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of Mechanical Engineers, Inc Performance-based safety code for elevators and escalators Contents ASME A17 Elevator and Escalator Committee v CSA B44 Technical Committee on the Elevator Safety Code vii ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Committee on New Technology x Foreword xii ASME Preface xiii CSA Preface xv Form and arrangement xvi GENERAL 1.1 SCOPE 1.2 PURPOSE 1.3 DEFINITIONS 2 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS 2.1 PROCESSES FOR ESTABLISHING SAFETY 2.2 OPTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING SAFETY 2.3 SAFETY ASSESSMENT SUBJECT 2.4 ASSURING SAFETY BY IMPLEMENTING GESRs 2.5 SORTING OF APPLICABLE GESRs FOR APPROACH 2.6 IMPLEMENTATION OF GESRs 2.7 RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS 2.8 PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND SAFETY PRINCIPLES 11 2.9 APPLICATION OF SPs 12 2.10 CODE COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION 13 2.11 CODE DATA PLATE 13 2.12 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS 13 GLOBAL ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (GESRs) FOR ELEVATORS 15 3.1 COMMON GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS 15 3.2 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS ADJACENT TO THE ELEVATOR — FALLING INTO HOISTWAY 17 3.3 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT THE ELEVATOR ENTRANCE 18 3.4 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS IN THE LCU (CAR) 19 3.5 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS IN WORKING AREAS 21 SAFETY PARAMETERS 23 REFERENCE CODES AND STANDARDS 25 5.1 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS 25 5.2 PROCUREMENT INFORMATION 29 MANDATORY APPENDIX I — CERTIFICATION OF CONFORMANCE OF ELEVATOR SYSTEMS, SUB-SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, OR FUNCTIONS 31 March 2007 iii ASME A17.7-2007/CSA B44.7-07 © Canadian Standards Association © American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc NONMANDATORY APPENDICES A — BACKGROUND TO GESRs 35 B — SAFETY PARAMETERS 53 C — RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES 78 D — QUICK REFERENCES 83 E — EXAMPLE OF USE OF THIS CODE 87 F — ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Process 114 Tables A-1 — Examples of risk scenarios related to GESRs 36 A-3 — Cross-Referencing of GESRs in Part and Elevator Sub-Systems 42 A-4 — Cross-Referencing of GESRs in Part and Elevator Sub-Systems 48 B-1 — SPs for Each GESR 54 B-2 — Summary of Anthropometric Data 76 C-1 — Risk Assessment Template 79 C-2.1 — Levels of Severity 80 C-2.2 — Levels of Probabilities 80 C-3.1 — Risk Estimation and Evaluation 81 C-3.2 — Risk Evaluation 81 C-4 — Guide for Team Moderator — Role, Skills, Duties, and Responsibilities 82 D-1 — Examples of Hazards 83 D-2 — Examples of Hazardous Situations 84 D-3 — Examples of Causes (Component of Harmful Event) 85 D-4 — Examples of Possible Effects 86 E-2.3 — List of GESRs to be Verified for Conformance 89 E-2.4 — Risk Assessment per Nonmandatory Appendix C 96 Figures E-1 — E-2a — E-2b — E-3 — E-4 — F-1 — iv Determination of the Subject of the Assessment 109 Elaboration of the Design Concept 110 View of Ground Guard and Raised LCU 111 Elaboration of Design Concept LCU – Landing Bridge 112 Elaboration of the Design Concept 113 ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Process 114 March 2007 © Canadian Standards Association © American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc Performance-based safety code for elevators and escalators ASME A17 Elevator and Escalator Committee J W Coaker, Chair H E Peelle III, Vice Chair N B Martin, Vice Chair G A Burdeshaw, Secretary E V Baker, NEIEP R E Baxter, Richard E Baxter and Associates, LLC L Bialy, Otis Elevator Co N Marchitto, Alternate, Otis Elevator Co J R Brooks, North Carolina Department of Labor W C Burklund, Kone, Inc J W Coaker, Coaker & Co., PC E A Donoghue, Edward A Donoghue Associates, Inc R E Droste, Consultant J A Filippone, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey J H Humphrey, Alternate, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey C C Fox, Rainbow Security Control Ltd G W Gibson, George W Gibson and Associates, Inc R A Gregory, Vertex Corp A P Juhasz, Kone, Inc L C Kanicki, Elevator Subcode Official Township of Burlington NJ G A Kappenhagen, Schindler Elevator Corp J W Koshak, Thyssen Krupp Elevator Co H Simpkins, Alternate, Thyssen Krupp Elevator Co K S Lloyd, Abell Elevator International S K Lloyd, Alternate, Abell Elevator International N B Martin, Chief Elevator Insp State of Ohio Z R McCain, Jr., McCain Engineering Associates, Inc M V Farinola, Alternate, MV Farinola, Inc D A McColl, Otis Canada, Inc H E Peelle III, The Peelle Co., Ltd S P Reynolds, Alternate, The Peelle Co., Ltd R L Phillips, Georgia Department of Labor A Rehman, Schindler Elevator Corp V P Robibero, Schindler Elevator Corp C W Rogler, State of Michigan R L Seymour, Robert L Seymour and Associates, Inc R S Seymour, Alternate, Robert L Seymour and Associates, Inc D L Steel, David L Steel Escalators D L Turner, Davis L Turner and Associates R S Caporale, Alternate, Elevator World, Inc A H Verschell, Consulting Engineer March 2007 v ASME A17.7-2007/CSA B44.7-07 © Canadian Standards Association © American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc C E Vlahovic, TSSA R Hadaller, Alternate, TSSA D M Winkle, IUEC Local #14 D A Witham, GAL Manufacturing Honorary Members L J Blaiotta W E Chamberlain B J Fanguy W J Figiel H E Godwin, Jr C E Hempel C L Kort A A Mascone J McAulay, Jr E M Philpot R L Rogers R W Young L E White vi March 2007