KRS 198B.540: Notice of defective machinery -- Sealing of dangerous passenger

elevator or fixed guideway system.

(1) If the department's inspector of elevators and fixed guideway systems or a

general inspector of elevators or fixed guideway systems finds that a

passenger elevator, fixed guideway system, or a part thereof does not afford

reasonable safety, the department or the general inspector shall post a notice

upon the elevator or fixed guideway system prohibiting further use of the

elevator or fixed guideway system until the changes or alterations set forth in

the notice have been made to the satisfaction of the department or the

inspector. The notice shall contain a statement that operators or passengers

are subject to injury by its continued use, a description of the alteration or other

change necessary to be made in order to secure safety of operation, date of

the notice, and name and signature of the department or inspector issuing the

notice.

(2) If any inspector of elevators or fixed guideway systems finds a passenger

elevator or fixed guideway system to be so unsafe as can be reasonably

expected to offer imminent danger of death or physical injury, that unit shall be

sealed out of service, a hazard notice posted thereon, and the department shall

be notified immediately of the exact location and condition of the unit.

(3) A passenger elevator or fixed guideway system, once sealed, shall not be

operated except for the purpose of effecting repairs and in the manner

prescribed by the department, until all defects are corrected and the unit has

been inspected and certified as safe by the department.

(4) Sealing shall consist of rendering a passenger elevator unit or fixed guideway

system inoperable by disconnecting power or by placing a sealing device on

the operation switch and ordering additional measures to be effected by the

owner, such as erection of barricades, as may be required to prevent use of or

public access to the unit.

(5) No seal, notice, or barricade placed on or around an elevator or fixed guideway

system in accordance with this chapter shall be removed, obstructed or in any

way altered without the written consent of the department.