PURPOSE: This rule is to address
alter-ations/repairs, replacements, and maintenance of
elevators.
(1)
Minimum Standards. When any alterations are made, all elevator equipment, as a
minimum, shall conform to the applicable requirements of section 8.7 of the
ASME A17.1 as amended by the Elevator Safety Board.
(A) Major Alterations listed below require an
alteration permit to be obtained and submission of plans or scope of work for
review by the division. The plan review fee is one hundred fifty dollars ($150)
plus twenty-five dollars ($25) per each floor opening including the bottom
floor plus twenty-five dollars ($25) for the alteration permit fee. An
acceptance inspection shall be conducted after completion of the alteration.
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Item
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Electric
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Hydraulic
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MW & Esc.
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**Change in Power Supply
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8.7.2.27.3
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8.7.3.31.4
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*Car, increase/decrease in dead weight of
Car
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8.7.2.15.2
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8.7.3.21
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**Controller
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8.7.2.27.4
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8.7.3.31.5
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**Alterations to Driving Machines and
Sheaves
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8.7.2.25.1
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**Hydraulic Jack
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8.7.3.23.1
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*Driving machine, change in
location
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8.7.2.25.2
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8.7.3.23.6
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**Electrically operated control valve in place of
Mechanical valve
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8.7.3.24
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*Carrying of Passengers of Freight
Elevators
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8.7.2.16.3
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8.7.3.19
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*Increase in rated load
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8.7.2.16.4
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8.7.3.20
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*Change in Rise or Rated Speed
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8.7.2.17
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*Change in Travel or Rated
Speed
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8.7.3.22
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*Change in Type of Service
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8.7.2.16.1
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8.7.3.17
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*Change in Type of Operation
Control
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8.7.2.27.6
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8.7.3.31.7
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** Increase in working
pressure
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8.7.3.23.4
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*Addition of elevator to existing
hoistway
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8.7.2.1.2
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*Hoistway Enclosures
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8.7.3.1
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**Increase or Decrease in Deadweight of
Car.
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8.7.2.15.2
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8.7.3.21
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*Change in Location of Driving
Machine
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8.7.2.25.2
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8.7.3.23.6
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*Location of hydraulic jack, change
in
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8.7.3.23.5
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*Relocation of moving
walk
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8.7.6.2.2
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*Relocation of
escalator
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8.7.6.2.1
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*Trusses and Girders (New onto Existing Truss)
Escalator
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8.7.6.1.9
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*Trusses and Girders (New onto Existing Truss)
Moving Walk
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8.7.6.2.9
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*Top of car operating device
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8.7.2.27.1
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8.7.3.31.1
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**Change in Suspension Means
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8.7.2.21.1
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8.7.3.25.1
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* Plans submitted with permit
** Scope of work submitted with permit
(B) Alterations and major repairs listed
below only require an alteration permit to be obtained and an acceptance
inspection conducted. Alteration permit fee is twenty-five dollars ($25).
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Item
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Electric
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Hydraulic
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*Buffer
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8.7.2.23
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8.7.3.27
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*Car safeties
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8.7.2.18
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8.7.3.15
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**Valves, Pressure Piping, and
Fittings
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8.7.3.24
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*Counterweight safeties
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8.7.2.18
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8.7.3.15
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*Hydraulic Jack
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8.7.3.23
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**Power Operation of Hoistway Doors
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8.7.2.12
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8.7.3.12
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**Emergency operation
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8.7.2.28
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8.7.3.31.8
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**Final terminal stopping device
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8.7.2.26
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(none)
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**Firefighters service
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8.7.2.28
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8.7.3.31.8
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**Speed Governor and Governor
Ropes.
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8.7.2.19
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8.7.3.16
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**Guide rail
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8.7.2.24
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8.7.3.28
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**Normal terminal stopping device
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8.7.2.26
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8.7.3.30
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**Piping supply
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8.7.3.24
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*Piston
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8.7.3.23.2
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**Plunger Gripper
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8.7.3.23.7
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*Operating device
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8.7.2.27
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8.7.3.31
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**Cylinders replaced, altered or
sleeved
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8.7.3.23.3
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**Suspension Means and Their
Connections
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8.7.2.21
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8.7.3.25
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**Brake
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8.7.2.25.1(a)
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**Capacity, Loading and
Classification
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8.7.2.16
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8.7.3.18
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* Plans submitted with permit
** Scope submitted with permit
(C) All other alterations are required to
conform to
11 CSR 40-5.050 ASME A17.1
section 8.7 as amended by the Elevator Safety Board.
(2) Alteration Permit.
(A) Prior to the alteration or major repair
of any elevator equipment, an alteration permit shall be obtained from the
department or its authorized representative.
(B) Alteration Permit Obtained from the
Department.
1. Application for an alteration
permit shall be made on a form furnished by the department and shall be
submitted by the installing contractor. The application shall require the
submission of detailed plans and specifications.
2. Upon receipt of an application and the
required fee for an alteration permit, the required plans and specifications,
shall be reviewed by the department for compliance with the provisions of these
rules and regulations. The department shall issue an alteration permit or shall
notify the applicant in writing of the reasons the alteration permit is
denied.
3. Any applicant who has
been denied an alteration permit by the department may appeal that denial to
the Elevator Safety Board, as provided in
11 CSR
40-5.140 as listed herein.
(C) Alteration Permits Obtained from
Authorized Representative. Procedures for alteration permits shall be defined
by the authorized representative.
(3) Inspection and Testing.
(A) Prior to the operation of any elevator
equipment, which has undergone an alteration or major repair and prior to the
issuance of a new operating certificate, the elevator equipment shall be
inspected by a licensed inspector. Testing must be performed by a licensed
mechanic in accordance with these rules and regulations. The testing must be
witnessed by a licensed inspector.
(B) An inspection report shall be filed with
the department or its authorized representative, installing contractor and the
owner, operator, lessee, or agent of either, by the licensed inspector within
ten (10) days after completion of the inspection. The inspection report shall
be on a form furnished and approved by the department or its authorized
representative. It shall indicate whether the elevator equipment was installed
in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the department or
its authorized representative and meets the requirements of these rules and
regulations.
(4)
Operating Certificate for Alterations. Prior to operating any altered elevator
equipment, an operating certificate must be obtained in accordance with
11 CSR
40-5.100 as listed herein.
Notes
11 CSR 40-5.080
AUTHORITY:
section 701.355, RSMo 2016.* Original
rule filed Aug. 26, 1998, effective July 1, 1999. Amended: Filed Dec. 16, 2002,
effective June 30, 2003. Amended: Filed Dec. 4, 2006, effective May 30, 2007.
Amended: Filed Oct. 16, 2019, effective April 30,
2020.
AUTHORITY: section
701.355, RSMo 2000.* Original
rule filed Aug. 26, 1998, effective July 1, 1999. Amended: Filed Dec. 16, 2002,
effective June 30, 2003. Amended: Filed Dec. 4, 2006, effective May 30, 2007.
Amended by
Missouri
Register March 16, 2020/Volume 45, Number 6, effective
4/30/2020
