Chapter 4101:5-1 General Provisions

This code covers the design, construction, repair, alteration, and maintenance of:

(A) Passenger elevators;

(B) Freight elevators;

(C) Dumbwaiters;

(D) Escalators;

(E) Moving walks;

(F) Belt Manlifts;

(G) Mine elevators;

(H) Special service elevators and other lifting and lowering equipment as provided for by section 4105.01 of the Revised Code, but shall not include the following:

(1) Conveyors and related equipment within the scope of “ANSIB20.1”;

(2) Tiering or piling machines used to move material to and from storage and located and operating entirely within one story;

(3) Equipment for feeding or positioning materials at machine tools, printing presses, etc.;

(4) Hoists for raising or lowering materials and which are provided with unguided hooks, slings, and similar means for attachment to the materials;

(5) Skip or furnace hoists;

(6) Wharf ramps;

(7) Amusement devices, but does include elevators in observation towers, etc.;

(8) Lift bridges;

(9) Railroad car lifts or dumpers;

(10) Material hoists and workmen’s hoists in place for the duration of the construction renovation or demolition of the project; and

(11) Elevators in one-, two-, and three-family dwelling houses.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/1/2002 and 10/01/2007

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 4105.011

Rule Amplifies: 4105

Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/74, 12/15/84, 2/1/96, 12/1/00

Note: For definitions used in this code:

(For definitions not contained herein, refer to the “ANSI” standards listed in rule 4101:5-3-01 of the Administrative Code.)

“Board” means the board of building standards as established by section 3781.07 of the Revised Code.

“Board of building appeals” means the board of building appeals as established by section 3781.19 of the Revised Code.

“Chief” means the superintendent of the division of industrial compliance created in the department of commerce under section 121.04 of the Revised Code, or the person designated by the superintendent as responsible for the enforcement of this code.

“Division” means the division of industrial compliance as established in Chapter 4105. of the Revised Code.

“Elevator” means, a hoisting and lowering apparatus equipped with a car, cage, or platform which moves on or between permanent rails or guides and serves two or more fixed landings in a building or structure to which section 3781.06 of the Revised Code applies. “Elevator” includes dumb-waiters other than hand-powered dumb-waiters, escalators, manlifts of the endless belt type, moving walks, other lifting or lowering apparatus permanently installed on or between rails or guides, and all equipment, machinery, and construction related to any elevator; but does not include construction hoists and other similar temporary lifting or lowering apparatuses, ski lifts, traveling, portable amusement rides or devices that are not affixed to a permanent foundation, or nonportable amusement rides or devices that are affixed to a permanent foundation.

“General inspector” means a state inspector examined and hired to inspect elevators and lifting apparatus for that state.

“Inspector” means either a general or special inspector.

“Moving walks” means a type of passenger-carrying device on which passengers stand or walk, and in which the passenger-carrying surface remains parallel to its direction of motion and is uninterrupted.

“Special inspector” means an inspector examined and commissioned by the chief of the division to inspect elevators and lifting apparatus in the state.

HISTORY: Eff 4-1-74; 11-1-80; 2-1-96; 1-1-03

Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03

Rule authorized by: RC 4105.011

Rule amplifies: RC Chapter 4105.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 09/25/2002 and 10/01/2007

The chief of the division shall enforce all provisions of the “Ohio Elevator Code” relating to the design, construction, repair, alteration, and maintenance of elevators and moving walks.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/1/2002 and 10/01/2007

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 4105.011

Rule Amplifies: 4105

Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/74, 2/1/96

All applications for a new installation permit or an alteration permit shall be submitted in accordance with section 4105.16 of the Revised Code and shall certify that the submitted plans fully comply with the required standards.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/1/2002 and 10/01/2007

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 4105.011

Rule Amplifies: 4105

Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/74

Before attempting to enforce, by any remedy, civil or criminal, the provisions with which the inspected elevator does not comply, the chief of the division shall issue an adjudication order in accordance with section 4105.11 of the Revised Code. The owner of the elevator specified therein may appeal to the board of building appeals under section 3781.19 of the Revised Code.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/1/2002 and 10/01/2007

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 4105.011

Rule Amplifies: 4105

Prior Effective Dates: 4/1/74, 2/1/96

(A) No person may act, either as a general inspector or as a special inspector of elevators, unless he holds a certificate of competency from the division of industrial compliance pursuant to section 4105.02 of the Revised Code.

(B) The written examination administered by the superintendent, prior to issuance of a certificate of compentency, shall be the “Quality Elevator Inspectors (QEI) Examination”.

HISTORY: Eff 4-1-74; 2-1-96; 1-1-03

Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03

Rule authorized by: RC 4105.011

Rule amplifies: RC Chapter 4105.

Replaces: 4101:5-1-06

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/01/2007

(A) In accordance with section 4105.17(I) of the Revised Code, in addition to any fees assessed and collected for the inspection and issuance of a certificate of operation, the superintendent will collect a board assesed fee of three dollars and twenty-five cents for each certificate of operation or renewal thereof and for each inspection conducted.

(B) The three dollars and twenty-five cent assessment fee collected on behalf of the board shall be remitted to the board when deposited by the division of industrial compliance pursuant to section 121.084 of the Revised Code. The superintendent shall report to the board the amounts remitted not later than one month following the first full month’s collection and then monthly thereafter.

HISTORY: Eff 4-1-74; 3-10-82; 12-1-83; 1-1-90; 5-1-92; 7-5-93; 2-1-96; 1-1-03

Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03

Rule authorized by: RC 4105.011

Rule amplifies: RC Chapter 4105.

Replaces: 4101:5-1-07

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/01/2007