All conveyance equipment, such as an elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter, belt manlift, automobile parking elevator, moving walk, or other elevating devices, must be inspected and permitted.
Access to the machine room/control room should be by authorized personnel only.
Lodging property owners and operators are responsible for the maintenance and safety of all elevators on their property.
You can accomplish this by maintaining a Maintenance Control Program Log as part of Labor & Industries Maintenance Control Program (MCP).
A MCP Log will track when required elevator maintenance has been completed. When reviewing the MCP Log, if you see work that wasn’t completed by the required date, contact your service company immediately.
Incomplete maintenance may pose a safety risk, could result in higher repair costs, and may lead to a costly corrections notice from L&I after an inspection.
Lodging operators can perform routine maintenance on their elevators that does not require a service company to do the work.
Those maintenance items include:
- Check to make sure all the light bulbs are working properly.
- Display the current operating certificate in the car.
- Listen for unusual noise and determine if the ride is rough.
- Check for tripping hazards like snags in the rug.
- Make sure the help phone is in good working order.
- Vacuum the vents and sill grooves
- Ensure the machine room is clean. It should not be used for anything other than its designated purpose (e.g., do not use it as a storage closet).
- Ensure the machine room door automatically closes and locks.
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