Describe the work environment of an elevator mechanic

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ liquid solutions) in proximity to energized parts unless procedures are followed which will prevent electrical contact. - (15) Interlocks . Only a qualified person following the requirements of this section may defeat an electrical safety interlock, and then only temporarily while he or she is working on the equipment. You must return the interlock system to its operable condition when this work is completed. [Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, .040, .050, and .060. 15-24-100 (Order 15-04), § 296-24-960, filed 12/01/2015, effective 01/05/2016 Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW. 94-15-096 (Order 94-07), 296-24-960, filed 7/20/94, effective 9/20/94; 91-[redacted postal code] (Order 91-07), 296-24-960, filed 11/22/91, effective 12/24/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040 and 49.17.050. 82-13-045 (Order 82-22), 296-24-960, filed 6/11/82; 82-02-003 (Order 81-32), 296-24-960, filed 12/24/81.] ## WAC 296-24-965 Safety-related work practices. - (1) Scope. Covered work by both qualified and unqualified persons. The provisions of WAC 296-24-960 through 296-24-985 cover electrical safety-related work practices for both qualified persons (those who have training in avoiding the electrical hazards of working on or near exposed energized parts) and unqualified persons (those with little or no such training) working on, near, or with the following installations: - (a) Premises wiring . Installations of electric conductors and equipment within or on buildings or other structures, and on other premises such as yards, carnival, parking, and other lots, and industrial substations; - (b) Wiring for connection to supply . Installations of conductors that connect to the supply of electricity; - (c) Other wiring . Installations of other outside conductors …

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ - (c) Employees standing on the ground must not contact the vehicle or mechanical equipment or any of its attachments, unless: - (i) The employee is using protective equipment rated for the voltage; or - (ii) The equipment is located so that no uninsulated part of its structure (that portion of the structure that provides a conductive path to employees on the ground) can come closer to the line than permitted in this section. - (d) If any vehicle or mechanical equipment capable of having parts of its structure elevated near energized overhead lines is intentionally grounded, employees working on the ground near the point of grounding must not stand at the grounding location whenever there is a possibility of overhead line contact. You must take additional precautions, such as the use of barricades or insulation, to protect employees from hazardous ground potentials, depending on earth resistivity and fault currents, which can develop within the first few feet or more outward from the grounding point. ## (9) Illumination . - (a) Employees must not enter spaces containing exposed energized parts, unless illumination is provided that enables the employees to perform the work safely. - (b) Where lack of illumination or an obstruction precludes observation of the work to be performed, employees must not perform tasks near exposed energized parts. Employees must not reach blindly into areas which may contain energized parts. - (10) Confined or enclosed work spaces . When an employee works in a confined or enclosed space (such as a manhole or vault) that contains exposed energized parts, you must provide, and the employee must use, protective shields, protective barriers, or insulating materials as necessary to avoid inadvertent contact with these parts. Doo…

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## Part 12 General Safety Precautions ## Housekeeping 185 An employer must ensure that a work site is kept clean and free from materials or equipment that could cause workers to slip or trip. ## Lighting 186 (1) An employer must ensure that lighting at a work site is sufficient to enable work to be done safely. 186 (2) An employer must ensure that a light source above a working or walking surface is protected against damage. - 186 (3) An employer must ensure that there is emergency lighting at a work site if workers are in danger if the normal lighting system fails. - 186 (4) Emergency lighting must generate enough light so that workers can - (a) leave the work site safely, - (b) start the necessary emergency shut-down procedures, and - (c) restore normal lighting. ## Pallets and storage racks 187 (1) An employer must ensure that pallets used to transport or store materials or containers are loaded, moved, stacked, arranged and stored in a manner that does not create a danger to workers. - 187 (2) An employer must ensure that racks used to store materials or equipment - (a) are designed, constructed and maintained to support the load placed on them, and - (b) are placed on firm foundations that can support the load. - 187 (3) A worker must report any damage to a storage rack to an employer as quickly as practicable. - 187 (4) The employer and the workers at a work site must take all reasonable steps to prevent storage racks from being damaged to the extent that their integrity as structures is compromised. ## Placement of roofing materials - 187.1 (1) An employer must ensure that supplies and roofing materials stored on the roof of a residential building under construction are located not less than 2 metres from a roof edge. - 187.1 (2) An employer must ensure that the weight of supplies and roofing materials referred to in subsection (1) is uniformly distributed.

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- (1) The plastic casing shall be capped at the bottom and all joints must be solvent or heat welded to insure water tightness. - (2) The plastic casing shall be constructed of polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The plastic pipe wall thickness must not be less than .125 inches (3.551mm). - (3) Replacements of existing hydraulic cylinders shall be protected by the aforementioned method where existing physical dimensions permit. - C. The key switches required to operate firefighters' service on Phase I and II shall use a five pin key, S.C. #1000. - D. A17.1, Rule 106.1(b)(3) is repealed. Sump pumps or drains are not required in elevator pits by these regulations. Where indicated by design consideration, sump pumps or drains shall comply with ANSI A17.1, Rule 106.1(b)(3). - HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 10, Issue No. 6, dated June 27, 1986, eff July 1, 1986. Amended by State Register Volume 11, Issue No. 6, eff June 26, 1987; State Register Volume 12, Issue No. 5, eff May 27, 1988; State Register Volume 13, Issue No. 5, eff May 26, 1989; State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 5, Part 3, eff May 28, 1993; State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 4, eff April 28, 2000. ## 71-5200. Safety Standards for Existing Facilities. - 1. All facilities for which construction or relocation was begun or which were in operation prior to July 1, 1986, in South Carolina shall comply with the requirements of the 1986 edition of the ANSI A17.3, the American National Standard Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators. In the alternative, manlifts may comply with the 1985 edition of the ANSI A90.1 Safety Standards for Manlifts and all supplements thereto; existing power sidewalk elevators may comply with A17.1, 1987 edition, part IV; existing hand and power dumbwaiters may comply with A17.1, 1987 edition, part VII; existing special purpose personnel elevators may comply with A17.1, 1…

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- (1) Any work in any workroom in which (i) radium is stored or used in the manufacture of selfluminous compound, (ii) self-luminous compound is made, processed, or packaged, (iii) selfluminous compound is stored, used, or worked upon, (iv) incandescent mantles are made from fabric and solutions containing thorium salts, or are processed or packaged, (v) other radioactive substances are present in the air in average concentrations exceeding 10 percent of the maximum permissible concentrations in the air recommended for occupational exposure by the National Committee on Radiation Protection, as set forth in the 40-hour week column of table one of the National Bureau of Standards Handbook No. 69 entitled ''Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air and in Water for Occupational Exposure,'' issued June 5, 1959. - (2) Any other work which involves exposure to ionizing radiations in excess of 0.5 rem per year. - (3) Definitions. As used in this paragraph: - (i) The term ''self-luminous compound'' shall mean any mixture of phosphorescent material and radium, mesothorium, or other radioactive element; - (ii) The term ''workroom'' shall include the entire area bounded by walls of solid material and extending from floor to ceiling; - (iii) The term ''ionizing radiations'' shall mean alpha and beta particles, electrons, protons, neutrons, gamma and X-ray and all other radiations which produce ionizations directly or indirectly, but does not include electromagnetic radiations other than gamma and X-ray. - (G) Finding and declaration of fact. The following occupations involved in the operation of powerdriven hoisting apparatus are particularly hazardous for minors sixteen and seventeen years of age: - (1) Work of operating an elevator, crane, derrick, hoist, or high-lift truck, except op…

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Division 2 - (4) The employer shall implement procedures for the use of tags and locks which will prevent the inadvertent application of energy or motion to equipment being repaired, serviced, or adjusted, which could result in employee injury. Such locks and tags shall be removed in accordance with established procedures only by the employee installing them or, if unavailable, by his or her supervisor. - (n) Grain stream processing equipment. The employer shall equip grain stream processing equipment (such as hammer mills, grinders, and pulverizers) with an effective means of removing ferrous material from the incoming grain stream. - (o) Emergency escape. - (1) The employer shall provide at least two means of emergency escape from galleries (bin decks). - (2) The employer shall provide at least one means of emergency escape in tunnels of existing grain elevators. Tunnels in grain elevators constructed after the effective date of this standard shall be provided with at least two means of emergency escape. - (p) Continuous-flow bulk raw grain dryers. - (1) All direct-heat grain dryers shall be equipped with automatic controls that: - (i) Will shut-off the fuel supply in case of power or flame failure or interruption of air movement through the exhaust fan; and, - (ii) Will stop the grain from being fed into the dryer if excessive temperature occurs in the exhaust of the drying section. - (2) Direct-heat grain dryers installed after March 30, 1988 shall be: - (i) Located outside the grain elevator; or - (ii) Located in an area inside the grain elevator protected by a fire or explosion suppression system; or - (iii) Located in an area inside the grain elevator which is separated from other areas of the facility by construction having at least a 1 hour fireresistance rating. - (q) Inside bucket elevators. - (1) Bucket elevators shall not be jogged to free a choked leg.