ASME A17.4-2015 pdf – Guide for Emergency Personnel.
(1) The mainline disconnect switches in the machine room for the stalled elevator and the adjacent elevators (if the stalled elevator car is located in a multiple hoistway) should be set In the OFF’ position. Lockout/tagout the mainline disconnect switch.
(2) The rescue team should open the hoistway door at the nearest landing or an emergency access door, where provided, above the stalled elevator car top. This entry can be made by the use of the hoistway door-unlocking device or the emergency door key, or by forcing open the hoistway doors.
(3) A ladder with nonskid feet should be lowered to the elevator car top and securely positioned on the elevator car top. This ladder should be of sufficient length to extend at least 3 ft (914 mm) above the landing floor (see Fig. 1.3.5(a)i.
(4) One member of the rescue team, equipped with a personal fall arrest system and properly tied off to a secured lifeline, should descend to the top of the stalled elevator car. The top of car stop switch should be placed in the ‘STOP position to ensure that the elevator will not move. A second ladder should be lowered through the top emergency exit and positioned between the elevator car floor and car top in order to safely transport the passengers to the car top.
(5) A second rescue team member, also equipped with a personal fall arrest system and properly tied off to a secured lifeline, should then descend to the car top. The team member should carry an additional personal fall arrest system for use in rescuing the passengers.
(6) One team member should then enter the stalled elevator car through the top emergency exit. The other rescue team member should remain on the top of the stalled elevator car. A third member should be at the landing used to gain access to the hoistway,
(7) The emergency stop switch in the stalled elevator car, if the car is so equipped, should be set in the ‘STOP or “OFF position. If the car is equipped with a key-operated, in-car stop switch, use the key, if available, to turn the switch to the 0FF position. Where the in-car stop switch is located behind a locked panel, unlock the panel and place the stop switch in the “OFF position.
(8) The passengers should then be assisted, one at a time, from within the elevator car to the car top, then to the landing above with the use of personal fall arrest systems and secured lifelines.
(b) Removal Using Side Emergency Exit, When an Adjacent Elevator With a Matching Side Emergency Exit is Available.
(2) The mainline disconnect switches in the machine room for the stalled elevator and the rescue elevator should be set in the ‘OFF” position using proper lockout/tagout procedures.
(3) A member of the rescue team wearing a personal fall arrest system and properly tied off to a secured lifeline should enter the stalled elevator car through the side emergency exit.
(4) The emergency stop switch in the stalled elevator car and the rescue elevator car, if the cars are so equipped, should be set in the ‘STOP or “0FF” position. If the cars are equipped with a key.operated. in.car stop switch, use the key, if available, to turn the switch to the “0FF” position. Where the in-car stop switch is located behind a locked panel, unlock the panel and place the stop switch in the “0FF” position.
(5) If available, an evacuation bridge equipped with guard ropes or rails with a height of 42 in. (1 070 mm) should be placed securely between the side emergency exits of the stalled elevator car and rescue elevator car. If an evacuation bridge is not available, other suitable means must be provided. The distance spanned should not exceed 30 in. (762 mm) [see Fig. 1.3.5(b)J.
(6) Personal fall arrest systems and secured lifelines must be used to protect the passengers, whether or not an evacuation bridge is used.
(7) The rescue team members should assist the passengers, one at a time, in the transfer to the rescue elevator car. Passengers should be wearing a personal fall arrest system and be tied off to a lifeline until they are well inside the rescue car.