Note: For definitions
This rule defines terms used in rules
4101:5-1-01 to
4101:5-3-02 of the
Administrative Code:
.
(For definitions
of terms not contained herein, refer to the
"ASME" standards listed in rule
4101:5-3-01 of the
Administrative Code.)
"ASME" means the "American Society of Mechanical Engineers."
Referenced standards, codes, and related technical information developed by
this organization can be purchased by logging on to
http://www.asme.org or by calling
1-800-the-asme.
"Board" means the board of building standards as established by
section 3781.07 of the Revised Code and
authorized by division (A) of section
4105.011 of the Revised Code to
formulate rules and regulations governing the design, construction, repair,
alteration, and maintenance of elevators.
"Board of building appeals" means the board of building appeals
as established by section
3781.19 of the Revised
Code.
"Division" means the division of industrial compliance in the
department of commerce.
"Elevator" means, a hoisting and lowering apparatus equipped
with a car, cage, or platform which moves on or between permanent rails or
guides and serves two or more fixed landings in a building or structure to
which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code
applies. "Elevator" includes dumb-waiters other than hand-powered dumb-waiters,
escalators, manlifts of the endless belt type, moving walks, other lifting or
lowering apparatus permanently installed on or between rails or guides, and all
equipment, machinery, and construction related to any elevator; but does not
include construction hoists and other similar temporary lifting or lowering
apparatuses, ski lifts, traveling, portable amusement rides or devices that are
not affixed to a permanent foundation, or nonportable amusement rides or
devices that are affixed to a permanent foundation.
"Freight elevator" means an elevator normally used for carrying
freight and on which only the operator and employees in the pursuit of their
duties, by the permission of the employer, are allowed to ride.
"General inspector" means a state inspector examined and hired
to inspect elevators and lifting apparatus for that state.
"Inspector" means either a general or special inspector.
"Moving walks" means a type of passenger-carrying device on
which passengers stand or walk, and in which the passenger-carrying surface
remains parallel to its direction of motion and is uninterrupted.
"Owner or user" means any person, firm or corporation owning or
operating any elevator.
"Special inspector" means an inspector examined and
commissioned by the superintendent to inspect elevators and lifting apparatus
in the state.
"Superintendent" means the superintendent of the division of
industrial compliance created in the department of commerce under section
121.04 of the Revised Code, or
the person designated by the superintendent as responsible for the enforcement
of rules
4101:5-1-01 to
4101:5-3-02 and
1301:3-6-01 to
1301:3-6-06 of the
Administrative Code.