Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 010 - Department of Labor
Division 05 - Elevator Safety Division
Rule 010.05.08-001 - Safety Requirements for Personnel Hoists and Employee Elevators

Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 010.05.08-001

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024

010.05 Administrative Regulations of the Elevator Safety Board for the Elevator Safety Division of the Arkansas Department of Labor

010.05-011 New Construction and Installation
A. Minimum Standards
1. All new elevators, escalators, and dumbwaiters shall be constructed and installed in conformity with the standards in The American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.1 - 2007. These standards are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein.

2. The minimum standards for the construction and installation of vertical platform lifts, inclined wheelchair lifts, inclined stairway chairlifts and residential elevators shall be ASME A18.1 2005, which is hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein.

3. The minimum standards for the construction and demolition industry shall be ANSI/ASSE A10.4 - 2007, Safety Requirements for Personnel Hoists and Employee Elevators, which is hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein.

4. This Rule does not include any later amendments or editions of the standards incorporated by reference.

5. Copies of these standards incorporated by reference can be viewed in the offices of the division or can be obtained by contacting the following:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

22 Law Drive

P. O. Box 2300

Fairfield, NJ 07007-2300

1-800-843-27633.

www.asme.org

010.05-020 Repealer, Effective Date and History
A. All previous rules and regulations of the Elevator Safety Board are hereby repealed.

B. The effective date of these rules and regulations is the 1st day of September 1, 2006.

C. History.
1. The Elevator Safety Board first promulgated regulations effective August 27, 1963. These regulations were amended effective May 8, 1964; May 4, 1965; July 1, 1968; April 1, 1969; May 19, 1969; September 19, 1969; and July 1, 1975.

2. All previous rules and regulations of the Elevator Safety Board were repealed and new rules and regulations were adopted effective February 1, 1994.

3. All previous rules and regulations of the Elevator Safety Board were repealed and new rules and regulations were adopted effective September 1, 2006.

NOTE: Effective June 1, 2008, Regulation 010.05-011 was amended to adopt ASME A17.1 - 2007 and ANSI/ASSE A10.4 - 2007

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