scope:

Equipment Covered by This Code

This Code of safety standards covers the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment, its associated parts, and its hoistways, where located in or adjacent to a building or structure (except as modified by para. 1.2):

(a) hoisting and lowering mechanisms, equipped with a car or platform, which move between two or more landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, the following (see Section 3 definitions):

(1) elevators;

(2) wheelchair and stairway chairlifts;

(b) power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, the following (see Section 3 definitions):

(1) escalators;

(2) moving walks;

(c) hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car which serves two or more landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by its limited size or limited access to the car. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, the following (see Section 3 definitions):

(1) dumbwaiters;

(2) material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices.

Equipment Not Covered by This Code Equipment not covered by this Code includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a} personnel hoists within the scope of ANSI A10.4;

(b) material hoists within the scope of ANSI A10.5;

(c) manlifts within the scope of ASME A90.1;

(d) mobile scaffolds, towers. and platforms within the scope of ANSI A92;

(e) powered platform and equipment for exterior and interior building maintenance within the scope of ANSI A120.1;

(f) conveyors and related equipment within the scope of ASME 820.1;

(g) cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of ASME 830;

(h) industrial trucks within the scope of ASME 856;

(i) portable equipment, except for portable escalators, which are covered by Part VIII;

(j) tiering or piling machines used to move material to and from storage located and operating entirely within one story;

(k) equipment for feeding or positioning material at machine tools, printing presses, etc.;

(m) skip or furnace hoists;

(n) wharf ramps;

(p) amusement devices;

(q) stage and orchestra lifts;

(r) lift bridges;

(s) railroad car lifts or dumpers;.

(t) mechanized parking garage equipment;

(u) line jacks, false cars, shatters, moving platforms, and similar equipment used for installing an elevator;

(v) mine elevators not located in or adjacent to a building or structure;

(w) platform elevators installed in a ship or offshore drilling rig and used for the purpose of loading and unloading cargo, equipment, and personnel.

Application of Parts

This Code applies to new installations only, except Parts X, XII, and XIX which apply to both new and existing installations.