Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

The chief inspector shall conduct a final acceptance inspection on completion of the installation, modification, or alteration of a private residence elevator before it is placed in service. Upon completion and final acceptance inspection of a private residence elevator, the home…

When any authorized inspector shall inspect an elevator, or any other device subject to the provisions of this chapter, the inspector shall immediately make a report of the inspection to the administrator, and if the elevator or device is adjudged to conform in all respects with …

Every authorized inspector holding a permit from the chief shall immediately report to the chief the name of the owner or user and the location of every elevator or escalator on which insurance has been refused, cancelled, or discontinued because of existing dangerous defects, an…

If as a result of inspection, the chief shall determine that any elevator or device is in such a condition as to be unsafe, and that the danger is imminent, the chief shall order the operation of that elevator or device to be stopped immediately, and the certificate revoked, and …

(a) After the issuance of a compliance order pursuant to § 23-33-15, the director shall, within a reasonable time after the termination of the inspection or investigation, notify the owner by certified mail of the penalty, if any, proposed to be assessed under § 23-33-20 and that…

Whenever a compliance inspector or an authorized inspector shall have inspected any existing elevator or device and shall have found it safe for operation; or whenever any repairs required by the inspector to be made on any existing elevator or device shall have been completed to…

No elevator or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be erected in any building within the limits of this state unless it shall be constructed, installed, and equipped in compliance with the rules set forth in the code; and any person erecting or installing…

Any owner of an elevator or device may consult with the director of labor and training or the chief inspector for advice and assistance in complying with the provisions of the code of rules and of this chapter. In case the owner shall be dissatisfied with any decision of the dire…

Any owner of any elevator or device aggrieved by any decision of the occupational safety and health review board refusing to grant a variation or modification of the code of rules governing the construction, inspection, maintenance, and operation, may, within thirty (30) days aft…

The code commission for occupational safety and health created by chapter 20 of title 28 shall, under and pursuant to the provisions of that chapter, formulate and/or adopt a code of rules for the construction, inspection, maintenance, and operation of new elevators, escalators a…

The director shall appoint a chief inspector who shall be a citizen of this state to coordinate, implement, administer, and enforce the provisions of the chapter. This existing position shall be responsible to and report to the administrator of the division of occupational safety…

(a) Any firm or corporation engaged in the business of constructing, installing, maintaining, or repairing elevators, escalators, or other devices within the limits of this state, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall be licensed by the division of occupational safety.…

No person shall, within the limits of this state, construct or install any elevator, escalator or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter or repair or maintain any parts of the drive machinery, controllers or safety circuits thereof without being licensed by the di…

(a) Any owner who willfully or repeatedly violates the requirements of § 23-33-9.1, any code, rule, or order promulgated pursuant to § 28-20-24, or regulations prescribed pursuant to this chapter, may be assessed an initial civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,…

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the sections, and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

A conspicuous warning sign stating “In Case of Fire Do Not Use Elevator” shall be placed next to the places of ingress or egress to every elevator used for conveying persons or goods in any building used primarily as a nursing home or as a home for the elderly and/or people with …

All hoistway or elevator openings through floors shall be fully enclosed by two (2) hour fire rated construction with one and one half (1½) hour fire rated doors. Any passenger elevator which is not constructed so as to allow egress of persons from the elevator in any position in…

It shall be the duty of the compliance inspectors appointed or empowered by law to inspect all elevators and other devices subject to the provisions of this chapter in every building within their jurisdiction in any city or town, and it shall be the duty of the compliance inspect…

The owner or owners of any building or premises under lease, and their servants and agents, may enter upon the leased building or premises for the public welfare, with the purpose of making the building comply with the provisions of this chapter, and may remain thereon during suc…

In all cases in which any person shall suffer injury or in which the death of any person shall ensue in consequence of the failure of the lessee or owner or owners of any building to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or in consequence of the failure of the lessee or own…

The lessee or owner or owners of any building, or, in case the lessee or owner, or any of them, be non compos mentis or a minor, the guardian of any such lessee or owner, or in case the lessee or owner, or any of them, be a nonresident, the agent of any such lessee or owner, havi…

No city or town shall have power to make any ordinance, bylaw or resolution concerning elevators, escalators, or other devices subject to the provisions of this chapter regarding the inspection, licensing, construction, installation, maintenance, or repair of any elevator, escala…

The director of the department of labor and training, the administrator of the division of occupational safety, the chief elevator inspector and his or her compliance inspectors charged with the enforcement of this code, while acting for the state, shall not thereby render himsel…

The chief inspector of the division of occupational safety shall have in his or her office, and open during business hours for public inspection, a copy of the codes and rules formulated and/or adopted by the commission, governing new installations of elevators or other devices, …

All elevators and other devices subject to the provisions of §§ 23-33-1 to 23-33-29, inclusive, having been out of active service for a period exceeding one year, or said devices to be placed out of service for a period exceeding six (6) months, after July 1, 1997, shall comply w…

The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the compliance inspectors of the division of occupational safety within the department of labor and training. The proceeds of any fees or fines collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited as general revenues.

The chief inspector may issue a permit to act as an authorized inspector to any person employed by: (1) an insurance company authorized to insure elevators in this state; or (2) any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of inspecting elevators in this state who hol…

If an applicant for a permit to act as an authorized inspector fails to pass the examination (testing the competency of the applicant to act as an authorized inspector) which examination shall be given by the chief inspector, the applicant may apply again for an examination after…

An authorized inspector shall be compensated by the company employing him or her, and the fee provided for in § 23-33-12 shall not be collected by any authorized inspector.

The chief inspector may at any time revoke any permit issued by him or her to act as an authorized inspector, for cause shown, after a hearing, of which the holder of the permit shall receive five (5) days’ notice in writing.

It shall be the duty of every owner or lessee of every elevator, or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter, to register with the department of labor and training each elevator or device owned and/or operated by that person, giving the type, capacity, name of manuf…

(a) Each owner of an elevator, or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall maintain the elevator or device in such a manner by code requirement to insure the safety of all those who use this mode of transportation. (b) Each owner shall comply with all safety …