8 AAC 77.005. Elevator safety standards code

(a) The minimum elevator safety standards applicable to elevators in the state are set out in the 1996 edition of the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators (ASME A17.1), published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, excluding Part V, Private Residence Elevators; Part X, Routine, Periodic, and Acceptance Inspections and Tests, Section 1001.1, Inspection and Test Periods; Part XIV, Dumbwaiters With Automatic Transfer Devices and Material Lifts; Part XX, Inclined Stairway Chairlifts and Inclined and Vertical Wheelchair Lifts, Section 2002, Inclined Stairway Chairlifts; Part XXI, Private Residence Inclined Stairway Chairlift and Inclined and Vertical Wheelchair Lifts; and Part XXII, Shipboard Elevators.

(b) Repealed 12/17/99.

(c) The requirements of Part XXIV, Elevator Safety Requirements for Seismic Risk Zone II or Greater, of the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, adopted by reference in (a) of this section, does not apply to private residence elevators.

History: Eff. 10/21/79, Register 72; am 10/21/92, Register 124; am 12/17/99, Register 152; am 9/25/2002, Register 163

Authority: AS 18.60.800

Editor's note: Copies of the materials referred to in 8 AAC 77.005(a) are available for public review at the Mechanical Inspection Section, Division of Labor Standards and Safety, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 3301 Eagle Street, P.O. Box 107020, Anchorage, AK 99510-7020, phone (907) 269-4925. Additionally, copies of those materials may be obtained by contacting the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

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