KRS 198B.500: Safety equipment.

Every passenger elevator or fixed guideway system shall be equipped, maintained, and

operated, with respect to the supporting members, elevator or fixed guideway system car,

shaftways, guides, cables, doors, and gates, safety stops and mechanism, electrica l

apparatus and wiring, mechanical apparatus, counterweights, and all other appurtenances,

in accordance with the regulations as are authorized in respect thereto. Where reasonable

safety is obtained without complying to the literal requirements of the reg ulations, as in

cases of practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, the literal requirements of the

regulations shall not be required.