EN 81-80:2003

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Existing lifts - Part 80: Rules for
the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts
Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von Aufzügen - Bestehende
Aufzüge - Teil 80: Regeln für die Erhöhung der Sicherheit bestehender Personen- und
Lastenaufzüge
Regles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des élévateurs - Ascenseurs
existants - Partie 80: Regles pour l'amélioration de la sécurité des ascenseurs et des
ascenseurs de charge existants
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 81-80:2003
ICS:
91.140.90 'YLJDOD7HNRþHVWRSQLFH Lifts. Escalators
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 81-80
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2003
ICS 91.140.90
English version
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Existing
lifts - Part 80: Rules for the improvement of safety of existing
passenger and goods passenger lifts
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von
élévateurs - Ascenseurs existants - Partie 80: Règles pour Aufzügen - Bestehende Aufzüge - Teil 80: Regeln für die
l'amélioration de la sécurité des ascenseurs et des Erhöhung der Sicherheit bestehender Personen- und
ascenseurs de charge existants Lastenaufzüge
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Contents page
Introduction .5
1 Scope .7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms and definitions.8
4 List of significant hazards.8
4.1 Significant hazards dealt with by this standard .8
4.2 Significant hazards not dealt with by this standard.10
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures .11
5.1 General.11
5.2 Accessibility requirements .11
5.2.1 General.11
5.2.2 Levelling and stopping accuracy .11
5.3 Requirements against vandalism.11
5.4 Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire .11
5.5 Well.11
5.5.1 Well enclosures.11
5.5.2 Inspection and emergency doors to well and access to the pit .11
5.5.3 Wall of the well .12
5.5.4 Protection of any accessible spaces located below the car, the counterweight or the balancing
weight.12
5.5.5 Counterweight or balancing weight screen .12
5.5.6 Screens .12
5.5.7 Headroom and pit clearances.12
5.5.8 Pit access.12
5.5.9 Pit and pulley room stopping device .12
5.5.10 Lighting of the well .12
5.5.11 Emergency release of persons working in well.12
5.6 Machine and pulley rooms.12
5.6.1 Machine and pulley room access.12
5.6.2 Floors of machine and pulley rooms .12
5.6.3 Clearances of machinery .12
5.6.4 Machine room floor levels and recesses.13
5.6.5 Lighting in machine and pulley room .13
5.6.6 Handling of equipment .13
5.7 Landing doors and car doors .13
5.7.1 Imperforate landing doors and car doors .13
5.7.2 Landing door fixings .13
5.7.3 Use of glass in car doors and landing doors.13
5.7.4 Horizontally sliding car doors and landing doors with glass .13
5.7.5 Lighting of the landing .13
5.7.6 Protection against impact from power operated horizontally sliding car and landing doors .13
5.7.7 Locking devices .13
5.7.8 Unlocking of landing doors .14
5.7.9 Automatic closing of horizontal sliding landing doors.14
5.7.10 Sliding doors with multiple panels.14
5.7.11 Fire rated landing doors.14
5.7.12 Hinged landing doors in combination with power operated horizontally sliding car doors.14
5.8 Car, counterweight and balancing weight.14
5.8.1 Available car area, rated load .14
5.8.2 Avoidance of the risk of people falling into the well.14
5.8.3 Cars without doors .14
5.8.4 Locking of emergency trap doors on the car.14
5.8.5 Strength of car roof and emergency trap door.14
5.8.6 Protection on the car roof.14
5.8.7 Ventilation of the car .15
5.8.8 Lighting and emergency lighting in the car .15
5.9 Suspension, compensation and overspeed protection.15
5.9.1 Protection for traction sheaves, pulleys and sprockets.15
5.9.2 Safety gear and overspeed governor for electric lifts .15
5.9.3 Governor rope tensioning device .15
5.9.4 Ascending car overspeed and uncontrolled movement of the car with open doors .15
5.9.5 Protection of hydraulic lifts against free fall, descent with excessive speed and creeping of the
car 15
5.10 Guide rails, buffers and final limit switches .16
5.10.1 Counterweight or balancing weight guided by wire ropes.16
5.10.2 Buffers .16
5.10.3 Final limit switches.16
5.11 Distance between car door and landing door.16
5.12 Lift machine.16
5.12.1 Electro-mechanical brake (electric lifts).16
5.12.2 Emergency operation .16
5.12.3 Shut-off valve (hydraulic lifts) .16
5.12.4 Stopping the machine and checking its stopped position.16
5.12.5 Slack rope/chain electric safety device.16
5.12.6 Run-time limiter.16
5.12.7 Low cylinder pressure (hydraulic lifts).16
5.13 Electric installations and appliances.17
5.13.1 Protection against electric shock .17
5.13.2 Protection of the lift machine motors.17
5.13.3 Main switches.17
5.14 Protection against electric faults, controls, priorities .17
5.14.1 Phase reversal protection.17
5.14.2 Inspection control station and stopping device.17
5.14.3 Emergency alarm device.17
5.14.4 Communication between car and machine room.17
5.14.5 Load control .17
5.15 Notices, markings and operating instructions .17
6 Verification of safety measures and/or protective devices.17
7 Information for use .18
Annex A (informative)  Method for national implementation of EN 81-80 .19
A.1 Identification of hazardous situations.19
A.2 Evaluation of hazardous situations .19
A.3 Classification of priority levels.21
Annex B (informative)  Safety check list for existing lifts.24
Bibliography .33
Foreword
This document (EN 81-80:2003) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 10 “Lifts, escalators and
moving walks”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by June 2004, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by
June 2004.
Regulations concerning the safety upgrading of existing lifts vary from member state to member state and have
not, to date, been harmonised at either international or European level.
CEN/CENELEC have embarked on a programme of work to produce a series of related machinery and lift safety
standards as part of the process of European harmonisation. This standard both makes use of and refers to
EN 292 parts 1 and 2 and most of the EN 81 series of standards (see clause 2).
This standard is part of the EN 81 series of standards: “Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts”.
This is the first edition of the standard.
Annexes A and B are informative.
This document includes a Bibliography.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal,
Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Introduction
Background of this standard
More than 3 million lifts are in use today in EU and EFTA and almost 50 % were installed more than 20 years ago.
Existing lifts were installed to the safety level appropriate at that time. This level is less than today’s state of the art
for safety.
New technologies and social expectations have led to today's state of the art for safety. This has led to the situation
today of different levels of safety across Europe causing accidents. However, users and authorised persons expect
a common acceptable level of safety.
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 disabled and elderly
persons without supervision.
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.
Furthermore the life cycle of a lift is longer than most other transportation systems and building equipment, which
therefore means that lift design, performance and safety can fall behind modern technologies. If existing lifts are
not upgraded to today's state of the art of safety the number of injuries will increase (especially in buildings which
can be accessed by the general public).
With the freedom of movement of people within the EU for both users and authorised persons, familiarisation with
the different installations is becoming more and more difficult.
Approach of this standard
This standard
 categorises various hazards and hazardous situations, each of which has been analysed by a risk
assessment;
 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;
 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;
 lists the high, medium and low risks and corrective actions which can be applied in separate steps in order to
eliminate the risks.
Other designs to previous national regulations or standards, providing they have an equivalent safety level, may be
acceptable.
Use of this standard
This standard can be used as a guideline for:
a) national authorities to determine its own programme of implementation in a step by step process via a filtering
1)
process (see annex A) in a reasonable and practicable way based on the level of risk (e.g. extreme, high,
medium, low) and social and economic considerations;
b) owners to follow their responsibilities according to existing regulations (e.g. Use of Work Equipment Directive);

1) "Reasonable and practicable” is defined as follows: “In deciding what is reasonably practicable the seriousness of a risk to
injury should be weighted against the difficulty and cost of removing or reducing that risk. Where the difficulty and costs are
high, and a careful assessment of the risk shows it to be comparatively unimportant, action may not need to be taken. On the
other hand where the risk is high, action should be taken at whatever cost.”
c) maintenance companies and/or inspection bodies to inform the owners on the safety level of their installations;
d) owners to upgrade the existing lifts on a voluntary basis in accordance with c) if no regulations exist.
In making an audit of an existing lift installation annex B can be used to identify the hazards and corrective actions
in this standard. However, where a hazardous situation is identified which is not covered in this standard a
separate risk assessment should be made. This risk assessment should be based on ISO/TS 14798
(see bibliography).
1 Scope
1.1 This European Standard gives rules 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.
1.2 This standard applies for permanently installed
 electric lifts, with traction or positive drive;
 hydraulic lifts
serving defined landing levels, having a car designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods and
moving between guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical.
1.3 This standard includes the improvement of safety of existing passenger and goods passenger lifts for:
a) users;
b) maintenance and inspection personnel;
c) persons outside the well, machine room and the pulley room (but in their immediate vicinity);
d) any authorised persons.
1.4 This standard is not applicable to:
a) lifts with drive systems others than those defined in EN 81-1 or EN 81-2;
b) lifting appliances such as paternosters, mine lifts, theatre lifts, appliances with automatic caging, skips, lifts and
hoists for building and public works sites, ships’ hoists, platforms for exploration or drilling at sea, construction
and maintenance appliances;
c) installations where the inclination of the guide rails to the vertical exceeds 15°;
d) safety during transport, installation, repairs and dismantling of lifts;
e) fire fighting operation.
However, this standard can usefully be taken as a reference basis.
2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text, and the publications are listed hereafter. For
dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European
Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the
publication referred to applies (including amendments).
NOTE All the parts of EN 81 are normative for terms and definitions purposes.
EN 81-1:1998, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Part 1: Electric lifts.
EN 81-2:1998, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Part 2: Hydraulic lifts.
prEN 81-21, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of persons and goods -
Part 21: New passenger and goods lifts in existing buildings.
EN 81-28, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of persons and goods -
Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts.
EN 81-70:2003, Safety rules for the construction and installations of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and
good passenger lifts - Part 70: Accessibility to lifts for persons including persons with disability.
prEN 81-71, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications to passenger lifts and
goods passenger lifts - Part 71: Vandal resistant lifts.
prEN 81-73, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Particular applications for passenger and
goods passenger lifts - Part 73: Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire.
EN 294:1992, Safety of machinery - Safety distance to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs.
EN 1070:1998, Safety of machinery – Terminology.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms and definitions given in EN 1070:1998 and the EN 81 series
of standards apply.
Terms and definitions specifically needed for this European Standard are added below:
3.1
authorised person
person with a permission from the owner of the installation to perform defined activities
3.2
existing lift
lift which is in service at the disposal of its owner
3.3
levelling accuracy
maximum vertical distance between car sill and landing sill during loading or unloading of the lift
3.4
stopping accuracy
maximum vertical distance between car sill and landing sill at the moment when a car is stopped by the control
system at its destination floor and the doors reach their fully open position
3.5
owner of the installation
natural or legal person who has the power of disposal of the installation and takes the responsibility for its operation
and use
4 List of significant hazards
This clause contains all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as far as they are dealt with in
this standard, identified by risk assessments as significant for existing lifts and which require action to eliminate or
reduce the risk.
4.1 Significant hazards dealt with by this standard
Table 1 — List of significant hazards
Relevant clauses in
Nr. Hazard/Hazardous situation
this standard
1 Presence of harmful materials 5.1.4
2 No or limited accessibility for disabled persons 5.2.1
Drive system with bad stopping/levelling accuracy 5.2.2
4 No or inadequate vandal resistance 5.3
5 No or inadequate control functions in case of fire 5.4
6 Well enclosures with perforate walls 5.5.1.1
Partially enclosed well with too low enclosure 5.5.1.2
8 Inadequate locking devices on access doors to well and pit 5.5.2
9 Inadequate vertical surface below landing door sills 5.5.3
Relevant clauses in
Nr. Hazard/Hazardous situation
this standard
10 Counterweight/balancing weight without safety gear in case of 5.5.4
accessible spaces below well
11 No or inadequate partition of counterweight/ balancing weight 5.5.5
travel path
12 No or inadequate pit screen for several lifts in the same well 5.5.6.1
13 No or inadequate partition for several lifts in the same well 5.5.6.2
14 Insufficient safety spaces in headroom and pit 5.5.7
Unsafe pit access 5.5.8
16 No or inadequate stopping devices in the pit or in the pulley room 5.5.9
17 No or inadequate lighting of the well 5.5.10
18 No alarm system in pit and on car roof 5.5.11
No or unsafe means of access to machine and pulley room 5.6.1
20 Slippery floor in machine or pulley room 5.6.2
21 Insufficient clearances in machine room 5.6.3
22 No or inadequate protection on different levels in machine pulley 5.6.4
room
23 Inadequate lighting in machine or pulley room 5.6.5
24 Inadequate means of handling equipment 5.6.6
Perforate landing doors and car doors 5.7.1
26 Inadequate design of landing door fixings 5.7.2
27 Inadequate glass in doors 5.7.3
28 No or inadequate protection against dragging of fingers on sliding 5.7.4
car or landing doors with glass
29 No or inadequate lighting on landing doors 5.7.5
30 No or inadequate protective devices on power operated doors 5.7.6
Unsafe locking device of landing door 5.7.7
32 Unlocking of landing door without a special tool 5.7.8.1
33 Well enclosure with perforate walls near door locks 5.7.8.2
34 No automatic closing device on sliding doors 5.7.9
Inadequate link between panels of landing doors 5.7.10
36 Inadequate fire resistance of landing doors 5.7.11
37 Car door moving with open landing door 5.7.12
38 Large car area in relation to rated load 5.8.1
Inadequate length of car apron 5.8.2
40 Car without doors 5.8.3
41 Unsafe locking of car roof trap door 5.8.4
42 Insufficient strength of car roof 5.8.5
No or inadequate balustrade on car 5.8.6
44 Insufficient ventilation in car 5.8.7
45 Inadequate lighting in car 5.8.8.1
Relevant clauses in
Nr. Hazard/Hazardous situation
this standard
46 No or inadequate emergency lighting in car 5.8.8.2
No or inadequate protection means on sheaves, pulleys and 5.9.1
sprockets against injury
48 No or inadequate protection against rope/chains leaving the 5.9.1
sheaves, pulleys or sprockets
49 No or inadequate protection means on sheaves, pulleys or 5.9.1
sprockets against introduction of objects
50 No or inadequate safety gear and/or overspeed governor on 5.9.2
electric lifts
No or inadequate slack rope switch for governor rope 5.9.3
52 No protection means against ascending car overspeed on traction 5.9.4
drive lifts with counterweight
Inadequate design of lift machine for electric lifts 5.9.4, 5.12.1
54 No or inadequate protection against free fall, overspeed and 5.9.5
creeping on hydraulic lifts
Counterweight or balancing weight guided by 2 wire ropes 5.10.1
56 No or inadequate buffers 5.10.2
57 No or inadequate final limit switches 5.10.3
58 Large gap between car and wall facing the car entrance 5.11.1
Excessive distance between car door and landing door 5.11.2
60 No or inadequate emergency operation system 5.12.2
61 No shut-off valve 5.12.3
62 No independent starting contactors 5.12.4
No or inadequate slack rope/chain device 5.12.5
64 No run-time limiter 5.12.6
65 No or inadequate low pressure device 5.12.7
66 Insufficient protection against electric shock and/or marking of 5.13.1
electrical equipment; missing notices
67 No or inadequate protection on lift machine motor 5.13.2
68 No lockable main switch 5.13.3
No protection against phase reversal 5.14.1
70 No or inadequate inspection control station and stopping device 5.14.2
on car roof
No or inadequate alarm device 5.14.3
72 No or inadequate communication system between machine room 5.14.4
and car (travel height > 30 m)
73 No or inadequate load control on car 5.14.5
74 Missing notices, markings and operating instructions 5.15
4.2 Significant hazards not dealt with by this standard
 Fire in well, machine room and pulley room;
 environmental conditions including e.g. earthquake and flooding;
 electromagnetic compatibility;
 shearing due to sharp edges.
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
5.1.1 The following requirements and/or protective measures shall not be considered as the only possible
solution. Alternatives are permitted, provided they lead to an equivalent safety level.
5.1.2 A risk assessment shall be made on a case by case basis for safety items not covered in this standard.
5.1.3 Where the requirements of this standard cannot be met and a residual risk remains, or cannot be avoided,
then appropriate procedures such as signs, instructions and training shall be given.
5.1.4 Harmful materials such as asbestos in brake linings, contactor shields, cladding of the well, landing doors,
cladding of the machine room, etc. shall be replaced by materials which ensure the same performance level (see
also EN 81-1:1998, 0.3.1 and EN 81-2:1998, 0.3.1).
NOTE These should be considered in relation to national requirements.
5.1.5 For specific requirements such as accessibility, requirements against vandalism and behaviour of lifts in
the event of fire, the conditions in the building shall be checked to see what is practical to be applied for lifts.
5.1.6 If a lift has been upgraded by one of the measures described in this standard, the consequences to other
parts of the lift have to be considered.
5.2 Accessibility requirements
5.2.1 General
Where existing lifts are intended to be used also by persons with disabilities the requirements of EN 81-70 shall be
considered. The items considered are subject to a risk assessment on a case by case basis.
5.2.2 Levelling and stopping accuracy
Of particular importance the stopping and levelling accuracy shall comply with EN 81-70:2003, 5.3.3 which means:
 the stopping accuracy of the lift shall be – 10 mm;
 the levelling accuracy of – 20 mm shall be maintained.
NOTE It is recommended to apply the above to all lifts.
5.3 Requirements against vandalism
Where the lift is installed in an environment where it is subjected to vandalism, the requirements of
prEN 81-71 shall be considered. The items to be considered are subject to a risk assessment on a case by case
basis.
5.4 Behaviour of lifts in the event of fire
When the fire security strategies ask for a recall control, then the requirements of prEN 81-73 shall be considered.
The items to be considered are subject to a risk assessment on a case by case basis.
5.5 Well
5.5.1 Well enclosures
Existing well enclosures which deviate from EN 81-1:1998, 5.2 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.2 may be perforate
5.5.1.1
providing EN 294:1992, 4.5.2 is fulfilled.
5.5.1.2 The dimensions of the partial enclosure shall be in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 5.2.1.2 or
EN 81-2:1998, 5.2.1.2.
5.5.2 Inspection and emergency doors to well and access to the pit
Locking devices and their electrical safety devices of any such doors shall conform with EN 81-1:1998, 5.2.2.2 or
EN 81-2:1998, 5.2.2.2.
5.5.3 Wall of the well
Below each landing door sill the wall of the well shall be according to EN 81-1:1998, 5.4.3 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.4.3.
5.5.4 Protection of any accessible spaces located below the car, the counterweight or the balancing
weight
If accessible spaces do exist below the car, the counterweight or the balancing weight, there shall be, in
accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 5.5 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.5, either:
a) a solid pier extending down to solid ground, or
b) a counterweight or a balancing weight equipped with a safety gear.
5.5.5 Counterweight or balancing weight screen
The travelling area of the counterweight or balancing weight shall be protected by an adequate screen in the pit.
Where the screen is not adequate it shall be in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 5.6.1 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.6.1.
5.5.6 Screens
5.5.6.1 Where there are adjacent lifts in a common well, the installation shall have a partition in the pit in
accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 5.6.2.1 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.6.2.1.
5.5.6.2 Where the well contains several lifts, it shall be checked that the horizontal distance between the edge
of the car roof and any moving parts of an adjacent lift is greater than 0,5 m.
Where this is found not to be the case then a partition for the full height of the well shall be fitted in accordance with
EN 81-1:1998, 5.6.2.2 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.6.2.2.
5.5.7 Headroom and pit clearances
Where top and/or pit clearances are found not to be in accordance with:
a) EN 81-1:1998, 5.7.1, 5.7.2 and 5.7.3.3 (for electric lifts), or
b) EN 81-2:1998, 5.7.1 and 5.7.2 (for hydraulic lifts),
the relevant requirements of prEN 81-21 shall be applied.
5.5.8 Pit access
The pit shall have a suitable safe access and egress according to EN 81-1:1998, 5.7.3.2 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.7.2.2.
5.5.9 Pit and pulley room stopping device
The pit and pulley room shall have appropriate stopping devices in accordance with EN 81-1:998, 5.7.3.4 and 6.4.5
or EN 81-2:1998, 5.7.2.5 and 6.4.5.
5.5.10 Lighting of the well
The well shall have adequate lighting. Where the lighting is not adequate then lighting shall be fitted as defined in
EN 81-1:1998, 5.9 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.9.
5.5.11 Emergency release of persons working in well
If there is a risk for persons working in the well being trapped and no means are provided to escape, alarm devices
shall be installed in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 5.10 or EN 81-2:1998, 5.10 and 5.14.3 of this standard.
5.6 Machine and pulley rooms
5.6.1 Machine and pulley room access
A site evaluation of the hazardous situations shall be carried out to bring the access to the machine and pulley
room to a safety level reflected by EN 81-1:1998, 6.2 or EN 81-2:1998, 6.2.
5.6.2 Floors of machine and pulley rooms
The floors of machine rooms and pulley rooms shall be non-slip in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 6.3.1.2 and
6.4.1.2 or EN 81-2:1998, 6.3.1.2 and 6.4.1.2.
5.6.3 Clearances of machinery
The machine room shall be checked that the horizontal clearances are in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 6.3.2 or
EN 81-2:1998, 6.3.2.
Where this is found not to be the case protection from the moving equipment shall be provided in accordance with
EN 294:1992, Table 4, where practical.
5.6.4 Machine room floor levels and recesses
A site evaluation of the hazardous situations shall be carried out to ensure the levels and recesses in the machine
room are to a safety level as reflected by EN 81-1:1998, 6.3.2.4 and 6.3.2.5 or EN 81-2:1998, 6.3.2.4 and 6.3.2.5.
5.6.5 Lighting in machine and pulley room
The lighting in the machine and pulley room shall be adequate. Where it is not adequate it shall be fitted in
accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 6.3.6 and 6.4.7 or EN 81-2:1998, 6.3.6 and 6.4.7.
5.6.6 Handling of equipment
The existing metal supports or hooks for the handling equipment in the machine room or well shall be checked that
they are safe for use, suitably positioned and marked with the safe working load.
5.7 Landing doors and car doors
5.7.1 Imperforate landing doors and car doors
Landing and car doors shall be imperforate according to EN 81-1:1998, 7.1 and 8.6.1 or EN 81-2:1998, 7.1 and
8.6.1.
5.7.2 Landing door fixings
Each landing door fixing (e.g. fixing screws, bottom door guides, top door rollers, etc.) shall resist the forces and
derailment as defined in EN 81-1:1998, 7.2.3.1 and 7.4.2.1 or EN 81-2:1998, 7.2.3.1 and 7.4.2.1, to avoid the door
panel falling into the well.
5.7.3 Use of glass in car doors and landing doors
Landing and car doors which contain glass shall be checked to see that the glass fitted is in accordance with
EN 81-1:1998, 7.2.3.2, 7.2.3.3, 7.2.3.4, 8.6.7.2, 8.6.7.3 and 8.6.7.4 or EN 81-2:1998, 7.2.3.2, 7.2.3.3,
7.2.3.4,8.6.7.2, 8.6.7.3 and 8.6.7.4 or has an equivalent level of safety.
If not then:
a) change glass to that defined in EN 81-1:1998, annex J or EN 81-2:1998, annex J, or
b) the size of the glass panel shall be reduced to that of a vision panel in conformity with EN 81-1:1998, 7.6.2 or
EN 81-2:1998, 7.6.2, or
c) the glass shall be removed and replaced by a solid panel, with the addition of a ‘car here indicator’ on each
landing so that users may readily know if the lift is present.
NOTE The solution adopted should take into consideration the national regulation for fire protection in the building.
5.7.4 Horizontally sliding car doors and landing doors with glass
Horizontally sliding car and landing doors made of glass shall be in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 7.2.3.6 and
8.6.7.5 or EN 81-2:1998, 7.2.3.6 and 8.6.7.5 to protect against the dragging of children hands.
5.7.5 Lighting of the landing
The lighting of the landings in the vicinity of the landing doors shall be in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 7.6.1 or
EN 81-2:1998, 7.6.1.
5.7.6 Protection against impact from power operated horizontally sliding car and landing doors
All lifts shall be provided with door protective devices in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 7.5.2.1.1 and 8.7.2.1.1 or
EN 81-2:1998, 7.5.2.1.1 and 8.7.2.1.1.
Where the existing lifts are intended to be used also by disabled persons the requirements of EN 81-70:2003, 5.2.3
and 5.2.4 shall be met.
NOTE EN 81-70:2003, 5.2.3 and 5.2.4 gives improved state of the art solutions.
5.7.7 Locking devices
All landing door locking devices shall have an equivalent safety level to EN 81-1 or EN 81-2. Where they have not
they shall be replaced with locking devices in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 7.7 or EN 81-2:1998, 7.7.
NOTE Existing locking devices to versions of EN 81-1 and EN 81-2 issued before 1998 with 5 mm engagement are also
considered to have an equivalent safety level.
5.7.8 Unlocking of landing doors
5.7.8.1 Any emergency unlocking of a landing door shall only be possible by the use of a special device (e.g.
triangular key according to EN 81-1:1998, 7.7.3.2 or EN 81-2:1998, 7.7.3.2).
Additional measures shall be applied in accordance with prEN 81-71 in buildings which may be subject to
vandalism or where lift surfing may take place (see 5.3).
5.7.8.2 Landing door locking devices shall not be accessible from the outside of the well (e.g. reaching
through a mesh well) by unauthorised persons to prevent deliberate misuse.
5.7.9 Automatic closing of horizontal sliding landing doors
Horizontal sliding landing doors which can be driven by the car doors shall have an automatic closing device in
accordance with the last paragraph of EN 81-1:1998, 7.7.3.2 or EN 81-2:1998, 7.7.3.2.
5.7.10 Sliding doors with multiple panels
Sliding doors with multiple panels shall comply with EN 81-1:1998, 7.7.6 or EN 81-2:1998, 7.7.6.
5.7.11 Fire rated landing doors
The landing doors shall conform with the fire rating as required by national or local regulations according to the
building concerned.
5.7.12 Hinged landing doors in combination with power operated horizontally sliding car doors
The car door shall only operate when the landing door has been closed.
5.8 Car, counterweight and balancing weight
5.8.1 Available car area, rated load
The car floor area shall be in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 8.2 for electric lifts or in EN 81-2:1998, 8.2 for
hydraulic lifts. Where this is not the case, appropriate measures shall be taken e.g.
 Reduce the available car floor area, or
 restrict the use to instructed users, or
 verify the intended use of the lift.
5.8.2 Avoidance of the risk of people falling into the well (car apron)
The car shall have an apron in accordance with EN 81-1:1998, 8.4 or EN 81-2:1998, 8.4. Where this is not possible
it shall be in accordance with prEN 81-21 (e.g. telescopic
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