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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(A) This chapter shall be used to regulate the individuals and entities performing construction, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment, associated parts, and hoistways:
(1) Elevators;
(2) Power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings, including both of the following:
(a) Escalators;
(b) Moving walks.
(3) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car that serves two or more landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by its limited size or limited access to the car, including both of the following:
(a) Dumbwaiters;
(b) Material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices.
(4) Automatic guided transit vehicles on guideways with an exclusive right-of-way, including automated people movers.
(B) This chapter shall not be used to regulate any of the following:
(1) Material hoists within the scope of the material hoists safety requirements
(2) Manlifts within the scope of the belt manlifts safety standards;
(3) Mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms within the scope of the vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms standards;
(4) Powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior maintenance within the scope of the powered platforms for building maintenance safety standards;
(5) Conveyors and related equipment within the scope of the conveyors, cableways, and related equipment safety code;
(6) Cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of cableways, cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings safety standards;
(7) Industrial trucks within the scope of the powered industrial trucks safety standards;
(8) Portable equipment, except for portable escalators which are covered by the elevators and escalators safety code;
(9) Tiering or piling machines used to move materials to and from storage located and operating entirely within one story;
(10) Equipment for feeding or positioning materials at machine tools, printing presses, and similar machines;
(11) Skip or furnace hoists;
(12) Wharf ramps;
(13) Railroad car lifts or dumpers;
(14) Line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms, and similar equipment used for installing an elevator by a contractor licensed in this state;
(15) Platform lifts and stairway chairlifts within the scope of the safety standard adopted by the American society of mechanical engineers commonly referred to as ASME A18.1;
(16) Any conveyance installed in a showroom that is for demonstration purposes only.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Ohio Revised Code Title XLVII. Occupations Professions § 4785.02 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/oh/title-xlvii-occupations-professions/oh-rev-code-sect-4785-02/
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