Safety and compliance

Elevator work is safety work. All of it.

The people who service elevators work where a shortcut can kill them. This page describes the program built around that.

Scope note

This page describes program design. Statistics, certifications, and license numbers are published only once verified, and nothing here is legal, code, or engineering advice.

Field safety program

Jobsite planning and toolbox talks

Work starts with a plan for the specific site and a short safety conversation before tools come out.

Lockout and tagout

Stored energy is controlled before anyone works on equipment. No exceptions for short tasks; short tasks are where people get hurt.

Fall protection and confined spaces

Hoistways and pits are treated with the procedures they deserve, with equipment and training to match.

Incident reporting and review

Near-misses and incidents get reported, reviewed, and fed back into how the work is done.

Training

Safety and code training on a recurring schedule, and it repeats rather than happening once at onboarding. Verify

Third-party review

Periodic outside review of the program, because grading your own homework has limits.

Code and regulatory context

Commercial elevators in the United States operate under the ASME A17.1 safety code, with A17.3 addressing existing equipment, adopted and enforced through state and local jurisdictions. In Texas, elevator registration, inspection, and licensing run through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's elevator program. For a building owner, that means equipment gets tested on a schedule, records matter, and the work has to be done by properly licensed people. Verify any contractor's license status directly with the state, including ours.