Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Application.
The requirements of this Chapter shall apply to all installations of elevators,
dumbwaiters, escalators, and other lifts as hereinafter specified.
(2) Responsibility. Responsibility for the
care, operation and maintenance of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and
other lifts shall be as follows:
(a) The
person or firm installing, relocating or altering an elevator, dumbwaiter,
escalator, or other lift shall be responsible for its operation and maintenance
until the operating permit therefor has been issued by the Commissioner, except
during the period when any limited operating permit, as defined in Rule
0800-03-04-.06(4), (5) and
(6) hereof, shall be in effect, and shall
also be responsible for all tests of new, relocated and altered equipment until
the operating permit therefor has been issued by the Commissioner.
(b) The owner or his duly appointed agent
shall be responsible for the safe operation and proper maintenance of the
elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, or other lift, after the operating permit has
been issued by the Commissioner and also during the period of effectiveness of
any limited operating permit as defined in Rule
0800-03-04-.06(4), (5) and
(6) hereof. The Owner shall also be
responsible for making all initial and periodic tests required by this
Chapter.
(3) Exceptions
And Use Of Other Devices And Methods. The Board only shall have power to grant
exceptions from the requirements of this Chapter and to permit the use of other
devices and methods at its discretion, within the limitations stated in the
Elevator Safety Code.
(4) Numbering
of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators and Other Lifts. All new and existing
elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and other lifts shall have a serial number
assigned by the Department stamped on or attached to the crosshead of the
elevator car and/or to the escalator ballaster in plain view. This serial
number shall be shown on all required permits.
(5) Construction Permits.
(a) A construction permit shall be obtained
from the Department before erecting or constructing new elevators, dumbwaiters,
escalators, and other lifts, moving such apparatus from one hoistway to
another, or before making alterations to existing equipment. The owner, or his
authorized agent, shall submit an application for such permit accompanied by
plans and specifications in duplicate, in such form as the Department may
prescribe. Where such plans and specifications indicate compliance with this
Chapter the Commissioner shall issue a construction permit.
(b) The acceptance fees are to be the same as
the permit fees. No permit shall be required for repairs and replacements
normally necessary for maintenance with parts of equivalent materials, strength
and design.
(6)
Registration of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators and Other Lifts.
(a) Within sixty days after the date of
adoption of this Chapter, the owner or lessee of every existing elevator,
dumbwaiter, escalator, and other lift shall register with the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development each such elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, or
other lift owned and operated by such owner, giving type, contract load, and
speed, name of manufacturer, its location and the purpose for which it is used
and such other information as the Department may require. Such registration
shall be made on a form to be furnished by the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development on request.
(b) Elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and
other lifts whose erection is begun subsequent to the date of adoption, but
prior to the effective date of this Chapter, shall be registered with the
Department within not more than seven (7) days after they are completed and
placed in service.
(7)
Maintenance of Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators and Other Lifts. Every
elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, and other lift shall be maintained by the
owner or lessee in a safe operating condition and in conformity with the rules
of this Chapter.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
68-121-101,
68-121-103,
68-121-104,
68-121-105,
68-121-107,
68-121-108,
68121-109, 68-121-111, and 68-121-115.
