Code of Massachusetts Regulations
524 CMR - BOARD OF ELEVATOR REGULATIONS
Title 524 CMR 26.00 - Certain Elevator Equipment Used as Motor Vehicle Parking Devices
Section 26.12 - Car and Counterweight Safeties and Speed Governors
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Car safeties conforming to 524 CMR 35.00: Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts Modifications of That Code shall be provided. All operating parts of the safety shall be protected from the elements.
EXCEPTIONS:
(2) Counterweight safeties shall be provided where there is an occupied space or passage underneath the hoistway.
(3) Car or counterweight safeties, where required or used, shall be operated by speed governors conforming to 524 CMR 35.00: Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts Modifications of That Code.
EXCEPTIONS: The tripping speed of speed governors for roped hydraulic elevators shall be based on the maximum speed attained by the elevator car in the down direction with rated load on the platform instead of on rated speed.