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 15 - Special Access Elevators and Special Access Lifts
Section 3093.13 - Counterweights
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Counterweights, where used, shall run in guide rails.
(b) Counterweights shall be located as required by subsection 3013(a).
(c) Where a car counterweight is used, it shall not be of sufficient weight to cause slackening of any rope during acceleration or retardation of the car.
(d) The counterweight sections, whether carried in a frame or not, shall be fastened together and shall also be secured to prevent shifting by an amount which will reduce the running clearance to less than that specified in subsection 3093.6(a).
(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-3093.13)
1. New section filed 7-22-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 36).
2. Amendment of section heading filed 8-29-2001; operative 9-28-2001 (Register 2001, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.
