(1) The Department of Labor and Industry, referred to as department, adopts and incorporates by reference:

(a) Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.1 2004, A17.1a-2005 Addenda, and ASMEA17.1S-2005 Supplement;

(b) Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.3 2002;

(c) Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, ASME A18.1- 2003; and

(d) ASME A17.1 2004, Appendix N, Table N1, Recommended Inspection and Test Intervals in Months, for required testing intervals. This table is to be used for testing interval requirements only. Inspection intervals are to be performed as specified in 50-60-711 , MCA.

(i) Existing elevators with a capacity of 1400 pounds or less are to be tested according to the requirements of limited-use/limited-application elevators as specified in (1)(d).

(2) The purpose of the elevator code is to provide safety standards for the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of permanently installed hoisting and lowering mechanisms.

(a) Devices covered by the elevator code include but are not limited to:

(i) elevators;

(ii) platform lifts;

(iii) stairway chair lifts;

(iv) dumbwaiters;

(v) escalators;

(vi) automated people movers;

(vii) inclined lifts; and

(viii) moving walks and their hoistway.

(b) The elevator code does not apply to self-powered, mobile equipment including, but not limited to:

(i) material hoists and man lifts;

(ii) mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms;

(iii) powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior maintenance;

(iv) conveyors and related equipment;

(v) cranes, derricks, hoist, hooks, jacks, and slings;

(vi) industrial trucks;

(vii) portable equipment, except for portable escalators;

(viii) tiering or piling machines used to move materials to and from storage that are located and operated entirely within one story;

(ix) equipment for feeding or positioning materials at machine tools, printing presses, and similar locations;

(x) furnace hoists; and

(xi) railroad car lifts or dumps which are typically used on a temporary basis on construction sites.

(3) Inspection, code compliance, and enforcement of hoistway (shaft) standards is the responsibility of the appropriate authority having jurisdiction for inspection and enforcement of the building code.

(4) The codes, standard and appendix referenced in (1) are collectively referred to as the elevator code. A copy of the elevator code may be obtained from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017.