed for a belt manlift?
WAC 296-96-11051	What are the construction requirements for steps?
WAC 296-96-11054	What requirements apply to the location and construction of handholds?
WAC 296-96-11057	What requirements apply to "up-limit stops"?
WAC 296-96-11060	What requirements apply to emergency stops?
WAC 296-96-11066	What are the warning sign requirements?
WAC 296-96-11070	Can you carry tools and materials on a belt manlift?
WAC 296-96-11078	What is required for belt manlift inspections?
WAC 296-96-13135	What are the requirements for electric manlifts?
WAC 296-96-13136	What are the minimum maintenance requirements for electric manlifts?
WAC 296-96-13139	What structural requirements apply to hoistway enclosures and landings?
WAC 296-96-13143	What structural requirements apply to hoistway gates and doors?
WAC 296-96-13145	What structural requirements apply to elevator cars?
WAC 296-96-13147	What structural requirements apply to elevator doors?
WAC 296-96-13149	What are the structural requirements for counterweights, counterweight enclosures, and counterweight fastenings?
WAC 296-96-13151	What construction requirements apply to car guide rails?
WAC 296-96-13153	What construction requirements apply to hoisting ropes?
WAC 296-96-13155	What are the requirements for a hoistway space?
WAC 296-96-13157	What requirements apply to car safeties?
WAC 296-96-13159	What requirements apply to brakes?
WAC 296-96-13161	What requirements apply to car controls and safety devices?
WAC 296-96-13167	What requirements apply to elevator driving machines?
WAC 296-96-13169	What requirements apply to car and counterweight buffers?
WAC 296-96-13171	What other requirements apply to electric manlifts?
WAC 296-96-14010	What is the scope and application of the department's hand-powered manlift rules?
WAC 296-96-14011	What are the minimum maintenance requirements for hand powered manlifts?
WAC 296-96-14020	What construction requirements apply to hoistway landings and entrances?
WAC 296-96-14025	What are acceptable hoistway clearances?
WAC 296-96-14030	Can there be a habitable space beneath an elevator hoistway or counterweight shaft?
WAC 296-96-14035	What construction requirements apply to hoistway guide rails?
WAC 296-96-14040	What installation requirements apply to buffer springs?
WAC 296-96-14045	What construction specifications apply to hoistway cars?
WAC 296-96-14050	What are the requirements for assembly, installation, and operation of sectional counterweights?
WAC 296-96-14055	What is the minimum acceptable sheave diameter?
WAC 296-96-14060	What requirements apply to hoisting ropes?
WAC 296-96-14065	What requirements apply to operating ropes?
WAC 296-96-14070	Where must hoistway lights be located?
WAC 296-96-14075	What is the factor of safety for overhead supports?
WAC 296-96-14080	What additional requirements apply to the installation and operation of hand powered manlifts?
WAC 296-96-16010	What is the scope of the department's casket lift regulations?
WAC 296-96-16011	What are the minimum maintenance requirements for casket lifts?
WAC 296-96-16020	What requirements apply to the location and operation of machine rooms and machinery space?
WAC 296-96-16030	What equipment can be located in a machine room?
WAC 296-96-16040	What requirements apply to the location of electrical wiring, pipes and ducts in hoistways and machine rooms?
WAC 296-96-16050	Is a pit required in a casket lift hoistway?
WAC 296-96-16060	What requirements apply to the size and location of hoistway door openings?
WAC 296-96-16070	How must hoistway doors be hung?
WAC 296-96-16080	Where must hoistway doors be located?
WAC 296-96-16090	What requirements apply to hoistway doors locks?
WAC 296-96-16100	How should space beneath a hoistway be protected?
WAC 296-96-16110	What requirements apply to car doors and gates?
WAC 296-96-16120	What requirements apply to car enclosures?
WAC 296-96-16130	What requirements apply to the construction of car frames and platforms?
WAC 296-96-16140	How must car frames and platforms be connected?
WAC 296-96-16150	What is the load capacity of a casket lift car?
WAC 296-96-16160	What types of casket lift driving machines are allowed?
WAC 296-96-16170	What material and grooving is required for sheaves and drums?
WAC 296-96-16180	What types of brakes must be used on the driving machine?
WAC 296-96-16190	Where must terminal stopping devices be located?
WAC 296-96-16200	What are the specifications for casket lift ropes and rope connections?
WAC 296-96-16210	What specific requirements apply to hydraulic casket lifts?
WAC 296-96-16220	What requirements apply to valves, supply piping, and fittings?
WAC 296-96-16230	What type of stopping devices must be installed?
WAC 296-96-16240	What type of operating devices must be used?
WAC 296-96-23105	What is the scope of Subpart I?
WAC 296-96-23110	What structural requirements apply to hoistway enclosures?
WAC 296-96-23111	Are guards required for windows in hoistway enclosures?
WAC 296-96-23113	What are the requirements for pipes in hoistways that convey gases, vapors, or liquids?
WAC 296-96-23121	What are the requirements for machine room and machinery space access?
WAC 296-96-23124	What installation requirements apply to pipes conveying gases, vapors, or liquids in machine rooms and machinery spaces?
WAC 296-96-23125	Must elevator machines and control equipment be protected from the weather?
WAC 296-96-23131	What requirements apply to pit drains?
WAC 296-96-23133	What requirements apply to counterweight pit guards?
WAC 296-96-23140	What requirements apply to any space below a hoistway that is not permanently protected from access?
WAC 296-96-23150	Are hoistway doors (gates) required?
WAC 296-96-23151	What requirements apply to hoistway door closing devices?
WAC 296-96-23152	What requirements apply to hoistway door vision panels?
WAC 296-96-23153	What requirements apply to door hangers for horizontal slide doors?
WAC 296-96-23154	Are astragals required?
WAC 296-96-23155	What requirements apply to pull straps?
WAC 296-96-23156	What requirements apply to landing sill clearances?
WAC 296-96-23157	What is the maximum allowable threshold clearance?
WAC 296-96-23160	What requirements apply to hoistway door (gate) locking devices?
WAC 296-96-23161	What requirements apply to elevator parking devices?
WAC 296-96-23162	What requirements apply to hoistway door unlocking devices?
WAC 296-96-23165	What requirements apply to reopening devices for power-operated car doors and gates?
WAC 296-96-23166	What requirements apply to photo electric or electric eye door reopening devices?
WAC 296-96-23203	What requirements apply to buffers and bumpers?
WAC 296-96-23206	What requirements apply to car platforms and frames?
WAC 296-96-23207	What requirements apply to platform guards (aprons)?
WAC 296-96-23208	What requirements apply to hinged platform sills?
WAC 296-96-23209	What requirements apply to floating (movable) platforms?
WAC 296-96-23215	What requirements apply to car enclosures?
WAC 296-96-23216	What requirements apply to the lining materials used on passenger car enclosures?
WAC 296-96-23220	What requirements apply to car doors and gates?
WAC 296-96-23221	What requirements apply to the location of car doors and gates?
WAC 296-96-23222	What control requirements apply to operating circuits?
WAC 296-96-23225	What requirements apply to car emergency exits?
WAC 296-96-23226	What requirements apply to car lighting?
WAC 296-96-23227	What requirements apply to car safeties?
WAC 296-96-23228	What is the maximum amount of governor rope movement allowed when operating a safety mechanism?
WAC 296-96-23229	What requirements apply to rail lubricants and lubrication plates?
WAC 296-96-23235	What requirements apply to speed governors?
WAC 296-96-23236	What requirements apply to speed governor overspeed and car safety mechanism switches?
WAC 296-96-23240	What is the minimum rated load for passenger elevators?
WAC 296-96-23241	What requirements apply to the use of partitions that reduce inside net platform area?
WAC 296-96-23243	What is the minimum rated load for freight elevators?
WAC 296-96-23244	What requirements apply to capacity plates?
WAC 296-96-23245	What requirements apply to signs on freight elevators?
WAC 296-96-23250	What general requirements apply to driving machines and sheaves?
WAC 296-96-23255	What requirements apply to winding drum machines?
WAC 296-96-23256	What requirements apply to indirect-drive machines?
WAC 296-96-23260	What requirements apply to driving machine brakes?
WAC 296-96-23261	What requirements apply to the application and release of driving machine brakes?
WAC 296-96-23262	What requirements apply to normal terminal stopping devices?
WAC 296-96-23264	What requirements apply to final terminal-stopping devices?
WAC 296-96-23266	What types of operating devices must not be used?
WAC 296-96-23268	What requirements apply to car-switch operation elevators?
WAC 296-96-23269	What requirements apply to passenger elevator emergency stop buttons?
WAC 296-96-23270	What requirements apply to car top operating devices?
WAC 296-96-23272	What electrical protective devices are required?
WAC 296-96-23274	What requirements apply to the power supply line disconnect?
WAC 296-96-23276	What requirements apply to phase reversal and failure protection methods?
WAC 296-96-23277	What requirements apply to grounding and overcurrent protections?
WAC 296-96-23278	What requirements apply to the absorption of regenerated power?
WAC 296-96-23279	What requirements apply to door by-pass systems?
WAC 296-96-23280	What requirements apply to all car emergency signaling devices in all buildings?
WAC 296-96-23282	What requirements apply to suspension systems?
WAC 296-96-23284	What is the factor of safety for wire suspension ropes?
WAC 296-96-23285	What is the minimum number of suspension ropes allowed?
WAC 296-96-23287	What requirements apply to suspension rope equalizers?
WAC 296-96-23288	What requirements apply to securing suspension wire ropes to winding drums?
WAC 296-96-23289	What requirements apply to spare rope turns on winding drum machines?
WAC 296-96-23290	What requirements apply to suspension rope fastenings?
WAC 296-96-23291	What requirements apply to auxiliary rope fastening devices?
WAC 296-96-23300	What is the scope of Subpart III, Hydraulic Elevators?
WAC 296-96-23302	What requirements apply to hoistways, hoistway enclosures and related construction?
WAC 296-96-23304	What requirements apply to buffers and bumpers?
WAC 296-96-23307	What requirements apply to car frames and platforms?
WAC 296-96-23309	What requirements apply to car enclosures?
WAC 296-96-23311	What requirements apply to capacity and loading?
WAC 296-96-23313	What requirements apply to driving machine connections?
WAC 296-96-23316	What requirements apply to plunger stops?
WAC 296-96-23318	What requirements apply to pump relief valves?
WAC 296-96-23321	What requirements apply to check valves?
WAC 296-96-23322	What requirements apply to supply piping and fittings?
WAC 296-96-23323	What requirements apply to flexible hydraulic connections?
WAC 296-96-23324	What general requirements apply to tanks?
WAC 296-96-23325	What requirements apply to pressure tanks?
WAC 296-96-23326	What requirements apply to terminal stopping devices?
WAC 296-96-23328	What requirements apply to operating devices?
WAC 296-96-23330	What requirements apply to car top operating devices?
WAC 296-96-23332	What requirements apply to anti-creep leveling devices?
WAC 296-96-23334	What requirements apply to electrical protective devices?
WAC 296-96-23336	What requirements apply to power supply line disconnects?
WAC 296-96-23338	What requirements apply to devices that make hoistway door interlocks or electric contacts and car door (gate) electric contacts inoperative?
WAC 296-96-23340	What requirements apply to control and operating circuits?
WAC 296-96-23342	What requirements apply to emergency operation and signaling devices?
WAC 296-96-23344	What additional requirements apply to counterweighted hydraulic elevators?
WAC 296-96-23400	What is the scope of Subpart IV, Escalators?
WAC 296-96-23405	What requirements apply to balustrades?
WAC 296-96-23408	How much clearance is required between skirt panels and step treads?
WAC 296-96-23410	What requirements apply to guards at ceiling or soffit intersections?
WAC 296-96-23412	What requirements apply to anti-slide devices?
WAC 296-96-23414	What requirements apply to handrails?
WAC 296-96-23416	What requirements apply to handrail guards?
WAC 296-96-23418	What requirements apply to step riser slotting?
WAC 296-96-23420	What requirements apply to step tread slotting?
WAC 296-96-23422	What requirements apply to combplates?
WAC 296-96-23424	What general requirements apply to escalator brakes?
WAC 296-96-23427	What requirements apply to main drive shaft brakes?
WAC 296-96-23429	What requirements apply to starting switches?
WAC 296-96-23431	What requirements apply to emergency stop buttons?
WAC 296-96-23432	What requirements apply to speed governors?
WAC 296-96-23434	What requirements apply to broken step-chain devices?
WAC 296-96-23436	What requirements apply to brake applications?
WAC 296-96-23438	What requirements apply to broken drive-chain devices?
WAC 296-96-23440	What requirements apply to skirt obstruction devices?
WAC 296-96-23442	What requirements apply to rolling shutter devices?
WAC 296-96-23444	What requirements apply to reversal stop device?
WAC 296-96-23446	What requirements apply to tandem operations?
WAC 296-96-23448	What requirements apply to caution signs?
WAC 296-96-23450	What requirements apply to step tread lighting?
WAC 296-96-23455	What requirements apply to comb and step distinction?
WAC 296-96-23460	What requirements apply to safety zone?
WAC 296-96-23465	What requirements apply to landing access plates?
WAC 296-96-23500	What is the scope of Subpart V, Dumbwaiters and hand-powered elevators?
WAC 296-96-23510	What requirements apply to electric and electro-hydraulic dumbwaiters?
WAC 296-96-23540	What requirements apply to hand-power elevators and dumbwaiters?
WAC 296-96-23600	What is the scope of Part VI, Alterations, Repairs and Maintenance?
WAC 296-96-23601	ASME A17.1-8.6.1.2.1 General maintenance requirements for conveyances regulated by ASME A17.1 Part 8.
WAC 296-96-23602	ASME A17.1-8.6.1.4 Maintenance records.
WAC 296-96-23603	ASME A17.1-8.6.1.6.3(a) Wiring diagrams.
WAC 296-96-23604	ASME A17.1-8.6.1.7 Periodic tests.
WAC 296-96-23610	What requirements apply to routine examinations and periodic or category 01, 03, and 05 safety tests?
WAC 296-96-23620	What requirements apply to alterations, repairs and maintenance?
WAC 296-96-23621	ASME A17.1-8.7.1.7 Repairs and replacement.
WAC 296-96-23630	What requirements apply to elevator equipment displaced by seismic activity?
WAC 296-96-23710	What requirements apply to lifts for the physically handicapped?
WAC 296-96-23800	What is the scope of Subpart VIII, Sidewalk Elevators?
WAC 296-96-23810	What requirements apply to electrically operated sidewalk elevators?

((NATIONAL)) ELEVATOR CODES AND SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED
TYPE OF CONVEYANCE	((NATIONAL)) CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS	DATE INSTALLED		COMMENTS
		FROM	TO
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators	American Standard Safety Code (ASA) A17.1, ((1962))1960	11/1/1963	12/29/1967	Adopted Standard

NATIONAL ELEVATOR CODES AND SUPPLEMENTS ADOPTED
TYPE OF CONVEYANCE	CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS	DATE INSTALLED		COMMENTS
TYPE OF CONVEYANCE	CODE AND SUPPLEMENTS	FROM	TO	COMMENTS
Moving Walks	American Standard Safety ((Association))Code (ASA) A17.1.13, 1962	11/1/1963	12/29/1967	Adopted Standard
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	U.S.A. Standards (((USAS))) USAS ((A17.1, 1965;))A17.1-1965 Supplements ((A17.1a, 1967; A17.1b, 1968; A17.1c, 1969;)) A17.1a-1967 A17.1b-1968 A17.1c-1969	12/30/1967	2/24/1972	Adopted Standard USAS 1965 includes revision and consolidation of ((A17.1-1, 1960, A17.1a, 1963, and A17.1-13, 1962))A17.1-1960, A17.1a-1963, & A17.1.13-1962. Adopted code and supplements, excluding Appendix E ((and))& ANSI ((17.1d, 1970))A17.1-1970.
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	American National Standards Institute ((ANSI A17.1, 1971)) A17.1-1971	2/25/1972	6/30/1982	Adopted Standard as amended and revised through 1971.
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ANSI ((A17.1, 1971; A17.1a, 1972))A17.1-1971; A17.1a-1972	2/25/1972	6/30/1982	Adopted Supplement
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ANSI ((A17.1, 1981)) A17.1-1981	7/1/1982	1/9/1986	Adopted Standard
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ANSI ((A17.1a, 1982)) A17.1a-1982	3/1/1984	1/9/1986	Adopted Supplement
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ANSI ((A17.1b, 1983)) A17.1b-1983	12/1/1984	1/9/1986	Adopted Supplement, except portable escalators covered by Part VIII ((of A17.1b, 1983))A17.1b-1983.
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ANSI ((A17.1, 1984)) A17.1-1984	1/10/1986	12/31/1988	Adopted Standard Except Part XIX. After 11/1/1988 Part II, Rule 211.3b was replaced by WAC 296-81-275.
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ANSI ((A17.1a, 1985)) A17.1a-1985	1/10/1986	12/31/1988	Adopted Supplement
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ANSI ((A17.1b, 1985; A17.1c, 1986; A17.1d, 1986; and A17.1e, 1987))A17.1b-1985 A17.1c-1986 A17.1d-1986 A17.1e-1987	12/6/1987	12/31/1988	Adopted Supplement
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ANSI ((A17.1, 1987)) A17.1-1987	1/1/1989	12/31/1992	Adopted Standard Except Part XIX and Part II, Rule 211.3b. WAC 296-81-275 replaced Part II, Rule 211.3b.
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ASME ((A17.1, 1990)) A17.1-1990	1/1/1993	2/28/1995	Adopted Standard Except Part XIX and Part V, Section 513. Chapter 296-94 WAC replaced Part V, Section 513.
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ASME ((A17.1, 1993)) A17.1-1993	3/1/1995	6/30/1998	Adopted Standard Except Part XIX and Part V, Section 513. Chapter 296-94 WAC replaced Part V, Section 513.
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ASME ((A17.1, 1996)) A17.1-1996	6/30/1998	6/30/2004	Adopted Standard Except Part V, Section 513.
Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ASME ((A17.1, 2000; A17.1a, 2002; A17.1b, 2003))A17.1-2000 A17.1a-2002 A17.1b-2003	7/1/2004	1/1/2008	Adopted Standards and Addenda Except Rules 2.4.12.2, 8.6.5.8 and Sections 5.4, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.9, 7.10, 8.10.1.1.3 and 8.11.1.1.
Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts	ASME ((A18.1, 1999; A18.1a, 2001; A18.1b, 2001))A18.1-1999 A18.1a-2001 A18.1b-2001	7/1/2004	1/1/2008	Adopted Standards and Addenda.
Safety Code for Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Residential Elevators, Special Purpose	ASME A17.1-2004((;)) A17.1a-2005	1/1/2008	1/1/2014	Adopted Standards and Addenda Except Rules 2.4.7.2, marked car top clearance space, 8.6.5.8, Maintenance of safety bulkhead, 5.4, Private residence incline elevators, 7.4 & 7.5 &7.9 & 7.10 Material lifts, 8.10.1.1.3 and 8.11.1.1, QEI-1 inspector.
Safety Code for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts	ASME A18.1-2005	1/1/2008	1/1/2014
Safety Code for Belt Manlifts	ASME A90.1-2003	1/1/2008	1/1/2014
Safety Code for Personnel Hoists, Retroactive	ANSI A10.4-2004	1/1/2008	1/1/2014
Safety Code for Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Residential Elevators, Special Purpose	ASME A17.1-2010	1/1/2014	((Current)) 8/31/2018
Standard for Elevator Suspension, Compensation, and Governor Systems	ASME A17.6-2010	1/1/2014	Current
Safety Code for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts	ASME A18.1-2011	1/1/2014	((Current)) 8/31/2018
Safety Code for Belt Manlifts ((Safety))	ASME A90.1-2009	1/1/2014	((Current)) 8/31/2018
Safety Code for Personnel Hoists	ANSI A10.4-2007	1/1/2014	((Current)) 8/31/2018
Safety Code for Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Residential Elevators, and Special Purpose	ASME A17.1-2016/CSA B44-16	9/1/2018	Current
Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks	ASME A17.2-2017	9/1/2018	Current
Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators	ASME A17.3-2015	9/1/2018	Current
Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chair Lifts	ASME A18.1-2017	9/1/2018	Current
Safety Code for Belt Manlifts	ASME A90.1-2015	9/1/2018	Current
Safety Code for Personnel Hoists	ASSE/ANSI A10.4-2016	9/1/2018	Current
Safety Code for Material Hoists	ASSE/ANSI A10.5-2013	9/1/2018	Current

TOTAL COST OF ((CONVEYANCE))INSTALLATION OR ALTERATION		FEE
$0 to and including $1,000 . . . .		$64.30
$1,001 to and including $5,000 . . . .		$96.50
$5,001 to and including $7,000 . . . .		$161.20
$7,001 to and including $10,000 . . . .		$193.60
$10,001 to and including $15,000 . . . .		$258.30
OVER $15,000 for installation only*. . . .		$361.60 plus
OVER $15,000 for alteration only*. . . .		$258.30
	*Each additional $1,000 or fraction thereof . . . .	$8.90

TYPE OF CONVEYANCE	FEE
Each inclined stairway chair lift in private residence . . . .	$30.00
Each inclined wheel chair lift in a private residence . . . .	$30.00
Each vertical wheel chair lift in a private residence . . . .	$37.80
Each dumbwaiter in a private residence . . . .	$30.00
Each inclined elevator at a private residence . . . .	$107.30
Each private residence elevator . . . .	$69.10
Duplication of a lost, damaged or stolen operating permit . . . .	$12.60

TYPE OF CONVEYANCE	FEE
Each hydraulic elevator . . . .	$129.00
Each roped-hydraulic elevator . . . .	$161.20
plus for each hoistway opening in excess of two . . . .	$12.60
Each cable elevator . . . .	$161.20
plus for each hoistway opening in excess of two . . . .	$12.60
Each cable elevator traveling more than 25 feet without an opening—for each 25 foot traveled . . . .	$12.60
Each limited-use/limited-application (—LULA) elevator . . . .	$129.00
Each escalator . . . .	$107.20
Each dumbwaiter in other than a private residence . . . .	$69.10
Each material lift. . . .	$129.00
Each incline elevator in other than a private residence . . . .	$138.70
Each belt manlift . . . .	$129.00
Each stair lift in other than a private residence . . . .	$69.10
Each wheel chair lift in other than a private residence . . . .	$69.10
Each personnel hoist . . . .	$129.00
Each grain elevator personnel lift . . . .	$107.20
Each material hoist . . . .	$129.00
Each special purpose elevator . . . .	$129.00
Each private residence elevator installed in other than a private residence . . . .	$129.00
Each casket lift . . . .	$107.20
Each sidewalk freight elevator . . . .	$107.20
Each hand-powered manlift or freight elevator . . . .	$72.60
Each boat launching elevator . . . .	$107.20
Each auto parking elevator . . . .	$107.20
Each moving walk . . . .	$107.20
Duplication of a damaged, lost or stolen operating permit . . . .	$12.60

(((a)	Operation of a conveyance without a permit or written approval from the department:
	First violation. . . .	$171.20
	Second violation. . . .	$342.60
	Each additional violation. . . .	$500.00
(b)	Installation of a conveyance without a permit:
	First violation. . . .	$171.20
	Second violation. . . .	$342.60
	Each additional violation. . . .	$500.00
(c)	Relocation of a conveyance without a permit:
	First violation. . . .	$171.20
	Second violation. . . .	$342.60
	Each additional violation. . . .	$500.00
(d)	Alteration of a conveyance without a permit:
	First violation. . . .	$171.20
	Second violation. . . .	$342.60
	Each additional violation. . . .	$500.00
(e)	(i) Operation of a conveyance for which the department has issued a red tag or has revoked or suspended an operating permit or operation of a decommissioned elevator. . . .	$500.00
	(ii) Removal of a red tag from a conveyance . . . .	$500.00
(f)	Failure to comply with a correction notice:
	After 90 days. . . .	$114.10
	After 180 days. . . .	$285.40
	After 270 days. . . .	$457.00
	After 360 days. . . .	$500.00
	Each 30 days after 360 days. . . .	$500.00
	Note: Penalties are cumulative
(g)	Failure to submit official written notification that all corrections have been completed:
	After 90 days. . . .	$114.10
	After 180 days. . . .	$285.40
	After 270 days. . . .	$457.00
	After 360 days. . . .	$500.00
	Each 30 days after 360 days. . . .	$500.00
	Note: Penalties are cumulative
(h)	Failure to notify the department of each accident to a person requiring the services of a physician or resulting in a disability exceeding one day may result in a $500.00 penalty per day. The conveyance must be removed from service until the department authorizes the operation of the conveyance. This may require an inspection and the applicable fees will be applied. Failure to remove the conveyance from service may result in an additional $500.00 penalty per day.	$500.00 Plus WAC 296-96-01057
(i)	Falsifying official written documentation submitted to the department. Each day is a separate violation.	$500.00))

	First violation		Second violation		Each additional violation
(a) Operation of a conveyance without a permit or written approval from the department:	$171.20		$342.60		$500.00
(b) Installation of a conveyance without a permit:	$171.20		$342.60		$500.00
(c) Relocation of a conveyance without a permit:	$171.20		$342.60		$500.00
(d) Alteration of a conveyance without a permit:	$171.20		$342.60		$500.00
(e)(i) Operation of a conveyance for which the department has issued a red tag or has revoked or suspended an operating permit or operation of a decommissioned elevator:	$500.00
(ii) Removal of a red tag from a conveyance:	$500.00
	After:*
	90 Days	180 Days	270 Days	360 Days	Each 30 days after 360
(f) Failure to comply with a correction notice:	$114.10	$285.40	$457.00	$500.00	$500.00
(g) Failure to submit official written notification that all corrections have been completed:	$114.10	$285.40	$457.00	$500.00	$500.00
(h) Failure to notify the department of each accident to a person requiring the services of a physician or resulting in a disability exceeding one day may result in a $500.00 penalty per day. The conveyance shall be removed from service until the department authorizes the operation of the conveyance. This may require an inspection and the applicable fees will be applied. Failure to remove the conveyance from service may result in an additional $500.00 penalty per day.
(i) Falsifying official written documentation submitted to the department. Each day is a separate violation: $500.00.