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Agency - Department of Safety and Professional ServicesSafety, Buildings, and EnvironmentGeneral, Part IChapter SPS 318 - Elevators, Escalators, and Lift Devices
Subchapter V - Changes, Additions, or Omissions to ASME A18.1
Section SPS 318.1810 - Routine, periodic, and acceptance inspections and tests

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 318.1810

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Section SPS 318.1810 - Routine, periodic, and acceptance inspections and tests
(1) INSPECTORS. The requirements in ASME A18.1 sections 10.1.1 to 10.1.4 are not included as part of this chapter.

Note: See s. SPS 318.1011 for additional requirements relating to inspections

(2) APPLICABILITY OF INSPECTION AND TEST REQUIREMENTS. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A18.1 section 10.1.5: Inspections and tests required by subs. (4) to (8) are to determine whether the equipment conforms to whichever of the following are applicable:
(a) The standard in effect on the contract date for the original installation.
(b) For altered components, the standard in effect on the contract date for the alteration.
(3) INSTALLATION PLACED OUT OF SERVICE. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A18.1 section 10.1.6:
(a) When an installation is placed out of service, all of the following requirements shall be met:
1. The power feed lines shall be disconnected from the machine disconnect switch or equivalent.
2. For a vertical platform lift, the doors or gates shall be secured against opening.
3. The department or agent municipality shall be notified.
4. The department or agent municipality may inspect the lift and charge an inspection fee.
5. Periodic inspections and tests may be discontinued while a lift is out of service.
6. Written approval of the building code authority where a conveyance is part of a required accessible route in an occupied building.
(b) Before the lift may be placed back into service, all applicable inspections and tests shall be performed as required by subs. (2) and (4) to (8), and the permit-to-operate requirements in s. SPS 318.1011 shall be met.

Note: The building code may prohibit placing a vertical or inclined platform lift out of service where used by persons with disabilities. Consult with a building inspector for written permission prior to placing it out of service.

(4) ROUTINE INSPECTIONS AND TESTS. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A18.1 section 10.2.1: Routine inspections and tests of sections 2 and 3 lifts shall be performed at intervals of not longer than one year. Routine inspections and tests of section 4 lifts shall be performed at intervals of not longer than 3 years.
(5) INSPECTIONS AND TEST REQUIREMENTS. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A18.1 section 10.2.2: Routine inspections shall include the applicable items listed in ASME A18.1 sections 10.2.2.1 to 10.2.2.4. Where an inspection reveals a need for a test to be conducted, the licensed elevator inspector may order the test.
(6) PERIODIC INSPECTIONS AND TESTS. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A18.1 section 10.3: Periodic inspections shall be performed at the same time as routine inspections. Where an inspection reveals a need for a test to be conducted, the inspector may order the test.
(7) FIVE-YEAR INSPECTION AND TEST REQUIREMENTS.
(a) This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A18.1 section 10.3.3.1: Where a lift is equipped with a safety device that is subject to testing, the 5-year safety test - and where applicable, the governor test in ASME A18.1 section 10.3.3.2 - shall be performed. The test results shall be submitted to the department or agent municipality on an approved form.

Note: Forms required under this chapter are available on the department's website at https://dsps.wi.gov, or by request from the Department of Safety and Professional Services, P. O. Box 7302, Madison, Wisconsin 53708, or call (608) 266-2112.

(b) This is a department rule in addition to the requirements in ASME A18.1 section 10.1.3: The hydraulic control valves shall be tested in accordance with the requirements in ASME A17.1 8.10.3.2.2 (v).
(c) Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A18.1 subsection 10.3.3.1(b): For Type A safeties and Type A safety parts of Type C safeties, there shall be sufficient travel of the safety rollers or dogs remaining after the test to bring the platform and its rated load to rest on safety application at governor tripping speed. A metal tag shall be attached to the lift tower in a permanent manner that is readily visible to inspectors without disassembly, giving the date of the safety test together with the name of the person or firm who performed the test.
(8) INSPECTION AND TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR ALTERED INSTALLATIONS. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in ASME A18.1 section 10.5: Where an alteration is made to an existing installation, the affected components shall comply with the applicable portions of ASME A18.1 sections 2 to 4, 8, and 9.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 318.1810

CR 14-020: cr. Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14.
Amended by, CR 19-118: cr. (3) (a) 6., am. (4), (5), renum. (7) to (7) (a), cr. (7) (b), (c) Register May 2020 No. 773, eff. 6/1/2020

Where plan submittal and approval and inspections are required under Table SPS 318.1007 -4, inspections and tests are required as specified in subsection (2).