- (a) Swinging doors installed at the bottom landing of the shaftway shall open outward.
(b) Shaftway landing doors shall be equipped with a Department-approved interlock. The interlock shall:
- (1) Secure the platform in the stop position or place the power of controlling the elevator beyond the operator’s control while any landing door is open.
- (2) Operate in conjunction with a normally closed electrical valve operating system when used for maintained pressure hydraulic elevators.
- (c) A landing door may unlock only when the platform is stopped at the level where the landing doors are located.
- (d) Landing doors shall open manually from inside the shaftway regardless of the platform’s position.
Cross References
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 405.31 (relating to applicability).