Definitions

PURPOSE: This rule is to define terms common to elevator and other objects that fall under sections 701.350–701.380, RSMo. (1) As used in these rules and regulations the following terms mean: (A) Alteration—Any change or addition to any elevator equipment other than ordinary repairs and replacements; (B) Automatic transfer device—A mechanism which automatically moves a load consisting of a cart, tote box, pallet, wheeled vehicle, box or similar object to and from the platform of the lift but does not carry personnel; (C) Authorized representative—The department within cities, towns, and other governmental subdivisions designated by the Elevator Safety Board to enforce certain provisions of sections 701.350–701.380, RSMo; (D) Board—The Elevator Safety Board appointed as provided in sections 701.350– 701.380, RSMo; (E) Department—The Department of Public Safety; (F) Dumbwaiter—A hoisting and lowering mechanism with a car of limited capacity and size which moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction, and is used exclusively for carrying material; (G) Elevator equipment—Any equipment regulated by these rules and regulations as described in 11 CSR 40-5.020 defined in 11 CSR 40-5.030 as listed herein; (H) Elevator—A hoisting and lowering mechanism designed to carry passengers or authorized personnel and equipped with a car which moves in fixed guides and serves two (2) or more fixed landings; (I) Escalator—A power-driven inclined continuous stairway used for the raising and lowering of passengers; (J) Existing installation—An installation for which prior to the effective date of these rules and regulations— 1. All work to install the installation was completed; or 2. The plans and specifications were filed with the permitting authority and work begun no later than twelve (12) months after the date of the permit; (K) Freight elevator—An elevator used primarily for carrying freight and on which only the operator and persons necessary for unloading and loading the freight are permitted to ride; (L) Installation—An automatic transfer device, dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, manlift, material lift, moving walk and stairway inclined lift, including its hoistway, hoistway enclosure and related construction, and all machinery and equipment; (M) Licensed inspector—Any inspector in the employ of the department, in the employ of any authorized representative, or any special inspector certified and licensed by the board in accordance with 11 CSR 40-5.120 as listed herein; (N) Major alteration—Refer to definition of alteration; (O) Manlift—A device consisting of a power-driven endless belt moving in one direction only and provided with steps and platforms and handholds attached to it for the transportation of personnel from floor to floor which is not accessible to or used by the general public; (P) Material lift—A hoisting and lowering mechanism normally classified as an elevator which has been modified to adapt it for automatic movement of material by means of an integrally mounted automatic transfer device; (Q) Moving walk—A type of passengercarrying device in or on which passengers stand, sit, or walk and in which the movement of the passenger-carrying device is uninterrupted and remains parallel to its direction of motion; (R) New installation—Any installation not classified as an existing installation, or any existing installation, moved to a new location subsequent to the effective date of these rules; (S) Personnel hoist—A mechanism and its hoistway for use in connection with the construction, alteration, maintenance, or demolition of a building, structure, or other work. It is used for hoisting and lowering workers or materials, or both, and is equipped with a car that moves on guide members during its vertical movement; (T) Special inspector—An inspector certified by the board, but not employed by the Department of Public Safety or by a municipality or political subdivision; (U) Special purpose personnel elevator— An elevator installed in a structure and location to provide vertical transportation of authorized personnel, their tools and equipment only. Such an elevator is typically installed in structures such as grain elevators, radio antennae and bridge towers, underground facilities, dams, power plants, construction job sites and similar structures, where by reason of their limited use and types of construction served, full compliance with the applicable standards is not practical nor necessary; and (V) Stairway inclined lift—A power passenger lift installed on an incline for raising and lowering persons from one floor to another. AUTHORITY: section 701.355, RSMo 1994.* Original rule filed Aug. 26, 1998, effective July 1, 1999. *Original authority: 701.355, RSMo 1994.