California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 6 - Elevator Safety Orders
Group II - Elevator Installations for Which the Installation Contract Was Signed Before October 25, 1998
Article 12.3 - Special Purpose Personnel Elevators
Section 3085.13 - Counterweight Guiding and Construction [Rule 1502.3]
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Counterweights shall be guided to prevent horizontal movement. Guide rails, where used, shall conform to the requirements of Section 3085.11. [1502.3a]
(b) A car counterweight on drum machines shall not be of sufficient weight to cause slackening of any car hoisting rope during acceleration or retardation of the car. [1502.3b]
(c) Types of Counterweight Construction [1502.3c]
EXCEPTION to subsection 3085.13(c): Tie rods are not required were other means are provided to retain weight sections in place if they become broken.
(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-3085.13)
1. Editorial correction of subsection (c) EXCEPTION (Register 95, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
