scope:

Equipment Covered by This Code

This Code of safety standards covers existing elevators, escalators, and their hoistways (except as modified by 1.1.2):

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 B20.1;

(g) cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of ASME B30;

(h) industrial trucks within the scope of ASME B56;

(i) portable equipment;

(i) 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;

(o) amusement devices;

(q) stage and orchestra lifts;

(r) lift bridges;

(s) railroad car lifts or dumpers;

(t) mechanized parking garage equipment;

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

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

(w) inclined elevators within the scope of ASME A17.1;

(x) special purpose personnel elevators within the scope of ASME A17.1;

(y) material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices within the scope of ASME A17.1;

(z) screw column elevators within the scope of ASME A17.1;

(aa) elevators used for construction within the scope of ASME A17.1;

(bb) inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts within the scope of ASME A17.1;

(cc) private residence inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts within the scope of ASME A17.1.