1. Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board

Elevator Safety Orders - Group V

  • ELEVATOR SAFETY ORDERS,
    Subchapter 6
Status
Public hearing: Jun. 18, 2026
45-day comment period: May 1, 2026 - Jun. 18, 2026
15-day comment period:
2nd 15-day comment period:
Filed with Secretary of State:
Effective date:

Rulemaking Documents

  1. Previous versions of ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators:
    1. ASME A17.1 – 2013/CSA B44-13 (Revision of ASME A17.1-2010/CSA B44-10)
    2. ASME A17.1 – 2016/CSA B44-16 (Revision of ASME A17.1-2013/CSA B44-13)
  2. ASME A17.3 – 2020 (Revision of ASME A17.3-2017) Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators.
  3. ASME A17.7 – 2007/CSA B44.7-07 Reaffirmed 2012 Performance-based safety code for elevators and escalators.
  4. Federal OSHA guidance letter dated October 20, 1993, regarding OSHA standards that apply to elevator repair and servicing.
  5. Finding of Otago/Southland (New Zealand) coroner, in the matter of an inquest, dated June 2011, CSU-2009-DUN-000315.
  6. Health and Safety Laboratory (United Kingdom), Technical assessment of means of preventing crushing risks on lifts subject to directive 95/16/EC, Report Number ME/07/07, dated August 30, 2007.
  7. Otis Elevator Company vs Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Case No. 13-0274–OSH (Mar. 14, 2014).
  8. Ordinance No. 182846, City of Los Angeles Municipal Code, section 92.0207(k), December 23, 2013.
  9. Federal OSHA letters of interpretation on subjects including pit ladders dated December 2, 1991, (Corrected April 4, 2005), and confined spaces in elevator pits dated October 27, 1995, (Corrected July 11, 2012) and September 19, 1994, (Corrected October 22, 2007).
  10. Troubleshooting Elevators: How to find and correct problems with motors, drives, and controllers, by David Herres, Elevator World, April 2017.
  11. Elevator Safety Flaws Persist Despite History of Tragic Accidents by Shawn Hubler, posted December 18, 2013, at https://www.fairwarning.org.
  12. Department of the Navy Interim Technical GuidInstitance (ITG 2013-01) (NAVFAC Elevator Design), August 1, 2013.
  13. A Trade Union look at the Lift Sector, European Trade Union Institute and European Metalworkers’ Federation (Boy, Stefano, ed.), March 2010.
  14. McCann, Michael, PhD, CIH. Deaths and Injuries Involving Elevators and Escalators. CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training, September 2013.
  15. Wilkinson, Kaija, MRL Elevators – Traditional system’s younger sibling is gaining acceptance worldwide, but does it have staying power? Elevator World, April 2015.
  16. Advisory Committee Meetings; ESO Advisory Committee Meeting – agendas, attendance sheets and minutes, December 18, 2012, and April 22, 2014.*

* Please contact oshsbrulemaking@dir.ca.gov to request a copy of the Advisory Committee handwritten attendance sheets.

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May 2026