Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4105 - Elevators

• Section 4105.01 - Elevator Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Elevator" means a hoisting and lowering apparatus equipped with a car, cage, or platform which moves on or...
• Section 4105.011 - Board Of Building Standards - Powers And Duties.
  The board of building standards, established by section 3781.07 of the Revised Code, shall: (A) Formulate and adopt rules governing the design, construction, repair,...
• Section 4105.02 - Certificate Of Competency In Elevator Inspection.
  No person may act, either as a general inspector or as a special inspector, of elevators, unless the person holds a certificate of competency...
• Section 4105.03 - Superintendent To Hire Assistant And General Inspectors.
  The superintendent of industrial compliance, with the consent of the director of commerce, shall hire an assistant who has at least ten years of...
• Section 4105.04 - Employment Or Designation Of Special Inspectors.
  From the holders of certificates of competency in the inspection of elevators, any company that is authorized to insure elevators in the state, may...
• Section 4105.05 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Special Inspector's Commission.
  A commission to serve as a special inspector may be suspended or revoked by the superintendent of industrial compliance, for the incompetence or untrustworthiness...
• Section 4105.06 - Lost Certificate Or Commission.
  If a certificate or commission issued under sections 4105.02 and 4105.04 of the Revised Code is lost or destroyed a new one shall be...
• Section 4105.07 - Insurance Company May Inspect.
  If an elevator is insured by a company authorized to insure elevators in the state, the inspection may be made by a special inspector...
• Section 4105.08 - General Inspector May Inspect - Fee.
  If an elevator is not inspected by a special inspector, the inspection shall be made by a general inspector, and for each inspection there...
• Section 4105.09 - Registration Of Elevators.
  The owner or user of any elevator shall register, with the division of industrial compliance, every elevator operated by the owner or user, giving...
• Section 4105.10 - Frequency Of Inspection.
  (A) Every passenger elevator, escalator, moving walk, and freight elevator, including gravity elevators, shall be inspected twice every twelve months. (B) Power dumb-waiters, hoists,...
• Section 4105.11 - Responsibility For Inspections - Adjudication Orders.
  The inspection of elevators shall be made by the inspectors authorized in sections 4105.03 and 4105.04 of the Revised Code, under the supervision of...
• Section 4105.12 - Rules.
  (A) The superintendent of industrial compliance shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules exclusively for the issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of certificates of competency...
• Section 4105.13 - Safety Equipment - Vertical Wheelchair Lifts.
  Every elevator shall be constructed, equipped, maintained, and operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator car, shaftways, guides, cables, doors, and gates, safety...
• Section 4105.14 - Seats For Use Of Operator Of Passenger Elevators.
  Any person, firm, or corporation operating a passenger elevator shall provide a seat for the use of the operator of such elevator. Any person,...
• Section 4105.15 - Certificate Of Operation - Renewal.
  No certificate of operation for any elevator shall be issued by the director of commerce until such elevator has been inspected as required by...
• Section 4105.16 - Permit For Erection Or Repair - Final Inspection.
  Before any new installation of an elevator of permanent nature is erected or before any existing elevator is removed to and installed in a...
• Section 4105.17 - Fees.
  (A) The fee for each inspection, or attempted inspection that, due to no fault of a general inspector or the division of industrial compliance,...
• Section 4105.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-11-1968
• Section 4105.19 - Applicability Of Sections.
  Sections 4105.01 to 4105.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not prevent the inspection of elevators by dealers in elevators or elevator equipment. An...
• Section 4105.191 - Owner Or Operator To File Report Of Elevator Accidents.
  Any person owning or operating any elevator subject to this chapter shall file a written report with the superintendent of industrial compliance within seventy-two...
• Section 4105.20 - Prohibited Acts - Fines.
  No person shall violate any law relative to the operation, construction, maintenance, and repair of elevators. All fines collected for violation of this section...
• Section 4105.21 - Enforcement Of Chapter - Sealing And Posting Of Notice Prohibiting Use Of Elevator.
  The superintendent of industrial compliance shall enforce this chapter. If the superintendent or a general inspector of elevators finds that an elevator or a...
• Section 4105.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates section 4105.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, for each subsequent offense such person shall...

Last modified: October 10, 2016