230 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1, § 1

Current through September 17, 2024

Section 230-1-1 - General

A. This chapter is adopted pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 48-2501 to 48-2533, and shall be known as the Nebraska Conveyance Safety Code. A copy of the Nebraska Conveyance Safety Code will be kept on file in the offices of the Commissioner of Labor, Nebraska Department of Labor, 550 South 16^th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska.

B. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair, in this state, of the following:

1. Conveyances that are not in private residences;

2. Automatic guided transit vehicles on guideways with an exclusive right-of-way, including automated people movers; and

3. Conveyances in private residences, located in counties that have a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, except that such Conveyances are subject to inspection only at installation.

C. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to:

1. Conveyances under the jurisdiction of, and subject to inspection by, the United States government;

2. Conveyances used exclusively for agricultural purposes;

3. Conveyances in private residences in counties that have a population of one hundred thousand or less inhabitants;

4. Personnel hoists within the scope of the American National Standards Institute and American Society of Safety Engineers (ANSI/ASSE) Safety Requirements for Personnel Hoists on Construction and Demolition Sites A 10.4;

5. Material hoists within the scope of American National Standards Institute and American Society of Safety Engineers (ANSI/ASSE) Safety Requirements for Material Hoists A 10.5;

6. Manlifts within the scope of American National Standards Institute and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ANSI/ASME) Safety Standards for Belt Manlifts A 90.1;

7. Mobile scaffolds, towers and platforms within the scope of American National Standards Institute and Security Industry Association (ANSI/SIA) A 92.1, et seq.;

8. Powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior maintenance within the scope of American National Standards Institute and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ANSI/ASME) Safety Requirements for Powered Platforms and Traveling Ladders and Gantries for Building Maintenance A 120.1;

9. Cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B 30.1, et seq.;

10. Industrial trucks within the scope of Industrial Truck Standards Development Foundation (ITSDF) B56 Standards;

11. Portable equipment, except for portable escalators, which are within the scope of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) A 17.1;

12. Tiering or piling machines used to move materials to and from storage located and operating entirely within one story;

13. Equipment for feeding, or positioning materials at machine tools, printing presses, and similar equipment;

14. Skip or furnace hoists;

15. Wharf ramps;

16. Railroad car lifts or dumpers;

17. Line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms, and similar equipment;

18. Manlifts, hoists, or Conveyances used in grain elevators or feed mills;

19. Dock elevators; or

20. Stairway chair lifts and platform lifts.

230 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1, § 1

Amended effective 6/7/2017.