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Subchapter 6. Elevator Safety Orders
Article 12.5. Vertical or Inclined Reciprocating Conveyors
Article 12.5. Vertical or Inclined Reciprocating Conveyors
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§3087.7. Counterweights.
(a) Whenever counterweights are used to protect persons in the event of failure of the normal counterweight, support counterweights shall be confined in an enclosure to prevent the presence of persons beneath the counterweight, or the arrangement shall provide a means to restrain the failing counterweight. [5.8]
(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-3087.7)
NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 18943, Health and Safety Code.
HISTORY
1. New section filed 12-19-94; operative 1-18-95 (Register 94, No. 51).
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