DD ISO/TS 25740-1:2011 - Page 2

Safety requirements for escalators and moving walks. Global essential safety requirements (GESR) | Status: Current, Under review

1 Scope This part of ISO/TS 25740:

• — specifies global essential safety requirements (GESRs) for escalators and moving walks, their components and functions, and
• — establishes a system and provides methods for minimizing safety risks that might arise in the course of the operation and use of, or work on, escalators and moving walks.

NOTE See Clause 5 regarding the use and application of this part of ISO/TS 25740.

This part of ISO/TS 25740 is applicable to escalators and moving walks that are intended to carry persons. The escalators and moving walks to which this part of ISO/TS 25740 applies can:

1. a) be located in any permanent and fixed structure or building;
2. b) have any
   1. 1) rated load, size of load carrying unit (LCU) and speed, and
   2. 2) travel height;
3. c) be affected by fire in the environment of the LCU and weather conditions;
4. d) be misused.

This part of ISO/TS 25740 does not specifically cover:

• — all needs of users with disabilities1);
• — risks arising from work on escalators and moving walks under construction or during alterations and dismantling; vandalism; fire in the environment outside the LCU.