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  • CSA B44.7 : 2007

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    PERFORMANCE-BASED SAFETY CODE FOR ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  22-07-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2017

    Publisher:  Canadian Standards Association

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    Foreword
    ASME Preface
    CSA Preface
    Form and arrangement
    1 GENERAL
    2 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
    3 GLOBAL ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (GESRs) FOR
      ELEVATORS
    4 SAFETY PARAMETERS
    5 REFERENCE CODES AND STANDARDS
    MANDATORY APPENDIX I - CERTIFICATION OF CONFORMANCE OF
                           ELEVATOR SYSTEMS, SUB-SYSTEMS,
                           COMPONENTS, OR FUNCTIONS
    NONMANDATORY APPENDICES
    A - BACKGROUND TO GESRs
    B - SAFETY PARAMETERS
    C - RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES
    D - QUICK REFERENCES
    E - EXAMPLE OF USE OF THIS CODE
    F - ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Process

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    Covers the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment and its associated parts, rooms, spaces, and hoistways, where located in or adjacent to a building or structure.

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    Development Note Also numbered as ASME A17.7. (05/2007)
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note Reconfirmed EN
    Publisher Canadian Standards Association
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    EN 12016:2013 Electromagnetic compatibility - Product family standard for lifts, escalators and moving walks - Immunity
    ISO/IEC 17000:2004 Conformity assessment Vocabulary and general principles
    ANSI A92.1 : 1977 MOBILE LADDER STANDS AND SCAFFOLDS (TOWERS), MANUALLY PROPELLED,
    ISO/TS 14798:2006 Lifts (elevators), escalators and moving walks Risk assessment and reduction methodology
    ASCE 7 02 : 2003 MINIMUM DESIGN LOADS FOR BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES
    C22.1-15 Canadian Electrical Code, Part I (23rd Edition), Safety Standard for Electrical Installations
    CSA B355 : 2015 LIFTS FOR PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
    ISO 3411:2007 Earth-moving machinery Physical dimensions of operators and minimum operator space envelope
    ISO 7250:1996 Basic human body measurements for technological design
    CSA S16 : 2014 DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES
    CSA Z150 : 2016 SAFETY CODE ON MOBILE CRANES
    B167-16 Overhead cranes, gantry cranes, monorails, hoists, and jib cranes
    CSA B335 : 2015 SAFETY STANDARD FOR LIFT TRUCKS
    ISO 13852:1996 Safety of machinery Safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs
    IEC 61508-5:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 5: Examples of methods for the determination of safety integrity levels (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
    CSA B44.1 : 2014 ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
    CFR 16(PTS1000-END) : 0 COMMERCIAL PRACTICES - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION - CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
    NFPA 255 : 2006 TEST OF SURFACE BURNING CHARACTERISTICS OF BUILDING MATERIALS
    ISO/TS 22559-1:2004 Safety requirements for lifts (elevators) Part 1: Global essential safety requirements (GESRs)
    IEC 60364-1:2005 Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 1: Fundamental principles, assessment of general characteristics, definitions
    ASME A17.1-2016/CSA B44-16 Safety code for elevators and escalators (Bi-national standard, with ASME A17.1)
    ICC A117.1 : 2009 ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
    ISO/IEC Guide 51:2014 Safety aspects Guidelines for their inclusion in standards
    ISO 2860:1992 Earth-moving machinery — Minimum access dimensions
    ISO 15534-3:2000 Ergonomic design for the safety of machinery — Part 3: Anthropometric data
    A23.3-14 Design of concrete structures
    MIL-STD-882 Revision E:2012 System Safety
    CSA G40.20 G40.21 : 2013 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ROLLED OR WELDED STRUCTURAL QUALITY STEEL/STRUCTURAL QUALITY STEEL
    ASTM A 27/A27M : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, for General Application
    NFPA 70 : 2017 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE
    ISO 14121:1999 Safety of machinery Principles of risk assessment
    ISO 13854:2017 Safety of machinery — Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
    ISO 15534-1:2000 Ergonomic design for the safety of machinery — Part 1: Principles for determining the dimensions required for openings for whole-body access into machinery
    ASTM E 8 : 2004 Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
    ISO 11228-1:2003 Ergonomics Manual handling Part 1: Lifting and carrying
    CGSB 12.1 : 2017 CORR 1 2017 SAFETY GLAZING
    CSA Z185 : 1987 SAFETY CODE FOR PERSONNEL HOISTS
    ISO 15534-2:2000 Ergonomic design for the safety of machinery — Part 2: Principles for determining the dimensions required for access openings
    ACI 318 PACK : 2008 BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE (ACI 318-08) & PCA NOTES ON ACI 318-08
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