BS 7212:2016

1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Hoist types
5 Hazards associated with the use of hoists
6 Management of the hoist installation
7 Personnel and training
8 Selection of hoists and related site considerations
9 Planning and siting of the hoist installation
10 Erection, alteration and dismantling and
   provision of hoistway protection and landings
11 Hand-over, operation and use, maintenance
   and in-service inspection of hoists
12 Thorough examination and testing of hoists
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Minimum attributes
        of personnel
Annex B (informative) - Hoist types
Annex C (normative) - Additional requirements
        for driverless hoists
Annex D (informative) - Checklist for pre-use checks
        of rack and pinion hoists and rope driven hoists
Annex E (informative) - Checklist for weekly inspections
        of rack and pinion hoists
        and rope driven hoists
Annex F (informative) - Examples of checklist
        and report forms
Bibliography

Covers recommendations for the installation, maintenance, examination and operation of construction hoists, including hoistway protection, and on the management of these activities.

This British Standard gives recommendations for the installation, maintenance, examination and operation of construction hoists, including hoistway protection, and on the management of these activities. It provides recommendations for the selection, planning, siting, erection, alteration and dismantling of hoists. It also sets out the responsibilities of the various parties involved in all these activities. This British Standard is applicable to temporarily installed, powered construction hoists, having a carrier, the movement of which is restricted or guided by one or more masts. NOTE Such hoists are used to transfer persons and/or goods between defined landing levels on sites of engineering and construction. They are not intended for use as temporary working places giving variable height access to specific areas. This British Standard is not applicable to: rope driven passenger/goods hoists; hoists with platforms without sides providing protection conforming to BSEN12158‑1; inclined and vertical furniture hoists; concrete skip hoists; permanently installed lifts and hoists; mast climbing work platforms; mobile elevating work platforms; gin wheels; chain hoists and unguided wire rope hoists/winches; runway beams; suspended cradles; building maintenance units; wind turbine and tower crane access lifts; belt and chain conveyors; capstan winches; hoists powered by direct drive internal combustion engines; formwork hoist and climbing support system.