Elevator safety and service status: NYC DOB EC 240.4 / OATH summons 39193251L
Original inspector allegation — verbatim available export
FAILURE TO PROTECT CONDUCTOR(S) AGAINST OVERCURRENT PER EC. OBSERVED ON THE ROOF IN THE ELEVATOR MACHINE RM THE SAFETY DISCONNECT SW FOR THE ELEVATOR #1/#2 ARE FUSED 100AMP THE LOAD WIRE IS #6 AMG IS RATED 60AM
Source limit: Source reference: NYC OATH/DOB summons 39193251L; BIN 3426498; export issue date 06/22/2026. The earlier export status was ACTIVE; obtain current status from DOB or OATH. The CSV contains a respondent mailing address, which is not presumed to identify the inspected property. This is the entire description available in the supplied export, not a certified full summons, inspector notes or evidentiary exhibits. The description is at the export’s approximately 210-character field limit and may terminate mid-word or mid-sentence.
Get the complete, authentic notice: search summons 39193251L in OATH Summons Finder instructions (download actual summons) and download the actual summons; review DOB records in NYC DOB records search. Never substitute the editorial discussion below for the inspector’s words.
Charge classification: law controls; keywords do not
Recorded citation: EC 240.4; recorded infraction: 2D9. Primary legal issue: electrical code / permit issue. Interpretive issue: NYC Electrical Code provision. The cited Electrical Code provision addresses electrical protection/installation obligations. Exact edition and subsection are essential.
What must be tested: Use a licensed electrician to connect the named device/circuit and alleged fault to the adopted technical standard and inspection/testing evidence.
Possible exceptions and legal limitations: Distinguish electrical permit violations from equipment-performance or installation violations. Eligibility is not established merely because the excerpt uses a word such as “repair”, “permit”, “cellar”, or “occupied”. Refer to NYC DOB construction codes.
Specific conditions mentioned in this inspector wording
1. Elevator safety and service status
Investigative test: Identify the device number, operational/safety defect, inspection history and whether shutdown/protection is required pending licensed repair.
Evidence matched to this issue: Elevator-device profile, test/inspection records, maintenance log, licensed-contractor findings and post-repair verification.
Boundary / potential counterexample: A shutdown might remove exposure temporarily but is not necessarily a substitute for required repair, inspection or filing.
2. Roof and weather protection
Investigative test: Identify roof surface, drainage path, penetration and whether the alleged defect affects structure, exits, occupied rooms or adjacent properties.
Evidence matched to this issue: Roof plan, dated interior/exterior photos, contractor moisture/roofing findings, approved details and after-repair test where appropriate.
Boundary / potential counterexample: Not every patch requires an identical permit; ordinary-repair exemption and technical requirements must be tested against scope.
Inspector wording mapped to testable facts
Passage 1 — FAILURE TO PROTECT CONDUCTOR(S) AGAINST OVERCURRENT PER EC.
The negative/deficiency wording is an inspector allegation about a missing, failed or unsafe condition. Determine precisely which component, obligation and time period the asserted absence covers. The supporting documents must establish or rebut the condition on the offense date, not merely its condition today.
Passage 2 — OBSERVED ON THE ROOF IN THE ELEVATOR MACHINE RM THE SAFETY DISCONNECT SW FOR THE ELEVATOR #1/#2 ARE FUSED 100AMP THE LOAD WIR…
This recorded passage identifies a question about elevator safety and service status, not a proven final determination. Identify the device number, operational/safety defect, inspection history and whether shutdown/protection is required pending licensed repair. A shutdown might remove exposure temporarily but is not necessarily a substitute for required repair, inspection or filing.
Identifiers, locations, measurements and chronology to verify
- Identified floor: ROOF
- Tie inspection photographs to the stated level, approved floor plan, egress route, and actual room use.
Case-specific correction decision tree
Branch A — physical or documentary defect persists: evaluate risk and the controlling technical text, then select correction. Branch B — it was already compliant on the cited date: marshal contemporaneous approved records and site evidence. Branch C — scope, code edition or identification is wrong: prepare a fact-by-fact comparison to the actual summons and cited regulation before advancing a defense or revised filing.
First targeted evidence collection: Elevator-device profile, test/inspection records, maintenance log, licensed-contractor findings and post-repair verification. This is an investigative request, not a claim that the work or evidence already exists.
Editorial closure of the shortened allegation — NOT source text
Verbatim excerpt ends: “RM THE SAFETY DISCONNECT SW FOR THE ELEVATOR #1/#2 ARE FUSED 100AMP THE LOAD WIRE IS #6 AMG IS RATED 60AM”. Non-source editorial completion (conditional reconstruction, not a quotation): “The allegation appears to concern elevator safety and service status; whether additional observations, directions, dates, measurements or exceptions followed is unknown and must be checked in the original summons.”
No missing words, dates, measurements, liability conclusion or regulatory remedy have been invented. Even if the final syllable looks obvious, completing it as a purported inspector quotation would misstate an official record.
Response, certification and closing evidence
A hearing defense, correction of the underlying condition, a DOB AEU Certificate of Correction and payment of an imposed penalty are distinct questions. Retrieve the summons and confirm the OATH hearing or outcome and DOB violation status. Under current DOB guidance, Certificate of Correction review requests are made in DOB NOW: Safety → Violations & Notices of Deficiency; submitter/certifier signatures and evidence requirements are case-specific. Refer to Certificate of Correction instructions.
Source record limitations: The dataset does not authenticate who inspected the property, why inspection started, whether a defense succeeded, which contractor made repairs or whether AEU later accepted a correction. Do not turn this example into a claimed client success story or an invented inspection history.
Primary authority and fact-check links
- OATH Summons Finder instructions (download actual summons) — enter summons 39193251L and obtain the signed notice.
- NYC DOB construction codes — verify law wording and any exception.
- BIS / DOB NOW record limitations — older BIS violations may not be in DOB NOW.
- Certificate of Correction instructions — review current COC procedure, signatures and evidence.
Related library and official records
Official sources: Search DOB records · DOB summonses · Certificate of Correction FAQs · OATH hearing options · Construction codes
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