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

1. rated load, size of load carrying unit and speed, and
2. 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

1. work on lifts under construction, testing, or during alterations and dismantling;
2. use of lifts for fire fighting and emergency evacuation;
3. vandalism; and
4. 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.