§ 14-16-72. Counterweight hoistways.

A.

Outside counterweight hoistway. Hoistways for counterweights located outside of elevator hoistways shall be kept enclosed for the full height of the shaftway.

Exception: if such hoistways are located outside of the building the shaftway for the counterweight shall be guarded to a height of ten feet above the ground, with solid construction.

B.

Counterweight pit guard. Counterweight hoistways located in the enclosed shaftway of power elevators shall be guarded from a point one foot above the pit floor to a point seven feet above the floor of its own pit or above the floor of the adjacent pit.

Exceptions:

1.

When compensating chains or cables are attached to the underside of the counterweight;

2.

Light weight looped chains may be used where the clearances do not permit the installation of a guard.

C.

Counterweight shaftway doors. Doors leading to counterweight shaftways shall be kept locked.

(Code 1967, § 49-122; Code 1985, § 46-142)