Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS
Subchapter B - PASSENGER ELEVATORS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.58 - Capacity
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) Net platform area shall not exceed the area given in the following table for various lifting capacities of passenger elevators. Intermediate capacities not listed shall have their maximum area interpolated from the ratings given:
| Lifting Capacity | Maximum Net Area(in square feet) |
| 500 | 7.00 |
| 600 | 8.30 |
| 700 | 9.60 |
| 1000 | 13.25 |
| 1200 | 15.60 |
| 1500 | 18.90 |
| 1800 | 22.10 |
| 2000 | 24.20 |
| 2500 | 29.10 |
| 3000 | 33.70 |
| 3500 | 38.00 |
| 4000 | 42.20 |
| 4500 | 46.20 |
| 5000 | 50.00 |
| 6000 | 57.70 |
| 7000 | 65.30 |
| 8000 | 72.90 |
| 9000 | 80.50 |
| 10000 | 88.00 |
| 12000 | 103.00 |
| 15000 | 125.10 |
| 18000 | 146.90 |
| 20000 | 161.20 |
| 25000 | 196.50 |
| 30000 | 231.00 |
(b) The lifting capacity of an existing elevator shall be equal to a live load of not less than 75 pounds per square foot of floor area of the elevator car; 50 pounds per square foot may be accepted when elevators are located in hospitals and special permission is secured from the Department. The number of passengers permitted to ride on a passenger elevator at any one time is based on a ratio of one passenger to 2 square feet of floor area. Such rating shall be designated on the data plate posted in the car.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 7.71 (relating to conflicts).
