ISO 8100-20:2018

Lifts for the transport of persons and goods — Part 20: Global essential safety requirements (GESRs)

This document — specifies GESRs for lifts (elevators), their components and functions, and — establishes a system and provides methods for minimizing safety risks that can arise in the course of, the operation and use of, or work on, lifts (elevators). NOTE 1 Hereinafter, the term "lift" is used instead of the term "elevator". NOTE 2 See Clause 5 regarding the use and application of this document. This document is applicable to lifts that are intended to carry persons or persons and goods that can: a) be located in any permanent and fixed structure or building, except lifts located in means of transport, (e.g. ships); b) have any rated load, size of load carrying unit and speed, and travel distance and number of landings; c) be affected by fire in the load-carrying unit (LCU), earthquake, weather, or flood; d) be foreseeably misused (e.g. overloaded) but not vandalized. This document does not cover a) all needs of users with disabilities;[1] or b) risks arising from work on lifts under construction, testing, or during alterations and dismantling; use of lifts for fire fighting and emergency evacuation; vandalism; and fire outside the LCU. [1] Although the GESRs specified in this document have been identified and evaluated by risk assessment, not all disabilities or combinations of such disabilities of users have necessarily been addressed.

Elévateurs pour le transport de personnes et d'objets — Partie 20: Exigences essentielles de sécurité globale

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 23-Jul-2018
• ICS: 91.140.90 - Lifts. Escalators
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 178 - Lifts, escalators and moving walks
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 178/WG 4 - Safety requirements and risk assessment
• Current Stage: 9093 - International Standard confirmed
• Completion Date: 19-Jan-2024

Relations

• Revises: ISO 22559-1:2014 - Safety requirements for lifts (elevators) — Part 1: Global essential safety requirements (GESRs)
• Effective Date: 04-Nov-2017

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 8100-20
First edition
2018-08
Lifts for the transport of persons and
goods —
Part 20:
Global essential safety requirements
(GESRs)
Elévateurs pour le transport de personnes et d'objets —
Partie 20: Exigences essentielles de sécurité globale
Reference number
ISO 8100-20:2018(E)
©
ISO 2018

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ISO 8100-20:2018(E)

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ISO 8100-20:2018(E)

Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 2
4 Approach and methodology. 6
4.1 Background . 6
4.2 Approach . 6
4.3 Methodology . 6
5 Understanding and implementing GESRs . 8
5.1 Overall objective . 8
5.2 Use of GESRs. 9
5.2.1 Basis . 9
5.2.2 Ways of using GESRs . 9
5.2.3 Applicability of GESRs .10
5.2.4 Safety objectives of GESRs .10
5.2.5 Verification of compliance .11
5.3 Use of this document .11
5.3.1 Users .
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