Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part I - Department of Labor and Industry
Chapter 7 - ELEVATORS, LIFTS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, HOISTS ANDTRAMWAYS
Subchapter G - MANLIFTS
SPECIFICATIONS
Section 7.224 - Landing guards
Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 7.224
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) On the ascending side of a manlift, landings shall be provided with a bevel guard or cone meeting the following requirements:
(1)
The cone shall make an angle of not less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
An angle of 60° or greater shall be used where ceiling heights
permit.
(2) The guard shall extend
at least 36 inches outward from the face of the belt, but not beyond the upper
surface of the floor above.
(3) The
cone shall be made of not less than No. 18 U.S. gage sheet steel or material of
equivalent strength or stiffness. The lower ledge shall be rolled to a minimum
diameter of 1/2 inch and the interior shall be smooth with no rivets, bolts, or
screws protruding.
(b) It should be noted that cones on the down run of the belt serve as fairly effective fire stops and tend to prevent the loss of warm air from lower floors.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 7.223 (relating to landings).
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