BS 7255:2001
Superseded
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Code of practice for safe working on lifts
Hardcopy , PDF
30-09-2012
English
07-08-2002
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Safety management: responsibilities of owners
5 Safety management: responsibilities of persons
working on lifts
Annex A (informative) Summary of legal requirements
Annex B (informative) Suggested improvements for
consideration by the owner with particular
reference to safe working on lifts.
Annex C (informative) Car top control stations
Annex D (informative) Typical safety signs
Annex E (informative) Additional procedures for
installation, major repair, and dismantling:
responsibilities of owners and persons
working on lifts
Bibliography
Specifies recommendations for safe working practices (supported by training) for: - owners of permanently installed lifts serving defined landing levels; - persons having effective control of the premises where such lifts are installed; - persons responsible for, and involved in, the design, installation, thorough examination, inspection, testing, service, maintenance, repair and dismantling of such lifts. This recommendations relate to the safety of persons when gaining access to and from the work area on a lift installation, and whilst working there. It is applicable to persons working on all types of lifts.
| Committee |
MHE/4/1
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 7255(1989). (05/2001) Supersedes 00/706916 DC and 00/709908 DC. (08/2002) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, October 2008. (09/2008)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
52
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy |
| BS EN 60204-32:2008 | Safety of machinery. Electrical equipment of machines Requirements for hoisting machines |
| BS 7671:1992 | REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS |
| BS 5378-3:1982 | Safety signs and colours Specification for additional signs to those given in BS 5378:Part 1 |
| BS EN 81-2 : 1998 | SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - PART 2: HYDRAULIC LIFTS |
| BS EN 81-1 : 1998 | SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - PART 1: ELECTRIC LIFTS |
| BS 5378-1:1980 | Safety signs and colours Specification for colour and design |
| BS 5655-6:1985 | Lifts and service lifts Code of practice for selection and installation |
| BS 5655-12:1989 | Lifts and service lifts Recommendations for the installations of new, and the modernization of, hydraulic lifts in existing buildings |
| BS EN 81-3 : 2003 | SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - PART 3: ELECTRIC AND HYDRAULIC SERVICE LIFTS |
| BS 5655-11:1989 | Lifts and service lifts Recommendations for the installation of new, and the modernization of, electric lifts in existing buildings |
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