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 3093.14 - Location and Guarding of Counterweights

Access shall be provided for inspection, maintenance, and repair of an enclosed counterweight and its ropes. Doors on the counterweight enclosure shall be self-closing and self-locking and openable from the outside only with a suitable key. If the enclosure is of such size that the door can be closed when the enclosure is occupied by a person, the door shall be easily openable from the inside without the use of a key or other instrument. A stop switch conforming to the requirements of subsection 3040(b)(5) shall be located adjacent to and inside the opening and operable without entering the enclosure.

(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-3093.14)

1. New section filed 7-22-86; effective thirtieth thereafter (Register 86, No. 36).
2. Editorial correction of fourth sentence (Register 95, No. 41).
3. Amendment of section heading and section 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.