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 3093.35 - Terminal Stopping Devices
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Upper and lower normal terminal stopping devices, operated by the car, shall be provided and shall be set to stop the car at, or near, the upper and lower terminal landings. The switches shall be opened as required by Section 3039(a).
(b) Upper and lower final terminal stopping devices shall be provided, operated by the car, to remove power from the motor and the brake. They shall be set to stop the car after it travels past the normal terminal stopping device and before an obstruction is struck. The switches shall be opened as required by Section 3039(b).
EXCEPTION to subsection 3093.35(b): A slack-rope switch conforming to the requirements of subsection 3040(b)(1) may be used as the lower final terminal stopping device.
(c) If the driving machine is of the winding drum or sprocket and chain suspension type, a final terminal stopping device operated by the driving machine shall also be provided.
(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-3093.35)
1. New section filed 7-22-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 36).
2. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b), repealer of subsection (d), and amendment of NOTE filed 3-9-93; operative 4-8-93 (Register 93, No. 11).
3. 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; and Section 18943, Health and Safety Code.
