(a) Height, Material, and Installation.
(1) Hoistway doors shall be not less than 6
feet 6 inches high.
(2) Hoistway
doors and gates including their components, such as guides, guide shoes,
tracks, locking devices, hangers, hinges, etc., shall be so designed,
constructed, installed and maintained that the fully closed door or gate shall
not deflect beyond the centerline of the car-to-landing sill clearance when
subjected to a force of 75 pounds applied perpendicular to the door or gate and
distributed over an area of 1 square foot on any part of the door or gate,
including the components.
(3) When
subjected to a force of 250 pounds applied as described in subsection (a)(2),
doors or gates and their components shall not be displaced from their supports,
guides, tracks, hinges, latches and locking devices, or be permanently deformed
or otherwise made inoperative.
(4)
Where multi-section doors or gates are used, each panel shall withstand the
forces specified in subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3).
(5) Solid doors, where used, shall be
provided with a vision-panel or panels having an opening width of not more than
6 inches, and an area not more than 80 square inches per panel covered with
expanded metal or wire mesh which shall reject a ¾ -inch ball or clear
material having equivalent strength. The vision panel shall withstand a force
of 75 pounds applied perpendicularly to any part of the panel and distributed
over an area of 1 square foot with no greater deflection than any other part of
the door as allowed in subsection (a)(2).
(b) Door Locking Devices.
Landing doors shall be provided with a means that will
lock the doors mechanically so that they cannot be opened from the landing
side.
These locks shall, at the landings other than the lowest
landing, be of a type that can be released only by a person in the car.
If the door at the lowest terminal landing is locked
automatically when closed with the car at the landing, it shall be provided
with means to unlock it from the landing side to permit access to the car. The
means provided shall be accessible only to authorized persons. A hook and eye
shall be prohibited as a door locking device.
Notes
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, §
1604.6
1.
Amendment of subsection (a), new subsections (a)(1)-(5) and new NOTE filed
1-28-2003; operative 2-27-2003 (Register 2003, No.
5).
Note: Authority cited: Section
142.3, Labor
Code. Reference: Section
142.3, Labor
Code.
1. Amendment of
subsection (a), new subsections (a)(1)-(5) and new Note filed 1-28-2003;
operative 2-27-2003 (Register 2003, No. 5).