Wash. Admin. Code § 296-56-60183 - Hoistway landings
(1) You must
protect every hoistway landing on all sides other than the landing opening side
with a standard guard rail and intermediate guard rail. All landings except the
bottom landing must have a toe board installed on all sides except the landing
opening side.
(2) You must make
sure all hoistway entrances are not less than six feet six inches in height and
in no case shall the width exceed the corresponding car dimensions.
(3) You must provide all hoistway entrances
with an approved maze or with a hoistway gate which must:
(a) Be at least thirty-six inches in
height.
(b) Extend downward to
within one inch of the landing sill.
(c) Be of the self-closing type, designed to
swing horizontally out from the hoistway and closing against a full jam
stop.
(d) Be located within four
inches of the hoistway edge of the landing sill.
(e) Have a "DANGER" sign conspicuously posted
on the landing side of the hoistway gate.
(f) Withstand a two hundred fifty pound
horizontal thrust.
(4)
You must make sure all projections extending inwardly from the hoistway
enclosure at the entrance side of the car platform are bevelled and
substantially guarded on the underside by smooth solid material set at an angle
of not less than sixty degrees, nor more than seventy-five degrees from the
horizontal when cars are not equipped with gates.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040 and 49.17.050. 86-03-064 (Order 86-02), § 296-56-60183, filed 1/17/86; 85-01-022 (Order 84-24), § 296-56-60183, filed 12/11/84.
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