N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 §§ 8-2.29

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 53, December 31, 2024

Section 8-2.29 - Hoistways

In factory buildings erected before October 1, 1913; in mercantile establishments in buildings erected before November 1, 1920.

(a) Hoistways shall be enclosed on all sides not used for loading to a height of not less than 72 inches from each floor.

Exception:At the upper floor of the hoistway enclosure may terminate level with the floor of the dumbwaiter when at its highest point of travel; minimum height of the enclosure on all sides shall be 30 inches. Where the counterweight travels higher, the intervening space between the bottom of the counterweight and the hoist enclosure shall be guarded.

(b) On loading sides the enclosure shall extend from floor to ceiling except that portion necessary for gates or doors.

Exceptions:

(1) Existing enclosures on loading sides not less than 72 inches high may remain as installed.

(2) At the upper floor the hoistway enclosure may terminate level with the floor of the dumbwaiter when at its highest point of travel; minimum height of the enclosure on all sides shall be 30 inches. Where the counterweight travels higher, the intervening space between the bottom of the counterweight and the hoist enclosure shall be guarded.

(c) Hoistway enclosures shall be walls, mesh work, grille work or slatted partitions.

(d) All openings in the hoistway enclosure shall be provided with doors or gates. The width of the door or gate shall not exceed the width of dumbwaiter more than six inches. The maximum height of the hoistway door opening for any height car shall be 54 inches and the bottom of such opening shall be not less than 30 inches from the floor.

(e) Hoistway doors and gates.

(1) Hoistway doors or gates shall be self-closing or manually operated.

(2) All hoistway doors or gates shall be kept closed except the door used for operating the dumbwaiter.

(3) A sign with letters not less than one inch high reading: "Danger! Keep Door Closed" shall be posted or painted on each hoistway door.

(f) Machinery and hoist ropes.

(1) All dumbwaiter machinery and attachments shall be made sufficiently strong for the purpose intended and shall be properly installed and maintained.

(2) All dumbwaiters hereafter installed shall have self-locking brakes.

(3) There shall be posted or painted on the front of each dumbwaiter car a capacity sign with letters and figures not less than one-half inch high, thus: "Capacity. . . lbs."

(4) The hoist ropes or cables shall have a factor of safety of not less than six.

In factory buildings erected after October 1, 1913; in mercantile establishments in buildings erected after November 1, 1920.

(g) Hoistway.

(1) The hoistway shall be enclosed in fireproof partitions conforming to the specifications of section 8-1.61.

(2) All openings in the hoistway enclosure shall be provided with fire doors (§ 8-1.62); the width of the door shall not exceed with the width of the dumbwaiter more than six inches. The maximum height of the hoistway door opening for any height car shall be 54 inches; the bottom of such opening shall be not less than 30 inches from the floor.

(3) The hoistway doors shall be self-closing or manually operated.

(4) All hoistway doors shall be kept closed except the door used for operating the dumbwaiter.

(5) Each manually operated hoistway door shall have a fusible link in the counterweight chain or latch used for holding the door open while in use so located as to readily release from excessive heat through the opening.

(6) A sign with letters not less than one inch high reading: "Danger! Keep Door Closed" shall be posted or painted on each hoistway door.

(h) Machinery and hoist ropes.

(1) All dumbwaiter machinery and attachments shall be made sufficiently strong for the purpose intended and shall be properly installed and maintained.

(2) All dumbwaiters hereafter installed shall have self-locking brakes.

(3) There shall be posted or painted on the front of each dumbwaiter car, a capacity sign with letters and figures not less than one-half inch high, thus: "Capacity. . . lbs."

(4) The hoist ropes or cables shall have a factor of safety of not less than six.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 12 §§ 8-2.29