S.C. Code Regs. § § 71-5200

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 71-5200 - Safety Standards for Existing Facilities

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.

S.C. Code Regs. § 71-5200

Added by State Register Volume 10, Issue No. 6, dated June 27, 1986, eff July 1, 1986. Amended by State Register Volume 11, Issue No. 6, eff June 26, 1987; State Register Volume 12, Issue No. 5, eff May 27, 1988; State Register Volume 13, Issue No. 5, eff May 26, 1989; State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 5, Part 3, eff May 28, 1993; State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 4, eff April 28, 2000.