California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 4 - Construction Safety Orders
Article 14 - Construction Hoists
Section 1604.6 - Hoistway Doors and Door Locking Devices
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Height, Material, and Installation.
(b) Door Locking Devices.
Landing doors shall be provided with a means that will lock the doors mechanically so that they cannot be opened from the landing side.
These locks shall, at the landings other than the lowest landing, be of a type that can be released only by a person in the car.
If the door at the lowest terminal landing is locked automatically when closed with the car at the landing, it shall be provided with means to unlock it from the landing side to permit access to the car. The means provided shall be accessible only to authorized persons. A hook and eye shall be prohibited as a door locking device.
1. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsections (a)(1)-(5) and new NOTE filed 1-28-2003; operative 2-27-2003 (Register 2003, No. 5).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.