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ASME A17.7-2025/CSA B44.7:25 - Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, 2025
- Standards Update Service
- ASME A17 Elevator and Escalator Standards Committee
- CSA Technical Committee on the Elevator Safety Code
- Foreword
- ASME Preface
- CSA Preface
- Form and arrangement
- PART 1 GENERAL [Go to Page]
- SECTION 1.1 SCOPE [Go to Page]
- 1.1.1 Equipment Covered by this Code
- 1.1.2 Equipment Not Covered by this Code
- 1.1.3 Effective Date
- SECTION 1.2 PURPOSE
- SECTION 1.3 DEFINITIONS
- PART 2 SAFETY REQUIREMENTS [Go to Page]
- SECTION 2.1 PROCESSES FOR ESTABLISHING SAFETY [Go to Page]
- 2.1.1 ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and ASME A17.8/CSA B44.8 Process
- 2.1.2 ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Process
- 2.1.3 Equivalency of Processes
- SECTION 2.2 OPTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING SAFETY
- SECTION 2.3 SAFETY ASSESSMENT SUBJECT
- SECTION 2.4 ASSURING SAFETY BY IMPLEMENTING GESRs [Go to Page]
- 2.4.1 Introduction
- 2.4.2 Identification of Applicable GESRs
- SECTION 2.5 SORTING OF APPLICABLE GESRs FOR APPROACH 1
- SECTION 2.6 IMPLEMENTATION OF GESRs
- SECTION 2.7 RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS [Go to Page]
- 2.7.1 Risk Assessment Methodologies
- 2.7.2 Risk Assessment Team
- 2.7.3 Risk Scenario
- 2.7.4 Risk Estimation and Evaluation
- SECTION 2.8 PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND SAFETY PRINCIPLES [Go to Page]
- 2.8.1 Protective Measures
- 2.8.2 Verification of Safety Implications of the Implemented Protective Measures
- 2.8.3 Safety Principles
- SECTION 2.9 APPLICATION OF SPs
- SECTION 2.10 CODE COMPLIANCE DOCUMENTATION
- SECTION 2.11 CODE DATA PLATE
- SECTION 2.12 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- PART 3 GLOBAL ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (GESRs) FOR ELEVATORS (GESRs) [Go to Page]
- SECTION 3.1 GLOBAL ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (GESRs) FOR ELEVATORS [Go to Page]
- 3.1.1 COMMON GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
- SECTION 3.1.2 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS ADJACENT TO THE ELEVATOR — FALLING INTO HOISTWAY
- SECTION 3.1.3 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT THE ELEVATOR ENTRANCE
- SECTION 3.1.4 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS IN THE LCU (CAR)
- SECTION 3.1.5 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS IN WORKING AREAS
- SECTION 3.2 GLOBAL ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (GESRs) FOR ESCALATORS [Go to Page]
- SECTION 3.2.1 Common GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
- SECTION 3.2.2 GESRs RELATED TO NON-USERS
- SECTION 3.2.3 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT THE LANDINGS
- SECTION 3.2.4 GESRs RELATED TO USERS ON THE LCU
- SECTION 3.2.5 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS IN WORKING AREAS
- SECTION 3.3 GLOBAL ESSENTIAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (GESRs) FOR MOVING WALKS [Go to Page]
- SECTION 3.3.1 Common GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
- SECTION 3.3.2 GESRs RELATED TO NON-USERS
- SECTION 3.3.3 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS AT THE LANDINGS
- SECTION 3.3.4 GESRs RELATED TO USERS ON THE LCU
- SECTION 3.3.5 GESRs RELATED TO PERSONS IN WORKING AREAS
- PART 4 SAFETY PARAMETERS [Go to Page]
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Components, Functions, and SPs
- 4.3 General
- PART 5 REFERENCE CODES AND STANDARDS [Go to Page]
- SECTION 5.1 REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
- SECTION 5.2 PROCUREMENT INFORMATION
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A — BACKGROUND TO GESRs [Go to Page]
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A-1 APPROACH AND GESR DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY [Go to Page]
- Table A-1 — Examples of risk scenarios related to GESRs
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A-2 UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING GESRS
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A-3 OVERVIEW OF GESRs IN RELATION TO ELEVATOR SUB-SYSTEMS [Go to Page]
- Table A-3 — Cross-Referencing of GESRs in Part 31.2 and Elevator Sub-Systems
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX A-4 TEMPLATE FOR CHECKING APPLICABLE GESRs [Go to Page]
- Table A-4 — Cross-Referencing of GESRs in Part 31.3 and Elevator Sub-Systems
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX B — SAFETY PARAMETERS [Go to Page]
- Nonmandatory Table B-1 — SPs for Each GESR (Elevator)
- Nonmandatory Table B-2 — SPs for Each GESR (Escalator)
- Nonmandatory Table B-3 — SPs for Each GESR (Moving Walk)
- Nonmandatory Table B-4 — SPs for Each GESR (Wind Turbine Tower Elevator)
- Nonmandatory Table B-5 — Summary of Anthropometric Data
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX C — RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES [Go to Page]
- Table C-1 — Risk Assessment Template
- Table C-2.1 — Levels of Severity
- Table C-2.2 — Levels of Probabilities
- Table C-3.1 — Risk Estimation and Evaluation (see 2.7.41.2)
- Table C-3.2 — Risk Evaluation (see 2.7.4.21.3)
- Table C-4 — Guide for Team Moderator — Role, Skills, Duties, and Responsibilities
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX D — QUICK REFERENCES [Go to Page]
- Table D-1 — Examples of Hazards
- Table D-2 — Examples of Hazardous Situations
- Table D-3 — Examples of Causes (Component of Harmful Event)
- Table D-4 — Examples of Possible Effects
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX E — EXAMPLE OF USE OF THIS CODE [Go to Page]
- E-1 INTRODUCTION
- E-2 EXAMPLE: PASSENGER ELEVATOR SYSTEM WITHOUT A CONVENTIONAL CAR, HOISTWAY, AND DOOR SYSTEM [Go to Page]
- Nonmandatory Table E-2.3 — List of GESRs to be Verified for Conformance*
- Nonmandatory Table E-2.4 — Risk Assessment per Nonmandatory Appendix CA[Modified by inserting “GESR Ref.” Column]*
- Figure E-1 — Determination of the Subject of the Assessment
- Figure E-2a — Elaboration of the Design Concept
- Figure E-2b — View of Ground Guard and Raised LCU
- Figure E-3 — Elaboration of Design Concept LCU — Landing Bridge
- Figure E-4 — Elaboration of the Design Concept
- NONMANDATORY APPENDIX F — ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 Process
- MANDATORY APPENDIX I — CERTIFICATION OF CONFORMANCE OF ELEVATOR SYSTEMS, ESCALATOR SYSTEMS, MOVING WALK SYSTEMS, SUB-SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, OR FUNCTIONS [Go to Page]
- I-1 General
- I-2 Model Elevator, Model Escalator, or Model Moving Walk
- I-3 Certification of Sub-Systems, Components, or Functions
- I-4 Certification of Elevator, Escalator, or Moving Walk Systems
- I-5 AECO Records
- I-6 Marking of Sub-Systems and Components [Go to Page]
