Section 296-96-23605. ASME A17.1-8.6.4 Maintenance, examination and testing of elevators.

(1) The maintenance, examination, and testing of electric elevators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through 8.6.4 and the applicable sections of 8.11.2 as amended below.

(a) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1 Periodic examination requirements for electrical elevators. Service providers shall include the following when identifying components or systems, or both, that shall be examined if installed.

(b) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.1 Inside car:

(i) Door reopening device;

(ii) Stop switches;

(iii) Operating control devices*;

(iv) Car floor and landing sill**;

(v) Car lighting**;

(vi) Car emergency signal;

(vii) Car door or gate;

(viii) Door closing force;

(ix) Power closing of doors or gates;

(x) Power opening of doors or gates;

(xi) Car enclosure*;

(xii) Emergency exit;

(xiii) Ventilation*;

(xiv) Rated load, platform area, and data plate*;

(xv) Restricted opening of car or hoistway doors;

(xvi) Car ride*;

(xvii) Door monitoring systems; and

(xviii) Stopping accuracy*.

(c) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.2 Machine room/control room:

(i) Equipment exposure to weather;

(ii) Means of access**;

(iii) Headroom**;

(iv) Means necessary for tests;

(v) Inspection and test panel;

(vi) Lighting and receptacles**;

(vii) Enclosure of machine room/control room**;

(viii) Ventilation;

(ix) Pipes, wiring, and ducts**;

(x) Guarding of equipment;

(xi) Numbering of elevators, machines, and disconnect switches;

(xii) Maintenance path and maintenance clearance**;

(xiii) Stop switch;

(xiv) Disconnecting means and control;

(xv) Controller wiring, fuses, grounding, etc.;

(xvi) Machinery supports and fastenings;

(xvii) Drive machine brake;

(xviii) Traction drive machines;

(xix) Gears, bearings, and flexible connections;

(xx) Winding drum machine;

(xxi) Belt or chain-drive machine;

(xxii) Absorption of regenerated power;

(xxiii) Traction sheaves;

(xxiv) Secondary and deflector sheaves;

(xxv) Rope fastenings;

(xxvi) Operating devices;

(xxvii) Code data plate**;

(xxviii) AC drives from a DC source;

(xxix) Slack rope devices;

(xxx) Wiring diagrams;

(xxxi) Rope retainers or restraints for seismic risk zones; and

(xxxii) Seismic and displacement switches.

(d) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.3 Top-of-car:

(i) Top-of-car stop switch;

(ii) Car top light and outlet;

(iii) Top-of-car operating device working platforms;

(iv) Top-of-car clearance and refuge space**;

(v) Top counterweight clearance;

(vi) Car, overhead, and deflector sheaves;

(vii) Crosshead data plate**;

(viii) Top emergency exit;

(ix) Floor and emergency identification numbering**;

(x) Hoistway construction**;

(xi) Hoistway smoke control**;

(xii) Pipes, wiring, and ducts**;

(xiii) Windows, projections, recesses, and setbacks**;

(xiv) Hoistway clearance;

(xv) Multiple hoistways**;

(xvi) Traveling cables and junction boxes;

(xvii) Door and gate equipment;

(xviii) Car frame and stiles;

(xix) Guide rails fastening and equipment;

(xx) Governor rope;

(xxi) Governor releasing carrier;

(xxii) Fastening and hitch plate;

(xxiii) Suspension means;

(xxiv) Compensation means;

(xxv) Machinery space/control space;

(xxvi) Working areas on the car top;

(A) Means to prevent unexpected movement.

(B) Unexpected car movement device.

(C) Operating instructions for unexpected car movement device.

(D) Operating instructions for egress and reentry procedure;

(xxvii) Equipment exposure to weather;

(xxviii) Machinery supports and fastenings;

(xxix) Guarding of exposed auxiliary equipment;

(xxx) Anchoring of beams and supports in seismic risk zone 2 or greater;

(xxxi) Rope retainers and snag guards in seismic risk zone 2 or greater;

(xxxii) Position restraints in seismic risk zone 2 or greater;

(xxxiii) Car and counterweight guide rails system in seismic risk zone 2 or greater;

(xxxiv) For seismic risk zones 2 or greater, horizontal clearance for car and counterweight, snag-point clearance and rail fastening;

(xxxv) Seismic risk zone 2 or greater rope retainers/restraints and snag guards;

(xxxvi) Seismic risk zone 2 or greater rope retainer and snag guard for compensating ropes or chains and compensating tension sheave fastening; and

(xxxvii) Sheaves with nonmetallic groove surfaces.

(e) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.4 Outside hoistway:

(i) Car platform guard;

(ii) Hoistway doors;

(iii) Vision panels*;

(iv) Hoistway door locking devices;

(v) Access to hoistway;

(vi) Sequence operation;

(vii) Hoistway enclosure;

(viii) Elevator parking devices;

(ix) Emergency and access hoistway openings;

(x) Separate counterweight hoistway;

(xi) Means necessary for tests;

(xii) Inspection and test panel (ASME A17.1-2.7.6.5), inspection operation (ASME A17.1-2.26.1.4.1), and inspection operation with open door circuits; and

(xiii) Equipment exposure to weather.

(f) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.5 Pit:

(i) Pit access, lighting, stop switch and condition;

(ii) Bottom clearance and runby;

(iii) Traveling cables;

(iv) Compensating chains, ropes, and sheaves;

(v) Car frame and platform;

(vi) Machinery space/control space;

(vii) Working areas in the pit;

(A) Means to prevent unexpected movement.

(B) Unexpected car movement device.

(C) Operating instructions for unexpected car movement device.

(D) Operating instructions for egress and reentry procedure;

(viii) Equipment exposure to weather;

(ix) Machinery supports and fastenings;

(x) Guarding of exposed auxiliary equipment; and

(xi) Pit inspection operation.

(g) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.7 Working platform:

(i) Working platforms; operating instructions;

(ii) Retractable stops; retractable stop electrical device; and

(iii) Inspection operation.

Note:	(*) May be combined with other items on the log.
	(**) A visual component that must be reported to the owner.

(2) The maintenance, examination, and testing of hydraulic elevators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3 and the applicable requirements of ASME A17.1-8.6.4, ASME A17.1-8.6.5, and ASME A17.1-8.11.3, as amended below.

(a) Periodic examination requirements for hydraulic elevators. Service providers shall include the following when identifying components or systems, or both, that shall be examined if installed.

(b) ASME A17.1-8.11.3.1.1 Inside the car:

(i) Door reopening device;

(ii) Stop switches;

(iii) Operating control devices*;

(iv) Sill and car floor**;

(v) Car lighting and receptacles**;

(vi) Car emergency signal;

(vii) Car door or gate;

(viii) Door closing force;

(ix) Power closing of doors or gates;

(x) Power opening of doors or gates; car enclosure*;

(xi) Emergency exit;

(xii) Ventilation*;

(xiii) Signs and operating device symbols;

(xiv) Rated load, platform area, and data plate;

(xv) Restricted opening of car or hoistway doors;

(xvi) Car ride*;

(xvii) Door monitoring system; and

(xviii) Stopping accuracy*.

(c) ASME A17.1-8.11.3.1.2 Machine room/control room:

(i) Equipment exposure to weather;

(ii) Means of access**;

(iii) Headroom**;

(iv) Means necessary for tests;

(v) Inspection and test panel;

(vi) Lighting and receptacles**;

(vii) Enclosure of machine room/spaces and control room/spaces**;

(viii) Ventilation and heating;

(ix) Pipes, wiring, and ducts**; guarding of equipment;

(x) Numbering of elevators, machines, and disconnect switches;

(xi) Maintenance path and maintenance clearance**;

(xii) Stop switch;

(xiii) Disconnecting means and control;

(xiv) Controller wiring, fuses, grounding, etc.;

(xv) Hydraulic power unit;

(xvi) Tanks**;

(xvii) Recycling operation; and

(xviii) Wiring diagrams.

(d) ASME A17.1-8.11.2.1.3 Top of car:

(i) Top-of-car stop switch;

(ii) Car top light and outlet;

(iii) Top-of-car operating device and working platforms;

(iv) Top-of-car clearance and refuge space**;

(v) Top emergency exit;

(vi) Floor and emergency identification numbering**;

(vii) Hoistway construction*;

(viii) Hoistway smoke control**;

(ix) Pipes, wiring, and ducts**;

(x) Windows, projections, recesses, and setback**;

(xi) Hoistway clearances**;

(xii) Multiple hoistways**;

(xiii) Traveling cables and junction boxes;

(xiv) Door and gate equipment;

(xv) Car frame and stiles;

(xvi) Guide rails fastening and equipment;

(xvii) Governor rope;

(xviii) Wire rope fastening and hitch plate;

(xix) Suspension rope;

(xx) Slack rope device;

(xxi) Traveling sheave;

(xxii) Crosshead data plate**;

(xxiii) Equipment exposure to weather;

(xxiv) Machinery supports and fastenings; and

(xxv) Guarding of equipment.

(e) ASME A17.1-8.11.3.1.4 Outside hoistway:

(i) Car platform guard;

(ii) Hoistway doors;

(iii) Vision panels*;

(iv) Hoistway door locking devices;

(v) Access to hoistway;

(vi) Power closing of hoistway doors;

(vii) Sequence operation;

(viii) Hoistway enclosure*;

(ix) Elevator parking devices;

(x) Emergency doors in blind hoistways;

(xi) Inspection and test panel (ASME A17.1-3.7.1 and ASME A17.1-2.7.6.5), inspection operation (ASME A17.1-2.26.1.4.1), and inspection operation with open door circuits (ASME A17.1-2.26.1.5); and

(xii) Equipment exposure to weather.

(f) ASME A17.1-8.11.3.1.5 Pit:

(i) Pit access, lighting, stop switch, and condition;

(ii) Bottom clearance, runby, and minimum refuge space**;

(iii) Plunger and cylinder;

(iv) Traveling cables;

(v) Car frame and platform;

(vi) Supply piping;

(vii) Governor rope tension device;

(viii) Equipment exposure to weather;

(ix) Machinery supports and fastenings;

(x) Guarding of exposed auxiliary equipment;

(xi) Pit inspection operation; and

(xii) Seismic overspeed valve and pipe support.

Note:	(*) May be combined with other items on the log.
	(**) A visual component that must be report to the owner.

(g) If it is determined the hydraulic cylinders system is not being maintained per ASME A17.1-8.6.5.7 and ASME A17.1-8.6.5.14, cylinders installed below ground shall conform to ASME A17.1-3.18.3.4 or to ASME A17.1-8.6.5.8(a) or ASME A17.1-8.6.5.8(b).

(h) The relief-valve adjustment shall be examined to ensure that the seal is intact. If the relief-valve seal is not intact, checks shall be conducted in accordance with ASME A17.1-8.6.5.14.1 and the state hydraulic overpressure form shall be used to document compliance. The form shall be left on-site and located in the machine room in a conspicuous location.

(3) The maintenance and examination of dumbwaiter, rack-and-pinion, screw-column, hand, incline, limited use limited application, private residence*, power sidewalk, rooftop, special purpose, and shipboard and construction elevators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3 and the applicable requirements of ASME A17.1-8.6 and ASME A17.1-8.11 as amended in this chapter.

Note:	(*) Chapter 70.87 RCW exempts private resident elevators from periodic inspections, but these maintenance guidelines provide the proper outline for the level of service that should be provided.

(4) The maintenance of material lifts without automatic transfer devices, hand pull and electric manlift, residential incline elevators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3 and the applicable requirements of ASME A17.1-8.6 and ASME A17.1-8.11, as amended in this chapter*.

Maintenance, examination and test requirements shall only apply to the corresponding installation requirements in chapter 296-96 WAC.

Note:	(*) Chapter 70.87 RCW exempts private resident elevators from periodic inspections, but these maintenance guidelines provide the proper outline for the level of service that should be provided.

(5) Periodic examination requirements for conveyances outlined in WAC 296-96-23605 (3) and (4). Service providers shall include the following when identifying components or systems, or both, that shall be examined if installed.

(a) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.1 Sidewalk elevator, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(b) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.2 Private resident elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2)*.

(c) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.3 Hand elevators, WAC 296-96-23605(1).

(d) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.4 Dumbwaiters, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(e) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.5 Material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(f) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.6 Special purpose personnel elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(g) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.7 Inclined elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1)(a) through (2) or (3).

(h) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.8 Shipboard elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(i) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.9 Screw-column elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(j) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.10 Rooftop elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(k) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.11 Rack-and-pinion elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) and (2).

(l) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.12 Limited-use/limited-application elevators, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(m) ASME A17.1-8.11.5.13 Elevators used for construction, WAC 296-96-23605 (1) or (2).

(n) These conveyances shall be subject to the corresponding ASME A17.1-8.11 examination requirements as applicable (see ASME A17.1 for sections references). The applicable items above shall be documented on the required records.

Note:	Chapter 70.87 RCW exempts these elevators from periodic inspections, but these examination guidelines provide the proper outline for the level of service that should be provided.

(6) The maintenance and examination of escalators shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3 and ASME A17.1-8.6.8 and the applicable sections of ASME A17.1-8.11.4. The maintenance and examination of moving walks shall conform to ASME A17.1-8.6.1 through ASME A17.1-8.6.3, ASME A17.1-8.6.9 and the applicable sections of ASME A17.1-8.11.4, as amended below.

(a) Periodic examination requirements for escalators and moving walks: Service providers shall include the following when identifying components or systems, or both, that shall be examined if installed.

(b) ASME A17.1-8.11.4.1 Escalators and moving walks:

(i) General fire protection;

(ii) Geometry;

(iii) Entrance and egress;

(iv) Lighting;

(v) Caution signs;

(vi) Combplate;

(vii) Deck barricade guard and antislide devices*;

(viii) Steps and treadway;

(ix) Operating devices;

(x) Skirt obstruction devices;

(xi) Handrail entry device;

(xii) Egress restriction device;

(xiii) Balustrades;

(xiv) Ceiling intersection guards*;

(xv) Skirt panels;

(xvi) Outdoor protection*;

(xvii) Additional stop switch(es);

(xviii) Controller and wiring; and

(xix) Code data plate**, other: Annual clean down WAC 296-96-23610(7).

Note:	(*) May be combined with other items on the log.
	(**) A visual component that must be reported to the owner.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.87 RCW. WSR 13-24-066, § 296-96-23605, filed 11/27/13, effective 1/1/14.]

Chapter 70.87 RCW. WSR 13-24-066, § 296-96-23605, filed 11/27/13, effective 1/1/14.

Rules

296-96,296-96-23610,