Introduction

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Introduction

The purpose of this code is to set out safety rules concerning

passenger, goods and service lifts, in order to protect personsand

property against the various accident hazards.

There are many national standards and regulations for lifts,

and they differ in many points of detail. Some of the differences

are due to circumstances peculiar to the countriesconcerned;

most of them, however, are due to the fact that the standards and

regulations have been drawn up without co-ordination and at

different times.These differences could therefore be reduced to

a minimum.

This code lays down safety principles corresponding to present-

day techniques of lift construction and installation. It is not

mandatory, and its purpose is above all to offer guidance. Coun-

tries that have not yet promulgated standards or regulations on the

question maysubject to changes dictated by national needs

draw on the code when drafting such provisions, and countries

where relevant national standards or regulations are already in

force may consider the possibility of amending those provisions

in accordance with its recommendations.

The code is not based on a compilation of existing standards

and regulations, although these have been taken into account

wherever possible.

Study of the various kinds of accidents involving damage to

people or property which can occur in connection with lifts has

led to the following classifications:

Kinds of possible accidents:(a) shearing; (b) crushing;

(c) fall; (d) physical shock; (e) trapping;(f) fire; (g) electric

shock; (h) damage to equipment; (i) wear; and (j) corrosion.

Persons to be safeguarded: (a) users in general (non-instructed);

(b) authorised and instructed users; (c) installation, main-

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