[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 7]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1917.116]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1917--MARINE TERMINALS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart F--Terminal Facilities
 
Sec. 1917.116  Elevators and escalators.

    (a) ``Elevator'' means a permanent hoisting and lowering mechanism 
with a car or platform moving vertically in guides and serving two or 
more floors of a structure. The term excludes such devices as conveyors, 
tiering or piling machines, material hoists, skip or furnace hoists, 
wharf ramps, lift bridges, car lifts and dumpers.
    (b) ``Escalator'' means a power-driven continuous moving stairway 
principally intended for the use of persons.
    (c) No elevator or escalator with a defect which affects safety 
shall be used.
    (d) Elevator safety devices shall not be overridden or made 
inoperable.
    (e) Elevators and escalators shall be thoroughly inspected at 
intervals not exceeding one year. Additional monthly inspections for 
satisfactory operation shall be conducted by designated persons. Records 
of the results of the latest annual elevator inspections shall be posted 
in elevators. Records of annual escalator inspections shall be posted in 
the vicinity of the escalator or be available at the terminal.
    (f) Elevator landing openings shall be provided with doors, gates or 
equivalent protection which shall be in place when the elevator is not 
at that landing, to prevent employees from falling into the shaft.
    (g) The elevator's or escalator's maximum load limits shall be 
posted and not exceeded. Elevator load limits shall be posted 
conspicuously both inside and outside of the car.
    (h) Elevators shall be operated only by designated persons except 
for automatic or door interlocking elevators which provide full shaft 
door closing and automatic car leveling.

[48 FR 30909, July 5, 1983, as amended at 49 FR 28551, July 13, 1984; 61 
FR 5509, Feb. 13, 1996]