CCLME.ORG - DIVISION 1. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CHAPTERS 1 through 6

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(F) The device shall be used only for the purpose of adjustment, inspection, maintenance, or repair of the elevator or hoistway equipment.
(G) Separate additional means, of the continuous-pressure type, may also be provided to make power-door operating devices and automatic car-leveling devices operative from the top of the car for testing purposes.
(H) The car top shall be kept free of grease or oil that would present a slipping hazard at this operating station.
(I) All elevators with car tops shall be provided with a top-of-car stop switch conforming to Section 3040(b)(5).

(J) All elevators with car tops shall be provided with a top-of-car electric light with switch and convenience outletconnected to a power source not disconnected by any action of the elevator control circuits.
Exception : Elevators installed before June 5, 1947.
(5) Operation of an elevator in a leveling or truck zone at any landing by a car-leveling or truck-zoning device, when the landing doors or the car doors or gates are not in the closed position, is permissible subject to the following:
(A) Operating devices of manually operated car-leveling devices or truck-zoning devices shall be of the continuous-pressure type located in the car, and the device inoperative except in the zone specified.
(B) Car platform guards conforming to Section 3033(i) shall be provided, and where a car-leveling device is used, landing sill guards conforming to Section 3020(a)(3)(B) shall also be provided.
(C) For elevators without static controls arranged to level automatically, which can be started only from on the car, which are equipped with power-opened car doors, the zone shall not extend more than 3 feet above and 3 feet below the landing level.
(D) For elevators with static controls arranged to level automatically, the leveling zone shall extend not more than 12" above and below the landing level.
(E) For elevators with static control, an inner leveling zone extending not more than three (3) inches above and three (3) inches below the landing shall be provided. A car shall not move if it stops outside of the inner leveling zone unless the doors are fully closed.
Exception : Elevators which comply with Section 3040(f)(4).
(F) For elevators without static controls arranged to level automatically, which can be started from the landings and are equipped with manually operated car doors or gates, the zone shall not extend more than 1 inches above and 15 inches below the landing level.
(G) Manually operated leveling devices (inching) are limited to a zone of 12 inches above and 12 inches below the landing level.
(H) The truck zone at any landing shall not extend more than 5 feet 6 inches above the landing.
(I) Where a truck or leveling zone for one hoistway entrance extends into the door interlocking zone for a second entrance, the truck-zoning or leveling operation shall be inoperative unless the hoistway door at the second entrance is in the closed position.
Where a truck or leveling zone for one hoistway entrance extends into the leveling zone for a second entrance, the leveling operation for the second entrance shall be inoperative while the hoistway door at the first entrance is open.
Exception : The car may be operated by a car-leveling device at any landing having two hoistway entrances within 2 inches of the same level, with both car doors or gates and the corresponding hoistway doors open, provided landing-sill guards conforming to Section 3020(a)(3)(B) are installed at both floors.
(J) A leveling or truck-zoning device shall move the car at a speed not more than 150 feet per minute.
(6) Automatic elevators shall conform to the following requirements:

(A) If the car has started for a given landing in response to an impulse from a car button, no impulse can be given from any landing to send the car in the reverse direction until the car has reached the destination corresponding to the first impulse or to cause the car to fail to stop at the landing indicated by the first impulse.
Exception : This is not intended to prevent the use of a key operated switch to gain control of an elevator for emergency operation.
(B) The car cannot be started by an impulse from a hall landing after completing a stop at a floor in response to the impulse from a car button until there has been a delay of not less than 5 seconds or the car door contact or the emergency stop switch has been operated.
(7) Constant pressure operation elevators shall be arranged so the car cannot be started by an impulse from a hall landing after a stop made by releasing the car button until there has been a delay of not less than 5 seconds or the car door contact or hoistway door locking device has been operated.
(8) Existing elevators operated by a non-self centering device, shall be provided with a sequence device to prevent re-starting of the car after any electrical protective device or main line switch has opened the circuit unless the operating device has first been returned to the inoperative position.
(b) Electrical Protective Devices. Electrical protective devices shall be provided in accordance with the following:
(1) Slack-Rope Switch. Elevators having winding-drum machines shall be provided with a slack-rope device equipped with a slack-rope switch of the enclosed manually reset type which shall cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving-machine motor and brake if the hoisting ropes become slack.
Exception : Elevators having a rise of not more than 15 feet, installed before June 5, 1947.
(2) Motor Generator Running Switch. Where generator field control is used, means shall be provided to prevent the application of power to the elevator driving machine motor and brake unless the motor generator set connections are properly switched for the running condition of the elevator. It is not required that the electrical connections between the elevator driving machine motor and the generator be opened in order to remove power from the elevator motor.

(3) Compensating-Rope-Sheave Switch. Compensating-rope sheave shall be provided with a compensating-rope-sheave switch or switches, mechanically opened by the compensating-rope sheave before the sheave reaches its upper or lower limit of travel, to cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving-machine motor and brake.
(4) Motor Field Excitation Switch. Where direct current is supplied to an elevator drive machine motor armature and shunt field, a motor field current sensing means shall be provided which shall cause the electric power to be removed from the motor armature and brake unless the direct current flowing in the shunt field of the motor is sufficient to prevent overspeeding of the motor.
Exception : Static control elevators provided with a device to detect an overspeed condition prior to and independent of the operation of the governor overspeed switch. This device shall cause power to be removed from the elevator driving machine motor armature and machine brake.
(5) Emergency Stop Switch. An emergency stop switch shall be provided in the car, and located in or adjacent to the car operating panel.

Exception : Passenger elevator cars with an in-car stop switch that comply with the requirements in Section 3040(b)(5)(B) below.
(A) Emergency stop switches shall:
1. When opened, cause the electric power to be removed from the elevator driving-machine motor and brake independently of the operation of the operating device and the leveling device.
2. Be of the manually opened and closed type.
3. Have red operating handles or buttons.
4. Be conspicuously and permanently marked, "STOP."
5. Be positively opened mechanically and their opening shall not be solely dependent on springs.
(B) In-car stop switch.

1. An in-car stop switch shall be permitted in passenger elevator cars with enclosures constructed of solid material from the floor to the car top.
2. The in-car stop switch shall be either key operated or behind a locked panel.
3. The in-car stop switch shall be clearly marked "STOP" and shall indicate the stop and run positions.
4. The in-car stop switch shall comply with Sections 3040(b)(5)(A)1 and (b)(5)(A)5.
5. The elevator controls shall be arranged so the car will not move, level, or advance start, unless the hoistway door interlocks and the car door contacts are in the closed position, except for the required releveling or anti-creep.
6. The car door contacts shall be adjusted so the closed position is not more than one inch.
7. The keys for the in-car stop switch shall be available for use by maintenance and inspection personnel.

8. The Division shall be notified when an emergency stop switch in a passenger elevator is replaced with an in-car stop switch. The Division shall inspect the in-car stop switch before the passenger elevator is placed in service.
(6) Broken-Rope, Tape, or Chain Switches.
(A) Broken-rope, tape, or chain switches shall be provided when the slow-down switches of the normal terminal stopping device are located in the machine room.
(7) Stop Switch in Pit. A stop switch conforming to the requirements of Section 3040(b)(5) shall be provided in the pit of every electric or electrically controlled elevator. See Section 3016(g) for location.
Exception : Elevators installed before June 5, 1947.
(8) Stop Switch on Top of Car. A stop switch conforming to Section 3040(b)(5) shall be provided on top of every electric and every electrically controlled elevator car. See Section 3040(a)(4)(I).

(9) Car-Safety Mechanism Switch. A switch conforming to the requirements of Sections 3035(g)(2) and 3036(d) shall be required where a car safety is provided.
(10) Governor Overspeed Switch. A governor overspeed switch shall be provided when required by Section 3036(d).
(11) Final Terminal Stopping Devices. Final terminal stopping devices conforming to the requirements of Section 3039(b) shall be provided for every cabled electric elevator.
(12) Emergency Terminal Stopping Devices. Where reduced-stroke oil buffers are provided, as permitted by Section 3031(f), emergency terminal stopping devices conforming to Section 3039(c) shall be provided.
(13) Buffer Switches for Oil Buffers Used with Type C Car Safeties. Oil-level and compression switches conforming to the requirements of Section 3035(h)(2) shall be provided for all oil buffers used with Type C Safeties.
(14) Hoistway Door Interlocks or Hoistway Gate Contact Locks. Hoistway door interlocks or hoistway gate interlocks or contact locks shall be provided for all electric or electrically controlled elevators in accordance with the requirements of Section 3021.
(15) Car Door or Gate Electric Contacts. Car door or gate electric contacts shall be provided for all electric or electrically controlled elevators having car doors or gates.
(16) Normal Terminal Stopping Devices. Normal terminal stopping devices shall be provided for every electric or electrically controlled elevator.
(17) Car Side-Emergency-Exit Door Contact Switches. A car door electric contact shall be provided on each car side-emergency-exit door of an electric or electrically controlled elevator where such exit doors are provided.
(18) Motor-Generator Overspeed Protection. Means shall be provided to cause the electric power to be removed automatically from the elevator driving-machine motor and brake should a motor generator set, driven by a direct current motor, overspeed excessively.
(19) Electric Contacts for Hinged Car-Platform Sills. Hinged car-platform sills, where provided, shall be equipped with electric contacts.

(20) Oil Buffer Switches. Car and counterweight buffers of the spring return type shall be provided with a switch conforming to the requirements of Section 3031(j)(3).
(21) Sheave Space Stop Switch. A stop switch conforming to the requirements of Section 3040(b)(5) shall be provided in all sheave spaces, except secondary sheave spaces, where the space is provided with a floor.
(c) Requirements for Electrical Equipment and Wiring.
(1) All electrical equipment and wiring shall comply with the provisions of CCR, Title 24, Part 3, Article 620.
(2) Phase Reversal and Failure Protection.
If polyphase alternating current power supply is used, a reverse phase protection shall be provided with means to prevent the starting of the elevator if the phase rotation is in wrong direction, or if there is a failure of any phase. This protection shall be considered to be provided if a reversal of phase of the incoming polyphase alternating current power will not cause the elevator driving machine motor to operate in the wrong direction.
(d) Installation of Condensers or of Devices to Make Electrical Protective Devices Inoperative. The installation of condensers, the operation or failure of which will cause an unsafe operation of the elevator, is prohibited.
No permanent device shall be installed, except as provided in these regulations, which will make any required electrical protective device inoperative.
(e) Release and Application of Driving-machine Brakes. Driving-machine brakes shall not be electrically released until power has been applied to the driving-machine motor.
All power feed lines to the brake shall be opened by an electro-mechanical switch and the brake shall apply automatically when:
(1) The operating device of a car-switch or continuous-pressure operation elevator is in the stop position.
(2) A floor stop device functions.

(3) Any of the electrical protective devices function, except car door contacts or hoistway door locking devices, during leveling operations. Under Sections 3040(e)(1) and 3040(e)(2), the application of the brake may occur at the time of or before the completion of the slow-down and leveling operations.
The brake shall not be permanently connected across the armature or field of a direct current elevator driving-machine motor nor shall a single ground, short circuit or static control failure prevent the application of the brake in the intended manner.
(f) Control and Operating Circuit Requirements. In the design and installation of the control and operating circuits, the following requirements shall be met.
(1) If springs are used to actuate switches, contactors, or relays to break the circuit to stop an elevator at the terminal landings, they shall be of the compression type.
(2) The completion or maintenance of an electric circuit shall not be used to interrupt the power to the elevator driving-machine motor or brake at the terminal landings, nor to stop the car when the emergency stop switch is opened or any of the electrical protective devices operate.
Exception : Dynamic braking, and speed control switches.
(3) The failure of any single magnetically operated switch, contactor, or relay to release in the intended manner, or the occurrence of a single accidental ground, shall not permit the car to start or run if any hoistway door or gate interlock is unlocked or if any hoistway door or car door gate contact is not in the closed position.
(4) The failure of any static control device, speed measuring circuit or speed pattern generating circuit to operate as intended or the occurrence of a single accidental ground or short circuit shall not permit the car to start or run if any hoistway door or gate interlock is unlocked or if any hoistway door or car door or gate contact is not in the made position.
Exception : Elevators with the operation described in Section 3040(a)(5)(E).
(5) Where generator field control is used, means shall be provided to prevent the generator from building up and supplying sufficient current to the elevator driving machine motor to move the car when the elevator motor or generator field control switches are in the "off" position.
The means used shall not interfere with maintenance of an effective dynamic braking circuit during stopping and standing conditions.
(6) The control circuits shall be so designed, installed, and maintained that the car speed in the down direction with rated load in the car, under normal operating conditions with the power supply on or off, shall not exceed governor tripping speed or 125 percent of the rated speed, whichever is lesser.
(7) Elevators with a static control shall comply with the following:
(A) An independent means shall be provided to limit the speed of an elevator to not more than 150 f.p.m. during leveling, access switch operation and inspection operation should the normal means to control this speed fail to do so.
Exception : Elevators with an independent speed measuring device arranged to remove power from the motor and brake independent of the static control if the speed of the elevator exceeds 150 f.p.m. during leveling, access switch operation and inspection.

(8) Where only one of the controller switches required by Section 3039(b)(5) is an electromechanical switch, the elevator control shall be arranged so the car shall not restart after the brake has been set unless the electromechanical switch has been in the de-energized position during the time the brake was set.
(g) Out-of-Service Requirements. When it is intended to discontinue, for an extended period, the use of an elevator, the cables shall be disconnected, and the car and counterweights landed satisfactorily, and the power disconnected.
(h) Load-Weighing Devices on Passenger Elevators. Load-weighing devices which will prevent operation of the elevator may be installed provided they function to prevent such operation only when the load on the elevator platform is in excess of 125 percent of minimum rated load.
(i) Floating (Movable) Platforms. Floating platforms which permit operation of the elevator when the car door or gate is not in the closed position are prohibited.
(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-3040)

1. Starting levers for signal operation elevators.
2. Existing hydraulic elevators.

Note: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

s 3041. Emergency and Signal Devices.
(a) Emergency Devices for Summoning Assistance.
(Title 24, part 7, section 7-3041(a)).
(1) Passenger elevators and automatic operation freight elevators shall be provided with an emergency alarm system, operable from within the car, which will provide effective means for summoning assistance at all hours in case of emergency.
(2) New installations of passenger or freight elevators, which are operated at any time without a designated operator in the car, shall be provided with one of the two following emergency alarm systems.
(A) A telephone in each elevator car, connected to a central telephone exchange providing 24 hour service.
(B) A system meeting the following requirements.
1. An electric bell, operable from the car, not less than 6 inches in diameter, located inside the building and audible inside and outside the hoistway. One bell operable from all cars may be used for a group of elevators.
2. Means for two-way conversation between each elevator and a readily accessible point outside the hoistway.
Exceptions:

1. Elevators in buildings having a height from the lowest to the highest elevator landing of not more than 65 feet, providing the distance between any adjacent landing does not exceed 15 feet.
2. When the means of communication with an approved emergency service permits two-way conversation. See section 3041(a)(3)(B).
3. If the bell or the means of two-way conversation, or both, are normally connected to the building power supply, they shall automatically transfer to a source of emergency power within 10 seconds after the normal supply fails. The power source shall be capable of providing for the operation of the bell for one hour and the means of two-way conversation for 4 hours.
(3) Where elevators, which are operated at any time without a designated operator in the car, are located in buildings, other than apartments, hotels, or similar residential buildings, where attendants, watchmen, or tenants are not continuously available to take action in case the emergency signal is operated, and are not provided with a telephone in the elevator car connected to a central exchange system, they shall be provided with one of the following additional emergency signal devices.

(A) An electrical alarm bell, not less than 6 inches in diameter operable from inside the car shall be mounted in a weatherproof enclosure on the outside of the building near the main entrance. A sign that can be read from the adjacent sidewalk shall be mounted on or near the bell and shall be marked "ELEVATOR EMERGENCY, CALL POLICE" in letters not less than 2 inches high. Only one outside alarm bell is required, which shall be operable from the cars of all elevators of the type specified in the building. An emergency power source meeting the requirements of section 3041(a)(2)(B)3 shall be provided.
(B) Means within the car for communicating with or signaling to an approved emergency service which operates 24 hours each day.
(4) A sign, having lettering not less than 3/16 inch, shall be provided in passenger elevators adjacent to the car emergency alarm giving instructions as to the use of the device for summoning assistance.
(b) Photoelectric Tube By-Pass Switch.
(1) Elevators equipped with photoelectric tube devices, which control the closing of automatic, power-operated car or hoistway doors, or both, shall have a switch in the car which, when actuated, will render the photoelectric tube device ineffective.
(2) The switch shall be constant-pressure type, requiring not less than 10 lbf (44.5 N) nor more than 15 lbf (66.7 N) pressure to actuate.
(3) The switch shall be located not less than 6 ft. (1.83 m) nor more than 6.5 ft (1.98 m) above the car floor, and shall be located in or adjacent to the operating panel.
(4) The switch shall be clearly labeled "TO BE USED IN CASE OF FIRE ONLY."
(5) Switches shall be kept in working order or be removed when existing installations are arranged to comply with subsection 3041(b), Exceptions.
Exceptions to subsection 3041(b):
1. Elevators installed and maintained in compliance with subsections 3041(c)(1)(A) and 3041(c)(1)(B).
2. Where alternate means, acceptable to the Division and fire authority having jurisdiction, are provided that will ensure the doors can close under adverse smoke conditions.
(Title 24, part 2, section 5103(h).)
(c) Operation of Elevators Under Fire or Other Emergency Conditions.
(1) Elevators with automatic operation and automatic power operated hoistway doors shall conform to the following:
Exception: New elevators having a travel of not more than 25 ft. (7.62m) and elevators existing at the time of adoption of this order with a travel of not more than 50 ft. (15.24m).
(A) A three-position (on, off, and by-pass), key-operated switch shall be provided at the designated level for each single elevator or for each group of elevators. The key shall be removable only in the "on" and "off" positions. When the switch is in the "on" position, all elevators controlled by this switch and which are on automatic service shall return nonstop to the designated level and the doors shall open and remain open.
1. An elevator traveling away from the designated level shall reverse at or before the next available floor without opening its doors.
2. Elevators standing at a floor other than the designated level, with doors open, shall close the doors without delay, and proceed to the designated level.
3. Door reopening devices for power-operated doors which are sensitive to products of combustion, heat or flame shall be rendered inoperative.
4. All car and corridor call buttons shall be rendered inoperative and all call registered lights and direction lanterns shall be extinguished and remain inoperative.
5. A car stopped at a landing shall have its "Emergency Stop Switch" required by section 3040(b)(5) rendered inoperative as soon as the doors are closed and it starts toward the designated level. A moving car, traveling to or away from the designated level, shall have its "Emergency Stop Switch" rendered inoperative immediately.
6. A sensing device at each elevator landing which, when activated, prevents cars from stopping at that floor shall not be substituted for the above requirements.

(B) Sensing Devices.
1. In addition to the key operated switch required in section 3041(c)(1)(A) above, sensing devices shall be located in accordance with NFPA No. 72-E-1984 at each elevator landing at each floor except the designated level. The sensing devices shall be either combined rate of rise and fixed temperature devices or smoke sensing devices approved and listed as suitable for this purpose by the State Fire Marshal. The activation of a sensing device at any elevator landing shall cause all cars in all groups that serve that landing to return non-stop to the designated level. The operation shall conform to the requirements of section 3041(c)(1)(A)1 through section 3041(c)(1)(A)5. The key-operated switch required by section 3041(c)(1)(A), when moved to the "by-pass" position, shall restore normal service independent of the sensing devices. Smoke detector systems shall not be self-resetting.
Exceptions:
(a) Elevator landings in buildings which are completely protected by an automatic sprinkler system. (See NFPA No. 13-1983 Sprinkler System)
(b) Elevator landings of unenclosed landings open to the atmosphere or open to an interior court of a building.
(c) Freight elevators located in single use buildings where openings are into manufacturing areas.
2. In addition to the sensing devices required by section 3041(c)(1)(B)1, either or both of the following additions are permitted:
(A) Sensing devices installed at the designated-level which, when activated, will cause all cars in all groups that serve that lobby to return non-stop to an alternate level, approved by the Division, unless the key-operated switch required by section 3041(c)(1)(A) is in the "on" position.
(B) Sensing devices installed in associated elevator machine rooms or associated elevator hoistways which, when activated, will cause all cars to function as specified in section 3041(c)(1)(B).
Note: See T24 CCR, section E620-37, Foreign Wires, for limitations on sensing devices located in elevator hoistways.

(C) Elevators without a landing at grade level shall be returned to the landing closest to grade level or other level approved by the local fire authorities and shall conform to the requirements of section 3041(c)(1)(A)1 through section 3041(c)(1)(A)6.
(D) Elevators having a travel of 70 feet or more above the lowest grade elevation surrounding the building shall be provided with the following operation:
A two position (off, on) key-operated switch shall be provided in or adjacent to an operating panel in each car and shall be effective only when the designated level key-operated switch is in the "on" position or a sensing device has been activated and the car has returned to the designated level or other approved alternate level. The key shall be removable only in the "off" position, and when in the "on" position it shall place the elevator on emergency service.
The operation of elevators on emergency service shall be as follows:
1. An elevator shall be operable only by a person in the elevator.

2. Elevators shall not respond to elevator corridor calls.
3. The opening of power-operated doors shall be controlled only by continuous pressure "Door Open" buttons or switches. If the switch or button is released prior to the doors reaching the fully open position, the doors shall automatically reclose. Open doors shall be closed by registration of a car call or by pressure on "Door Close" switch or button.
4. The car shall stay on emergency service as long as the car key is in the "on" position even though the designated level key-operated switch is returned to its "off" position.
5. The emergency stop switch shall be rendered operative.
(E) Multi-deck elevators shall conform to the requirements of section 3041(c)(1)(D), section 3041(c)(1)(F) and the following:
1.The key-operated switch required by section 3041(c)(1)(A) shall be located at the designated level served by the upper deck.
2.The key-operated switch in the car required by section 3041(c)(1)(D) for emergency service operation shall be located in the top deck. The elevators shall be provided with means for placing the lower deck out of service including closing of car and hoistway doors. The lower deck shall be out of service before the emergency service operation from the top deck becomes effective. The means for placing the lower deck out of service shall be located in that deck or adjacent to the entrance in the corridor.
(F) The switches required by section 3041(c)(1)(A) and section 3041(c)(1)(D) shall be operated by the same key but shall not be a part of a building master key system. There shall be a key for the designated level switch and for each elevator in the group and these keys shall be kept on the premises by persons responsible for maintenance and operation of the elevators, in a location approved by the local fire protection authorities readily accessible to authorized persons, but not where they are available to the public. The locks shall be of the cylinder type having not less than a 5-pin or 5-disc combination.
(2) Attendant-Operated Elevators. Elevators operable only by a designated attendant in the car shall be provided with a signal system consisting of both visual and audible types actuated at the designated level or other approved alternate level to alert the attendant to return non-stop to the designated level or other approved alternate level. Provisions shall be made to alert the attendant in the same manner when a sensing device is activated.
(3) Elevators Arranged for Dual Operation. Elevators arranged for dual operation shall, when on automatic operation conform to section 3041(c)(1) and when on operation by a designated attendant in the car, conform to section 3041(c)(2).
(4) Operating Instructions. Instructions for operation of elevators under fire and other emergency conditions shall be incorporated within the enclosure for the switch at the designated level required by section 3041(c)(1) and section 3041(c)(2) or shall be posted adjacent to it. Instructions shall be in letters not less than 1/4-in. (6.4mm) in height and shall be permanently installed and protected against removal and defacement.
(5) Floor Numbers. Elevator hoistways shall have a floor number not less than 4 in. (102mm) in height, placed on the walls and/or doors of the hoistway at intervals such that a person in a stalled elevator, upon opening the car door, can determine the floor position.
(6) Fire Signs. All automatic elevators shall have not less than one sign at each landing printed on a contrasting background in letters not less than 1/2 inch high to read: "In case of fire use stairway for exit. Do not use elevator."
(7) Elevators exempt from the requirements of section 3041(c):
(A) Elevators in jails and penal institutions, where the recall of an elevator would interfere with mandatory security.
(B) Elevators in noncombustible type structures such as rock quarrys, mills, steel towers, dams, storage bins, noncombustible power plants, and tanks where the elevators are used only by maintenance and operating personnel.
(8) The date for compliance with the retroactive requirements of section 3041(c) for existing elevators installed before October 6, 1975 shall be October 6, 1978.
Exception: Elevators in buildings subject to the provisions for existing high rise buildings section B1733 of title 19 where good cause for not complying by October 6, 1975 and where a systematic and progressive plan of compliance has been submitted to and approved by the Division to comply on or before April 26, 1981.
(Title 24, part 2, section 5103(i).)
(d) Earthquake Emergency Operation.
(1) Passenger elevators with automatic operation and counterweights shall be provided with earthquake protective devices of the following types.
Exceptions:
(1) Elevators whose car and counterweight guiding system including rails, brackets and guiding shoes whose equipment fastenings and attachments to the building structural members have been properly certified to the Division, by an engineer qualified under the Civil and Professional Engineers Act, to be designed and built to withstand the static and dynamic seismic forces for which the building was designed.
(2) Elevators in structures such as rock quarries, mills, steel towers, dams, storage bins, power plants and tanks where the elevators are used only by maintenance and operating personnel and in buildings such as jails and penal institutions, where stopping of an elevator would interfere with the security of the institution.
(3) A period of seven years from October 6, 1975 will be allowed for elevators existing at the time of the adoption of section 3041(d) to comply with the retroactive requirements of section 3041(d).
(A) Elevators with drum machines operating at any speed and traction machines operating at rated speeds of more than 150 f.p.m. shall be provided with either a seismic switch device or a derailment switch device.
(B) Elevators with traction machines with rated speeds of not more than 150 f.p.m. shall be provided with a collision switch device.
Exceptions:
1. Elevators provided with either a seismic switch device or a derailment switch device.
2. Elevators with traction machines with counterweights located or restrained to prevent the car and counterweight colliding.

(C) Elevators with traction machines arranged to operate under emergency conditions after activation of either a seismic switch device or a derailment switch device shall be provided with a collision switch device.
Exceptions:
1. Elevators with traction machines with counterweights located or restrained to prevent the car and counterweight colliding.
2. Elevators equipped with a derailment switch that continuously monitors the position of the counterweight and therefore acts as a collision switch.
(2) Passenger elevators with traction machines, counterweights, and selective collective or group automatic operation shall, upon activation of a seismic switch or derailment device, and if in motion, either
(A) Slow to a speed not greater than 150 f.p.m. and proceed to the next floor in the direction of the travel and stop.
Exception: Elevators operating in a hoistway with more than 36 feet between landings shall not proceed to the next floor in the direction of travel if the car must pass the counterweight
or
(B) Stop and then proceed to the next floor at a speed not greater than 150 f.p.m. in a direction away from the counterweight.
(3) Passenger elevators with traction machines having automatic operation other than selective collective or group automatic shall, if in motion, upon activation of an earthquake protective device, stop.
Exception: Elevators with traction machines that comply with 3041(d)(2).
(4) Passenger elevators with counterweights and drum machines shall, if in motion, upon activation of an earthquake protective devices stop.
(5) Elevators required to comply with section 3041(d)(1) when on automatic operation shall conform to sections 3041(d)(2), (3), and (4) when on attendant service.

(6) Cars stopped by an earthquake protection device shall be operable at not more than 150 f.p.m. from the car top operating station as described in section 3040(a)(4) if so equipped.
(7) Activation of a seismic switch device or momentary activation of a derailment switch device shall prevent operation of the car by the emergency service key described in 3041(c) or a hospital emergency service key at a speed greater than 150 f.p.m.
(8) Activation of a collision switch device or continuous activation of a derailment switch device shall prevent operation of the car except from the car top operating station.
Exception: Cars stopped by activation of the collision switch or derailment switch may be operable from the emergency service switch described in section 3041(c) in the direction away from the counterweight.
(9) A collision switch shall, upon activation, stop an elevator traveling at a speed of 150 f.p.m. before the car meets the counterweight.
(10) Elevators not in operation shall remain at the landing. Elevators shall upon reaching a landing remain at the landing unless operated by the emergency service key described in section 3041(c).
(11) Cars with power operated doors shall upon reaching a landing cause their doors to open and remain open unless operated by the emergency service key described in section 3041(c).
(12) An earthquake sensing device shall activate upon excitation in a horizontal or vertical direction of not more than 0.15 g.
(13) An identified momentary reset button or switch for each car, located in the control panel in the machine room, shall be provided for elevators equipped with a seismic switch or a derailment switch.
(14) Cars stopped by an earthquake protection device shall remain stopped in the event of a power failure and subsequent restoration of power. The functions performed by the electrical protective devices required by section 3040(b) shall not be canceled by the earthquake protection device.
(15) Earthquake protection devices with exposed live parts in the hoistway shall operate at not more than 24 volts root mean square A.C. or 24 volts D.C. above or below ground potential and shall not be capable of supplying more than 1/2 ampere when short circuited.
(16) Earthquake protection devices shall be of a fail safe-type or shall include a dual system arranged to prevent energizing the sensing portion unless the complete system is intact.
(17) Earthquake protection devices shall be arranged to be checked for satisfactory operation and shall be calibrated at intervals recommended by the manufacturer.
(e) Medical Emergency Elevators.
(1) All buildings and structures constructed after the effective date of this order that are provided with one or more passenger elevators shall be provided with not less than one passenger elevator designed and designated to accommodate the loading and transport of an ambulance gurney or stretcher maximum size 22 1/2 in. (572 mm) by 75 in. (1.90 m) in its horizontal position and arranged to serve all landings in conformance with the following:
Exceptions to section 3041(e)(1):
1. Elevators in structures such as rock quarries, mills, steel towers, dams, storage bins, power plants and tanks where the elevators are used only by maintenance and operating personnel; elevators in buildings such as jails and penal institutions; and private residence type elevators in locations under the jurisdiction of the Division.
2. Elevators in buildings or structures where each landing is at ground level or is accessible at grade level or by a ramp.
3. Elevator(s) in two story buildings or structures equipped with stairs of a configuration that will accommodate the carrying of the gurney or stretcher as permitted by the local jurisdiction authority.
4. Elevators in buildings or structures for which the local jurisdictional authority has granted an exception in the form of a written document.
5. Elevators in buildings or structures for which the building plans were filed or for which a permit was issued prior to (the effective date of this order).
(A) The hoistway landing openings shall be provided with power operated doors.

(B) The clear opening provided by the elevator entrance shall be not less than 42 in. (1.07 m) wide nor less than 78 in. (1.98 m) high.
Exception to section 3041(e)(1)(B):
See Exception to section 3041(e)(1)(C).
(C) The elevator car shall have a minimum inside car platform of 80 in. (2.03 m) wide by 51 in. (1.30 m) deep.
Exception to section 3041(e)(1)(B) and (C):
The platform dimensions and/or the clear entrance opening dimension may be altered where it can be demonstrated to the local jurisdictional authority's satisfaction that the car and entrance configuration to be provided will handle the designated gurney or stretcher with equivalent ease. Documentation from the local authority shall be provided to the Division.
(D) The elevator(s) that is designated the Medical Emergency Elevator shall be arranged to be recallable by a key switch as are the elevators which must comply with subsection 3041(c)(1)(A). For the purpose of this subsection elevators in compliance with subsection 3041(c) shall be acceptable.
(2) Designation. New elevators arranged to conform with section 3041(e)(1) shall be provided with identification which can be readily noted from the landings and hallways.
(A) The identification shall be the international symbol (Star of Life) for Emergency Medical services.
(B) The symbol shall be approximately 3 in. (76 mm) in size.
(C) The symbols (2 each) shall be permanently attached to the hoistway door frame on that portion at right angles to the hallway or landing areas at a glance not less than 78 in. (1.98 m) and not more than 84 in. (2.13 m) above the floor level at the threshold.
(3) Designation. Elevators existing prior to July 1, 1986 that were intended as medical emergency elevators or any other passenger elevator of adequate size and configuration that the local jurisdictional authority may designate should be provided with the international symbols as required by section 3041(e)(2).

Note: 1: The intent of section 3041(e) is to ensure that each floor or landing of the building or structure can be accessed or egressed with a gurney or stretcher in the horizontal position. The Division will be receptive to passenger elevators of any size and/or configuration that can be demonstrated to meet this intent even if it does not comply with the specifications listed, providing the local building official and authority deem it acceptable.
Note: 2: The orders in section 3041(e) are not intended to be used to require the installation of an elevator, service to a given floor or landing, or the altering of an existing elevator as a result of building changes or upgrading. Such requirements must come from a different source, code or law.
(Title 24, part 7, section 7-3041)
(Title 24, part 2, section 5108)

Note: Authority cited: Sections 142.3 and 7301.5, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 18943, Health and Safety Code.

s 3042. Hoisting Ropes and Their Connections.
(a) Suspension Means. All cable-driven elevator cars and counterweights shall be suspended by steel or iron wire ropes attached to the car frame or passing around sheaves attached to the car frame. Ropes shall be without covering, except that marlin-covered rope may be used where liability to excessive corrosion or other hazard exists.

(1) Only wire rope having the commercial classification "Elevator Wire Rope," or wire rope constructed specifically for elevator use, shall be used for the suspension of elevator cars and for the suspension of counterweights, including replacement of ropes on existing elevators.
(b) Wire Rope Data on Crosshead Data Plate.
(1) The crosshead data plate required in Section 3037(c)(2)(B) shall bear the following wire rope data.
(A) The number of ropes.
(B) The diameter in inches.
(C) The material of the ropes and the manufacturer's rated breaking strength per rope in pounds.
(2) Whenever new ropes are installed that do not agree in size, number, or material with the existing data, the division shall be notified in writing before such a change is made.
(c) Wire Rope Data on Rope Data Tag.
(1) A metal, fiber, or plastic tag shall be securely attached to one of the wire rope fastenings. This data tag shall bear the following wire rope data:
(A) The diameter in inches.
(B) The manufacturer's rated breaking strength.
(C) The grade of material used.
(D) The month and year the ropes were installed.
(E) Whether nonpreformed or preformed.
(F) Construction classification.
(G) Name of the person or firm who installed the ropes.
(H) Name of the manufacturer of the rope.

(2) A new tag shall be installed at each renewal.
(3) The height of the letters shall be not less than 1/16inch.
(d) Wire Rope Data on Reshackling Tag.
(1) Whenever wire ropes are reshackled, a metal, fiber, or plastic tag shall be securely attached to one of the wire rope fastenings. This tag is in addition to the tag required in Section 3042(c). The reshackling tag shall bear the following data:
(A) The month and year the ropes were reshackled.
(B) The name of the person or firm who reshackled the ropes.
(e) Factor of Safety.
(1) The factor of safety of the suspension wire ropes shall be not less than that determined by the formula and graphs of Design Section 3107(a). Table 3042E1 lists the minimum factors of safety for various intermediate rope speeds.
TABLE NO. 3042E1 Minimum Factors of Safety for Suspension Wire Ropes

Rope Speed ....... Minimum Factor Rope Speed Minimum Factor
in Feet Per of Safety in Feet Per of Safety
Minute ....... Passenger Freight Minute Passenger Freight
50 ........... 7.60 6.65 700 11.00 9.80
75 ........... 7.75 6.85 750 11.15 9.90
100 .......... 7.95 7.00 800 11.25 10.00
125 .......... 8.10 7.15 850 11.35 10.10
150 .......... 8.25 7.30 900 11.45 10.15
175 .......... 8.40 7.45 950 11.50 10.20
200 .......... 8.60 7.65 1000 11.55 10.30
225 .......... 8.75 7.75 1050 11.65 10.35
250 .......... 8.90 7.90 1100 11.70 10.40
300 .......... 9.20 8.20 1150 11.75 10.45
350 .......... 9.50 8.45 1200 11.80 10.50
400 .......... 9.75 8.70 1250 11.80 10.50
450 .......... 10.00 8.90 1300 11.85 10.55
500 .......... 10.25 9.15 1350 11.85 10.55

550 .......... 10.45 9.30 1400 11.90 10.55
600 .......... 10.70 9.50 1450 11.90 10.55
650 .......... 10.85 9.65 1500 11.90 10.55

(2) The factor of safety of replacement ropes for existing elevators shall be not less than the factor of safety of the original ropes based on their original breaking strength.
(f) Minimum Number and Diameter of Hoisting Ropes.
(1) The minimum number of hoisting ropes used shall be three for traction elevators, and two for drum-type elevators.
Exception: Existing traction elevators with two hoisting ropes.
(2) Where a car counterweight or a drum counterweight is used, the number of counterweight ropes used shall be not less than two.
(3) The minimum diameter of hoisting and counterweight ropes shall be 3/8-in. (9.5 mm). Outer wires of the ropes shall be not less than 0.024 in. (0.61 mm) in diameter.
The term "diameter," where used in this section, shall refer to the nominal diameter as given by the rope manufacturer.
(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-0342.)
(g) Suspension Rope Equalizers.
(1) Suspension rope equalizers, where provided, shall be of the individual-compression spring type.
Exception: Equalizers of other types may be used with traction elevators provided the equalizers and their fastenings are accepted by the division; and provided that equalizers of the single-bar type or springs in tension shall not be used to attach suspension ropes to cars or counterweights or to dead-end hitch plates. See Design Section 3107(d).
(2) Equalizers shall be used on the car and counterweight ends of all ropes of overhead drum-type elevators where the ropes travel in opposite directions on the drum face.
(h) Securing of Wire Suspension Ropes to Winding Drums.
(1) Car and counterweight suspension ropes of winding drum machines shall have the drum ends of the ropes secured on the inside of the drum by clamps or by tapered babbitted sockets.
(2) Wire suspension ropes of drum-type machines shall have not less than one turn of each rope on the drum when the car or counterweight is resting on the fully compressed buffers.
(i) Replacement and Reshackling of Suspension and Compensation Ropes.
(1) When wear, corrosion, broken wires, or other factors indicate that ropes or cables have their breaking strength materially reduced below the manufacturer's rating, they shall be renewed.
(2) When hoisting or counterweight ropes are renewed, the entire set shall be renewed. A set of rope in this case shall mean all of the hoisting ropes, or all of the car counterweight ropes, or all of the drum counterweight ropes.

(3) Suspension wire ropes or compensating ropes shall not be lengthened or repaired by splicing.
(4) When suspension ropes are renewed, the method of babbitting shall conform to the requirements of Sections 3042(j)(5), 3042(j)(6), and 3042(j)(7).
(5) The hoisting ropes of power elevators having drum-type driving machines with one-to-one (1:1) roping shall be reshackled at the car ends when an inspection shows any evidence of fatigue or abrasion, and in no case at intervals longer than indicated in the following schedule.

Frequency
in years
O.H. Drum, Heavy Duty (Over 50 trips per day)................ 1
O.H. Drum, Medium Duty (25-50 trips per day)................. 2
O.H. Drum, Light Duty (Less than 25 trips per day)........... 4
Basement Drum, Heavy Duty (Over 50 trips per day)............ 2 (continued)