Elevators hereafter erected or installed or hereafter altered shall be constructed, installed and maintained in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, in such case made and provided, and according to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated from time to time by the Superintendent of Buildings.
Elevators operated by hand power and of such size, arrangement and construction that they cannot be used for the accommodation of passengers, ordinarily known as "dumbwaiters," shall conform to such rules as may be promulgated by the Superintendent of Buildings to provide for their safe construction and installation.
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Amusement devices shall be equipped with safety clutches. The cars or receptacles which persons are permitted to occupy shall have handrails of sufficient number and height or other safeguards to prevent persons from being thrown therefrom or coming in contact with structural members.
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All amusement devices shall in addition conform to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated from time to time in the interests of public safety by the Superintendent of Buildings.
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It shall be unlawful for the owner or lessee to operate or permit the operation or use of an elevator or amusement device hereafter installed or constructed until a certificate shall have been obtained from the Superintendent of Buildings.
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The Superintendent shall, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so, inspect or cause to be inspected and tested every elevator or amusement device hereafter installed, constructed or altered and, if the same is found to be safe and in conformity with the provisions of this article and the rules, shall issue a certificate to that effect.
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Nothing herein contained shall prevent the temporary use, by special permission of the Superintendent, of an elevator during construction, provided that a notice is conspicuously posted on or in connection with such elevator to the effect that such elevator has not been officially approved.
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The Superintendent of Buildings shall cause an inspection of all passenger elevators to be made at least once in every three months and of freight elevators and amusement devices at least twice in each year. At least once a year such inspection shall include a test of safety devices.
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The Superintendent may require any owner or lessee to submit to him reports of casualty company inspectors or of other recognized inspection services certifying that the aforementioned inspections of elevators have been made. Whenever satisfactory reports are not submitted, the Superintendent shall have the power to revoke any certificate of approval issued in accordance with § 86-119.
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Upon notice from the Superintendent or his duly authorized representative, any repairs found necessary to such elevators or amusement devices shall be made without delay by the owner or lessee, and in case defects are found to exist and the continued use of such elevator or amusement device dangerous to life or limb, then the use of such elevator or amusement device shall cease and it shall not again be used until a certificate shall be first obtained from said Superintendent that such elevator or amusement device has been made safe. After every inspection which shows any elevator or amusement device to be safe and in conformity with the requirements of this article and the rules adopted thereunder, the Superintendent shall issue a certificate to that effect.
Every passenger elevator shall be given a serial number for purposes of identification. In the case of elevators hereafter installed, such serial number shall be assigned when the first certificate is issued and in the case of existing elevators, as soon as inspection can be made for that purpose. A docket of all passenger elevators shall be kept, giving, under the corresponding serial number, a description of its location sufficient for identification, together with such other information, such as type of construction, motive power, rise, rated speed, inspection, etc., as the Superintendent of Buildings may deem desirable. The owner or lessee or agent of either shall cause such number, together with the most recent certificate of inspection, to be attached or posted in the elevator car in the manner prescribed in the rules.
It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the operator or those necessary to handle freight, to ride on or for the owner or lessee of any elevator knowingly to permit any person to ride on any elevator other than a passenger elevator. Every freight elevator shall have a notice posted conspicuously there as follows: THIS IS NOT A PASSENGER ELEVATOR. IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, OTHER THAN THE OPERATOR OR THOSE NECESSARY TO HANDLE FREIGHT, TO RIDE ON THIS ELEVATOR.
Except as may be specifically provided in any other law or ordinance, every passenger elevator, except full automatic push-button elevators and escalators, must be in the charge of a competent operator of reliable and industrious habits, not less than 18 years of age, with sufficient previous experience in running an elevator under the instruction of a competent person. No operators of amusement devices requiring the services of operators shall be employed who have not attained the age of 21 years and who have not secured a certificate of competency from the Superintendent of Buildings. In case the Superintendent shall find that the person engaged in running an elevator is incompetent or not qualified, the owner or lessee of such elevator shall, upon notice from the Superintendent, at once discontinue the operation of such elevator by such operator. No person shall employ or permit any person to operate any passenger elevator who does not possess the qualifications prescribed therefor by this or any other law or ordinance.
The owner or lessee or person in charge of any passenger or freight elevator or amusement device shall immediately notify the Superintendent of Buildings of each and every accident to a person or damage to apparatus on, about or in connection with such elevator or amusement device and shall afford the Superintendent or his representative every facility for investigating such accident or damage. The Superintendent shall, without delay and after being notified, make an investigation and shall place on file in the Department of Buildings a full and complete report of such investigation. Such report shall give in detail all material facts and information available and the cause or causes so far as they can be determined and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours. When an accident involves the failure or destruction of any part of the construction or operating mechanism of a passenger elevator or amusement device, said passenger elevator or amusement device shall not be used until it has been made safe, and the Superintendent may, if deemed necessary, order the discontinuance of the same until a certificate has been issued by him for its use, but no part of the damaged construction or operating mechanism shall be removed from the premises until permission to do so has been granted by the Superintendent or his representative.