12 CRR-NY 8-1.37NY-CRR
STATE COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 12. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
CHAPTER I. INDUSTRIAL BOARD OF APPEALS
SUBCHAPTER A. THE INDUSTRIAL CODE
PART 8. CONSTRUCTION, GUARDING, EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF ELEVATORS, DUMBWAITERS, ESCALATORS, HOISTS AND HOISTWAYS IN FACTORIES AND MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS
SUBPART 8-1. POWER DRIVEN
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
12 CRR-NY 8-1.37
12 CRR-NY 8-1.37
8-1.37 Car safeties.
(a) All elevators shall have a safety device of an approved type that will grip the guide rails with a gradually increasing pressure and retard and hold the car with its full load whenever the safeties are applied, or in a distance not greater than nine feet at a speed of 700 feet per minute, except that elevators having a speed of 100 feet per minute or less, safeties of the instantaneous type may be used.
Exceptions:
(1) Hydraulic plunger type evelators. (2) Platform elevators. (3) Sidewalk elevators with a rise of not over 20 feet.
(b) Safety device shall be attached to the car frame beneath the car platform.
(c) In installations made prior to April 15, 1915, crosshead safeties may be accepted after inspection and approval by the commissioner.
12 CRR-NY 8-1.37
Current through March 15, 2022
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