Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) The
following periodic testing under "ASME A17.1-2000" with "A17.1a-2002" addenda
is required. A construction code official shall witness all of the testing:
(1) Category One under section
8.11.2.2 at 5-year
intervals.
(2) Category Five under
section 8.11.2.3 at 5-year
intervals.
(3) Category One under
section 8.11.3.2 at 3-year intervals.
Periodic inspection and testing shall be phased in over a 3-year period as
follows:
(i) Elevators installed before 1973
shall receive periodic inspection and testing on or before April 9,
2005.
(ii) Elevators installed
between 1973 and 1992 shall receive periodic inspection by April 9,
2006.
(iii) Elevators installed
after 1992 shall receive periodic inspection and testing by April 9,
2007.
(4) Category Three
under section
8.11.3.3 at 5-year
intervals.
(5) Category Five under
section 8.11.3.4 at 5-year
intervals.
(6) Category One under
section 8.11.4.2 at 3-year
intervals.
(7) Other equipment
under section
8.11.5 at 5-year intervals as
follows:
(i) Sidewalk elevators under section
8.11.5.1.
(ii) Hand elevators under
section 8.11.5.3.
(iii) Dumbwaiters
under section 8.11.5.4.
(iv)
Special purpose personnel elevators under section 8.11.5.6.
(v) Inclined elevators under section
8.11.5.7.
(vi) Screw column
elevators under section 8.11.5.9.
(vii) Rooftop elevators under section
8.11.5.10.
(viii) Rack and pinion
elevators under section 8.11.5.11.
(ix) Limited use and limited application
elevators under section 8.11.5.12.
(x) Elevators used for construction under
section 8.11.5.13.
(b) A construction code official shall
witness each test enumerated in this section.
(c) Inspection and testing under "ASME
A.18.1-1999" with "A18.1a-2001" addenda are required at the following
intervals:
(1) Testing under section
10.3.1 shall be conducted at
5-year intervals.
(2) Testing under
section 10.3.2 shall be conducted at
5-year intervals.
(3) Testing under
section 10.3.3 shall be conducted at
5-year intervals.
(d) A
lumber elevator equipped with platform safety devices shall be tested with
rated load at intervals that may not exceed 5 years.
(e) Stage, orchestra and organ lifts equipped
with a platform safety device shall be tested with rated loads at intervals
that may not exceed 5 years.
(f)
Vertical reciprocating conveyers with a platform safety device shall be tested
at intervals that do not exceed 5 years.
(g) A construction code official shall
complete a test report after the official witnesses a periodic test in a format
acceptable to the Department. The construction code official shall submit the
report to the Department within 15 days of witnessing the tests. All of the
following information is required in the report:
(1) The test results.
(2) The day, month and year of the
test.
(3) The beginning and
concluding times of the test.
(4)
The construction code official's signature. The construction code official may
use an electronic signature.
(h) A metal tag shall be permanently attached
on an elevator that successfully passes the test under this section in
accordance with all of the following:
(1) The
metal tag shall be furnished by the company that performed the
testing.
(2) The metal tag shall be
attached to the elevator safety-releasing carrier for safety tests or to the
controller for all other tests.
(3)
The tag shall contain all of the following:
(i) The day, month and year of the
test.
(ii) The name of the company
that performed the test.
(iii) The
type of test performed.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
405.1 (relating to
scope).
