Ohio Code 4105.10 – Frequency of inspection
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, elevators shall be inspected in accordance with the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4105.10
- Elevator: includes dumb-waiters other than hand-powered dumb-waiters, escalators, manlifts, moving walks, of the endless belt type, 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, chairlifts installed in a private residence, a lifting device installed in a showroom for demonstration purposes only, 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. See Ohio Code 4105.01
- Freight elevator: means an elevator normally used for carrying freight and on which only the operator and employees in the pursuit of their duties, by the permission of the employer, are allowed to ride. See Ohio Code 4105.01
- Private residence: means a distinct building or a unit in a multiple dwelling building that is occupied by members of a single-family unit. See Ohio Code 4105.01
- Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) Every passenger elevator, escalator, moving walk, and freight elevator, including gravity elevators, shall be inspected twice every twelve months.
(2) Power dumb-waiters, hoists, and other lifting or lowering apparatus, not designed to carry persons, permanently installed, either on or between rails or guides, shall be inspected at least once every twelve months.
(3) The board of building standards may designate, by rule, classifications of passenger elevators with a capacity of seven hundred fifty pounds or less that shall be inspected once every twelve months.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to an elevator installed in a private residence.
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