What is BS EN 115-2 about?
BS EN 115 discusses the safety of escalators and moving walks. BS EN 115-2 is the second part of a multi-series BS EN 115 and discusses the improvement of the safety of existing escalators and moving walks.
BS EN 115-2 gives rules for improving the safety of existing escalators and moving walks with the aim of reaching an equivalent level of safety to that of a newly installed escalator and moving walk by the application of today’s state of the art for safety.
BS EN 115-2 includes the improvement of the safety of existing escalators and moving walks for:
Users, maintenance and inspection personnel, persons outside the escalator or moving walk (but in its immediate vicinity), and authorized persons.
Note 1: BS EN 115-2 is not applicable to:
- Safety during transport, installation, repairs, and dismantling of escalators and moving walks
- Spiral escalators
- Accelerating moving walks
Note 2: Due to situations such as the existing machine or building designs, it might not be possible in all cases to reach today’s state-of-the-art for safety. Nevertheless, the objective is to improve the level of safety wherever possible.
Who is BS EN 115-2 for?
BS EN 115-2 on Safety of escalators and moving walks is applicable to:
- Maintenance companies /inspection bodies
- Existing Owners of escalator/moving walks
- Mall maintenance department
- Manufacturers, installers of escalators and moving walks
Why should you use BS EN 115-2?
Escalators and moving walks were installed to the safety level appropriate at that time. This level is less than today’s state-of-the-art for safety. If all existing escalators and moving walks are not upgraded to today's safety standards the number of injuries will increase.
BS EN 115-2 helps you to categorize various hazards and hazardous situations, each of which has been analysed by a risk assessment. BS EN 115-2 is intended to provide corrective actions to improve progressively and selectively, step by step, the safety of all existing escalators and moving walks in your building towards today’s state of the art for safety.
BS EN 115-2 enables you to audit each escalator and moving walk and identify and implement safety measures in a step-by-step and selective fashion according to the frequency and severity
of any single risk. BS EN 115-2 lists the high, medium, and low risks and corrective actions that can be applied in separate steps to mitigate the risks.
Following the approach of BS EN 115-2 helps you to maintain the safety requirements of escalators and moving walks to today’s standards.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 115-2:2021supersedes BS EN 115-2:2010, which is withdrawn. BS EN 115-2:2021 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 115-2:2010. These include:
- Additional requirements based on EN 1151:2017
- New structure for electric requirements with clauses for protective, safety and control devices and functions
