BSI 23/30464820 DC 2023
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BS 7255 Safe working on lifts. Code of practice
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
BSI | 2023 | 78 |
PDF Catalog
PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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1 | 30464820_Form 36 |
3 | 30464820 |
8 | Introduction |
9 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
10 | 3 Terms and definitions 3.1 authorized person 3.2 car 3.3 competent person 3.4 construction site |
11 | 3.5 isolating switch 3.6 lift 3.7 lift contractor 3.8 lift landing 3.9 lift machine 3.10 lock-off device 3.11 machinery space 3.12 maintenance 3.13 multiple installation |
12 | 3.14 observation lift 3.15 owner 3.16 passenger 3.17 permit to work 3.18 pit 3.19 positive drive lift 3.20 pulley room 3.21 rated load 3.22 risk assessment 3.23 safe system of work 3.24 user 3.25 well |
13 | 3.26 worker 3.27 workplace 3.28 work platform |
14 | 4 Core principles supporting safe working on lifts 4.1 Owner’s safety survey 4.2 Safety signs 4.3 Health and safety file |
15 | 4.4 Owner’s documentation |
16 | 4.5 Reporting and exchange of information 4.6 Training and competence 4.6.1 General |
17 | 4.6.2 Owner |
18 | 4.6.3 Lift fitter 4.6.4 Lift testers (or persons carrying out such functions) 4.6.5 Lift inspectors and engineer surveyors 4.6.6 Consultants and tradespersons 5 Safety responsibilities of owners and persons working on lifts 5.1 Organizational arrangements 5.1.1 Housekeeping |
19 | 5.1.2 Effects on the occupants 5.1.3 Access to tools, equipment and materials 5.1.4 Permits to work 5.1.5 Asbestos |
20 | 5.1.6 Removal of a lift from service 5.1.7 Returning a lift to service 5.1.8 Well-being of persons working alone |
21 | 5.1.9 Well-being of a person working with others 5.2 Responsibility for work 5.2.1 Owners |
22 | 5.2.2 Workers 5.3 Liaison 5.3.1 General 5.3.2 Owners 5.3.3 Workers |
23 | 5.4 General safety measures and risk assessment 5.4.1 Owners |
24 | 5.4.2 Workers 5.5 Personal protective equipment 5.5.1 Owners |
25 | 5.5.2 Workers 5.6 Electrical supplies and equipment 5.6.1 General 5.6.2 Owners |
26 | 5.6.3 Workers 5.7 Working within the well 5.7.1 Owners |
30 | 5.7.2 Workers 5.7.2.1 Generally working within the well 5.7.2.2 Working on the car top |
31 | 5.7.2.3 Working in the pit |
32 | 5.8 Working at landing entrances |
33 | 5.8.1 Owners 5.8.2 Workers |
34 | 5.9 Working in machinery rooms, spaces and pulley rooms 5.9.1 Owners |
35 | 5.9.2 Workers |
36 | 5.10 Safe release of passengers trapped in a lift 5.10.1 Owners |
37 | 5.10.2 Workers 5.11 Observation lifts and lifts in unusual environments 5.11.1 Owners 5.11.2 Workers |
38 | 5.12 Major repair and dismantling |
39 | Annex A (informative) Improvements for safe working on older lifts |
45 | Annex B (informative) Enhancements to car top inspection control stations B.1 General |
47 | B.2 Installation |
48 | B.3 Buttons, switches, shrouds, notices and covers |
49 | Annex C (informative) Typical safety signs |
60 | Annex D (normative) Electrical working D.1 Working on isolated electrical equipment |
61 | D.2 Working on live electrical equipment D.3 Earth continuity testing and verification of conditions for protection by automatic disconnection of the supply |
62 | D.4 Use of shorting links |
63 | Annex E (normative) Procedures for safe working on the car top of lifts conforming to BS EN 81-20:2020 (including use of a car top inspection control station) E.1 General |
64 | E.2 Checking the safety devices at landing doors and car top stop switch E.2.1 Checking the landing door safety devices E.2.2 Checking the car top stop switch |
65 | E.3 Checking the car top inspection control station operation E.4 Accessing and working on the car top |
66 | E.5 Leaving the car top E.6 Interlocking of car top inspection control stations and pit inspection control stations when people are working both on a car top and in the pit |
68 | Annex F (normative) Procedures for safe working in a lift pit area of a lift conforming to BS EN 81-20:2020 (including use of a pit inspection control station) |
69 | F.1 General F.2 Checking the landing door safety devices and pit stop switch(s) F.2.1 Checking the landing door safety devices |
70 | F.2.2 Checking the pit stop switch(es) F.3 Accessing a pit that either does not have a pit inspection control station installed or has one installed that is not going to be used |
71 | F.4 Accessing a pit and using an installed pit inspection control station to move the lift |
72 | F.5 Leaving the pit F.6 Interlocking of car top inspection control stations and pit inspection control stations when people are working both on a car top and in the pit |
73 | Annex G (normative) Additional procedures for installation, major repair and dismantling: responsibilities of owners and persons working on lifts G.1 General G.2 Suspended work platforms |
74 | G.3 Temporary protection at landings G.3.1 New buildings under construction G.3.2 Existing buildings G.4 Temporary electrical supplies and lighting |
75 | G.5 Environment G.6 Fire hazards G.7 Decommissioning and dismantling G.7.1 Decommissioning G.7.2 Dismantling |