§ 14-16-92. Power elevator car sides.

A.

Generally. Elevator car sides of solid or openwork, wood or metal construction shall be provided on all sides of passenger or freight power elevators which are not used for loading or unloading except sidewalk and platform elevators. If of openwork construction, openings should be designed to reject a two-inch ball, unless the enclosure is located within, one inch of the hoistway wall or the counterweight, in which case the enclosure shall be protected by a mesh which should reject a one-half-inch ball.

B.

Height. Power freight elevator car enclosures should extend to a height of not less than six feet above the car floor and in no case shall they be less than 66 inches high. All power passenger elevator car enclosures shall extend from the car floor to the car top. That portion of the car enclosure which is in front of the counterweight shall extend to the car top or to the top of the crosshead where no car top is provided.

(Code 1967, § 49-142; Code 1985, § 46-162)