Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Subtitle 8 - HAWAII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH DIVISION
Part 11 - ELEVATORS AND RELATED SYSTEMS
Chapter 229 - GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND LEGAL PROVISIONS
Exhibit C - INSPECTION AND TEST INTERVALS (IN MONTHS)
Equipment Type |
Permit Renewal |
Category 3 |
Category 5 |
Electrical Elevators |
12 |
N/A |
60 |
Hydraulic Elevators |
12 |
36 |
N/A |
Escalators and Moving Walks[1] |
12 |
36 |
N/A |
Dumbwaiters |
12 |
36 |
60 |
Material Lifts |
12 |
36 |
60 |
Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts |
12 |
N/A |
N/A |
Inclined Elevators |
12 |
36 |
60 |
Screw-Column Elevators |
12 |
36 |
60 |
Roof-top Elevators |
12 |
36 |
60 |
Limited-use/Limited-Application Elevators |
3 |
36 |
60 |
Construction Cars |
3 |
36 |
60 |
Personnel Hoists[2] |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
Amusement Rides |
6 |
N/A |
N/A |
1 Internal inspections of escalators and moving walks shall be performed at intervals of 36 months.
2 Personnel hoists shall be load tested at intervals of 3 months.
Where an equipment is listed under both Category 3 of 36 months and Category 5 of 60 months, the appropriate testing interval is dependent on whether the lifting mechanism is rope or hydraulic or a combination of rope and hydraulic.