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WAC 296-56-60155. Space under hoistway

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Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 › Chapter 296-56 › Section 296-56-60155

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Employers must make sure there is no habitable space below the elevator hoistway and counterweight shaft unless the floor is designed to withstand an impact 125 percent greater than the impact generated by a free fall of either the car or counterweight from the full height of the hoistway.

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