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ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators 2016 Edition
This Code applies to the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, modification, and repair of equipment and related components, rooms, spaces, and hoistways located in or adjacent to buildings or structures, including: (a) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms with a car that travels between two or more landings including, but not limited to, elevators. (b) Power-driven stairways and walkways designed to transport people between landings including, but not limited to, escalators and moving walks. (c) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms with a car serving two or more landings, designed primarily for material transport due to limited size or restricted access including, but not limited to, dumbwaiters and material lifts (excluding vertical reciprocating conveyors).