Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
1. All facilities for which construction or
relocation was begun or which were in operation prior to July 1, 1986, in South
Carolina shall comply with the requirements of the 1986 edition of the ANSI
A17.3, the American National Standard Safety Code for Existing Elevators and
Escalators. In the alternative, manlifts may comply with the 1985 edition of
the ANSI A90.1 Safety Standards for Manlifts and all supplements thereto;
existing power sidewalk elevators may comply with A17.1, 1987 edition, part IV;
existing hand and power dumbwaiters may comply with A17.1, 1987 edition, part
VII; existing special purpose personnel elevators may comply with A17.1, 1987
edition, part XV; and existing inclined stairway chairlifts and vertical wheel
chair lifts may comply with A17.1, 1987 edition, part XX or part V, provided
the lift is key operated and a sign is installed stating "for handicap use
only". Compliance with the requirements of any later edition of the required
safety codes shall be accepted by the Commissioner as compliance with this
section.
2. All existing facilities
shall be free from recognized hazards or defects which may cause serious
injury.
3. All safety devices
provided by the manufacturer and installed on any existing facility shall be
maintained so as to operate properly per manufacturer's specifications, or
replaced with equivalent equipment.
4. Miscellaneous Safety Requirements for
Existing Facilities.
A. All sumps in pits
shall be covered. The cover shall be level with the pit floor.
B. Except where compensating chains or ropes
are attached to the counterweight, all counterweights shall be provided with a
guard of sufficient size and strength to prevent accidental contact with the
counterweight while working in the pit. Where existing clearance does not
permit a guard, a warning chain attached to the counterweight would meet this
requirement.
C. A permanent
lighting fixture shall be provided in all pits, which shall provide an
illumination of not less than five (5) footcandles (54 lux) at the pit floor. A
light switch shall be located so as to be accessible from the pit access
door.
D. Each elevator shall be
equipped with switches to interrupt electric power to the elevator driving
machine motor and brake. The switches shall be conspicuously marked "Stop" and
"Run".
(1) A switch shall be located so as to
be accessible from the entry into the pit. If the pit is deeper than seven (7')
feet there shall be an additional stop switch which is accessible from the pit
floor.
(2) A switch shall be
located so as to be accessible from the door to all auxiliary machinery
spaces.
E. Escalators
shall be equipped with a stop switch located so as to be accessible from the
point of access into the machinery space. When opened, this switch shall cause
the electric power to be removed from the escalator driving machine motor and
brake. The switch shall be conspicuously and permanently marked "Stop" and
"Run". No additional stop switch is required when the main disconnect switch is
in the machinery space.
F. All
ladders in pits shall be mounted adjacent to the side of the door where the
unlocking device is located unless clearances prevent this.
G. All light fixtures shall be guarded and
maintained in a fully operational condition.
H. Counterweight runby shall not be less than
the setting of the top final limit plus two (2) inches,
I. Emergency signaling devices for facilities
in unattended buildings shall have a minimum sound rating of 80 db measured ten
(10) feet from the device.
J.
[Deleted].
K. Car gates, when fully
closed, shall extend from the car floor to a height of not less than six (6)
feet, where existing overhead clearances permit.
L. All passenger elevators shall be equipped
with a standby power source capable of operating emergency lighting and the
alarm bell for a period of at least four (4) hours in the event the normal
power source fails. No less than two (2) lamps shall be used for emergency
lighting.
M. A17.3, Rule 3.11.3 is
repealed. Substitute Rule 5200 4 M to read in its entirety:
(1) All automatic (non-designated attendant)
operation elevators having a travel of fifty-four (54) feet from the lowest
point of entry to the building shall conform to the requirements of ANSI/ASME
A17.1, 1987 edition, Rules 211.3 through 211.8.
(2) All elevators having car switch operation
or constant pressure operation or manual door opening and closing or nuclear
facilities employing high radiation are not required to install Firemans
Service.
(3) All existing
installations shall have a conspicuous sign installed at each landing
immediately adjacent to the push button station to inform the public that in a
fire emergency they should not use the elevator but should use the exit
stairs.
N. A17.3, Rule
2.7.4 is repealed. Substitute Rule 5200 4 N to read in its entirety: All
passenger elevators installed within dormitories, apartment building, motels,
hotels, and schools shall comply with the following:
(1) When a car is outside the unlocking zone,
the hoistway doors or car doors shall be so arranged that the hoistway doors or
car doors cannot be opened more than four (4) inches (102mm) from inside the
car.
(2) When the car doors are so
arranged that they cannot be opened when the car is outside the unlocking zone,
the car doors shall be able to open from outside the car without the use of
special tools.
(3) The unlocking
zone shall extend from the landing floor level to a point no greater than
eighteen (18) inches (457mm) above or below the landing floor level.
O. The owner of an existing
facility whose car enclosure is being altered with materials or design
different from the original must obtain an alteration permit from the
department. At the completion of the alteration, an appropriate test for rated
speed and rated load must be performed.
P. All existing passenger elevators equipped
with door restrictors shall be provided with floor numbers conforming to the
requirements of 71-5100-4 -B.
Q.
The owner of every facility shall have available on the premises any keys
needed for access to machinery spaces and operation of the facility.
