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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 296. Labor and Industries, Department of |
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Chapter 296-96. Safety regulations and fees for all elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and other conveyances. |
Section 296-96-23221. What requirements apply to the location of car doors and gates?
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- This section does not apply to freight elevators with horizontally swinging doors that are inaccessible to the general public and located in factories, warehouses, garages, and other similar buildings. All other elevators must meet the following requirements:(1) Doors or gates for automatic or continuous-pressure operation elevators must be located so that the distance from the face of the car door or gate to the face of the hoistway door is no more than the following:(a) Where a swinging-type hoistway door and a car gate are used, 4 inches.(b) Where a swinging-type hoistway door and a car door are used, 5 1/2 inches.(c) Where a sliding-type hoistway door and a car gate or door are used, 5 1/2 inches.(2) The distances specified must be measured as follows:(a) Where a multisection car door and a multisection hoistway door are used or where one of these doors is multisection and the other is single section, between the sections of the car door and the hoistway doors nearest to each other.(b) Where a multisection car door and a swinging-type hoistway door are used, between the hoistway door and the section of the car door farthest from it. Where space conditions require the use of three-speed car doors, the distance must be measured from the intermediate speed panel.(c) Where a car gate is used, between the car gate and the section of the hoistway door nearest to the car gate.(3) Where existing distances are greater than specified by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section, a space guard of sheet metal must be provided, attached to the hoistway door and/or car door.(a) The guard is to be mounted to the door by a tamper-proof means.(b) The bottom of the guard must be no less than 1/8 inch nor more than 1/2 inch from the edge of the sill and must be no more than 1/2 inch above the sill.(c) The face of the guard must run vertically no less than 40 inches nor more than the height of the lower edge of the vision panel.(d) The guard must extend the full width of the door.(e) The top of the guard must be inclined toward the face of the door at an angle of no less than 60 degrees nor more than 75 degrees from the horizontal.(f) Exposed edges must be beveled or rolled to eliminate sharp edges.(g) The guard must be sufficiently rigid or reinforced to prevent collapsing or denting.(h) Mounting of the guard must have proper clearances at the bottom and sides to permit easy closing of the door and must not interfere with the self-closing.(i) On multisection horizontally sliding doors only, the leading or fast panel must be fitted with the space guard. For swinging doors, the sides of the guard must be closed if the depth exceeds 5 inches.(4) On horizontally-sliding doors where existing clearances are greater than specified by subsections (1) and (2) of this section, a vertical sight guard must be mounted to the leading edge of the hoistway door. The sight guard must:(a) Be mounted with a vertical clearance of no more than 1/2 inch to this sill to a height of no less than 6 feet; and(b) Project from the door, a distance of no more than 1/2 inch nor less than 1/8 inch from the hoistway edge of the sill.(5) Only the following devices may be used to render inoperative hoistway door interlocks, the electric contacts of hoistway door combination mechanical locks and electric contacts, or car door or gate electric contacts:(a) Leveling devices.(b) Truck-zoning devices.(c) Hoistway access switch.(d) Existing devices which do not conform to the above must be removed.