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Lifts for the transport of persons and goods. Global essential safety requirements (GESRs) | Status: Confirmed, Current
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1 Scope
This document
- — specifies GESRs for lifts (elevators), their components and functions, and
- — establishes a system and provides methods for minimizing safety risks that can arise in the course of, the operation and use of, or work on, lifts (elevators).
NOTE 1 Hereinafter, the term “lift” is used instead of the term “elevator”.
NOTE 2 See Clause 5 regarding the use and application of this document.
This document is applicable to lifts that are intended to carry persons or persons and goods that can:- a) be located in any permanent and fixed structure or building, except lifts located in means of transport, (e.g. ships);
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b) have any
- 1) rated load, size of load carrying unit and speed, and
- 2) travel distance and number of landings;
- c) be affected by fire in the load-carrying unit (LCU), earthquake, weather, or flood;
- d) be foreseeably misused (e.g. overloaded) but not vandalized.
- a) all needs of users with disabilities;1 or
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b) risks arising from
- 1) work on lifts under construction, testing, or during alterations and dismantling;
- 2) use of lifts for fire fighting and emergency evacuation;
- 3) vandalism; and
- 4) fire outside the LCU.
Details
Publisher
BS
File size
6.15 MB
Pages
148
Format
PDF
Publication date
2018-09-04
ISBN-13
978-0-580-52074-7
ISBN-13 plain
9780580520747
ISBN-10
0580520747