BS EN 81-80:2019 pdf download.Safety Rules For The Construction And Installation Of Lifts – Existing Lifts.Part80: Rules For The Improvement Of Safety Of Existing Passenger And Goods Passenger Lifts.
BS EN 81-80 was developed to establish a methodology to specify at national level procedures for improving the safety of’ existing lifts. A word of explanation:
a) Background of this document:
More than 6 million lifts are in use today (2019) in Europe and approximately 50 % were installed more than 20 years ago.
Lifts were installed to the safety level appropriate at time of installation. This level is often lower than today’s slate-of-the-art fur safety.
New technologies, experiences and social expectations have led to today’s state-of-the-art for safety. This has led to the situation today with different levels of safety, causing accidents. However, users and authorized persons expect a common minimum level of safety wherever they go.
In addition, there is a growing trend for people to live longer and for disabled people to expect access and design for all. Therefore it is especially important to provide a safe means of vertical transport for elderly and disabled persons.
Lift attendants and in many cases building caretakers are not so common anymore, so it is important that relevant safety features for the rescue of trapped persons should be provided.
b) The approach behind the creation of this document:
This document:
1) categorizes various hazards and hazardous situations, each of which has been analysed by a risk assessment;
2) is intended to provide corrective actions to progressively and selectively improve, step by step, the safety of all existing passenger and goods passenger lifts towards today’s state-of-the-art for safety;
3) enables each lift to be audited and safety measures to be identified and implemented in a step by step and selective fashion according to the frequency and severity of any single risk;
4) lists the high, medium and low risks and corrective actions which can be applied in separate steps in order to mitigate the risks.
Other designs to previous national regulations or standards, providing they have an equivalent safety level, may be acceptable.
BS EN 81-80 gives a methodology for improving the safety of existing lifts with the aim of reaching an equivalent level of safety to that of a newly installed lift by the application of today’s state-of-the-art for safety.
NOTE: Due to situations such as the building design, etc. it may not be possible in all cases to reach today’s state-of-the-art for safety.
BS EN 81-80 applies to permanently installed passenger or goods passenger lifts, with traction, positive or hydraulic drive serving defined landing levels, having a car designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods and moving along guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical.BS EN 81-80 pdf download.