1. DRAFT LEIA SAFETY CHARTER Safety Training Presentation No 2
Use and Verify Stop and Other Devices
(Note to Presenter: Check that your Management has signed the Safety Charter. This is referred to in the presentation. These Notes explain the slides and provide additional information. Whenever possible, engage your audience in discussion so that they can explore the risks experienced in the field and how they must be controlled.
You are recommended to practice with this presentation before presenting to an audience)
The LEIA Safety Charter was devised as a means of combating the rising number of fatal accidents in the Lift and Escalator industry.
Within the last 20 years there have been 15 fatal accidents to engineers and field workers. The Charter was issued to LEIA Members on 22 March 2011 to make companies aware of their responsibilities, this presentation is prepared so that engineers and operatives can be aware as well.
Engineers and operatives will be asked to sign the revised LEIA Site Handbook with a commitment to the three elements of the LEIA Safety Charter.
V6-1 November 2016

2. LEIA Safety Charter
Aim of this Presentation To understand the use and verification of Stop and other devices when accessing, egressing and working on car tops and in lift and escalator pits to ensure total control of the equipment.

3. LEIA Safety Charter Accidents
Over the last 20 years* there have been 15 fatal accidents within the lift and escalator industry
How have the fatal accidents occurred?
*as at November 2016
The three most significant hazards are:
Falling from height and falling objects
Struck by moving parts
Electricity
Get your audience to suggest what they think are the most hazardous things (in terms of fatal accidents – manual handling is the cause of most injuries in L&E industry, but these are generally not fatal).
Next slide will reveal the hazards

4. LEIA Safety Charter Accidents
Over the last 20 years* there have been 15 fatal accidents within the lift and escalator industry
How have the fatal accidents occurred?
Falling from height
Crushing/ struck by moving equipment
Electricity
*as at November 2016
The three most significant hazards are:
Falling from height and falling objects
Struck by moving parts
Electricity

5. LEIA Safety Charter
A copy of the Charter was sent to the management of every LEIA member for signing. The management were asked to sign to demonstrate their commitment to safe working. Now it is the turn of the engineers.
Describe the Charter:
‘Committed to working in accordance with BS 7255, 7801 or 9102’
‘our employees will...’
‘Protect themselves and others from falls and falling objects’
‘Use and verify Stop and other devices... Total control of the equipment’
‘Electrically isolate and lock off’
Stress ‘We (ie management) will actively ensure that our commitments are monitored and enforced…’
Reiterate that management have already signed this Charter (Check that this is the case before you present this)

6. LEIA Safety Charter …
24 fatalities in European lift industry in 2014/ 2015
2 fatalities, 50 major injuries and day plus injuries in UK lift industry over the last 5 years*
*as at November 2016
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment

7. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
This presentation assumes that all shaft lighting, screens and other ancillary measures are in place and any controls provided comply with current standards. This includes effective safety gears, pawl devices, pit props, etc.
Current standards are discussed later in the presentation

8. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Top of Car Access:
LEIA recommend a formal procedure is in place for this process to ensure safety and that controls are checked for suitability and verified for correct operation before accessing the car top
Note: the procedure given next is a minimum only; your Company procedure may enhance this procedure and must always be followed
Emphasise that the procedure given next is a minimum only; Company procedure may differ from it and must always be followed.
If you are aware of where your Company procedure differs, use this as a discussion point.

9. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Top of Car Access:
Working from an appropriate landing, send car away
Open landing door and verify this stops the car mid- flight. Ensure car top is at correct level for access
Use a door blocking device to secure the door
Operate car-top control Stop switch, close landing doors
Call car from landing. Verify that car has not moved (Another car may respond at a multiple lift site)
This is an introductory list; photo examples will follow on subsequent slides and will allow discussion

10. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Top of Car Access:
Open landing doors; use a door blocking device to secure the door, and set Inspection/ Normal switch to Inspection then return Stop switch to Run. Close landing doors
Call car from landing. Verify that car has not moved
Leave Inspection/ Normal switch on Inspection and place Stop switch on Stop before gaining access to car top.
With multiple controls, verify each control independently.
This is an introductory list; photo examples will follow on subsequent slides and will allow discussion

11. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Working from an appropriate landing, send car away

12. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Open landing door and verify this stops the car mid-flight

13. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Ensure car top is at correct level for access, then use a door blocking device to secure the door
Emphasise In some circumstances, LOTO is a better procedure than a door blocking device to access the car top (eg if the Stop switch is >1m from the door). In this instance, it may be appropriate to advise the client that a closer Stop switch should be fitted. Both switches should be verified independently.

14. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Operate car-top control Stop switch, close landing doors

15. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Call car from landing. Verify that car has not moved (Remember another car may respond at a multiple lift site)
Emphasise When calling from landing wait at least 5 – 10 seconds. Be mindful that another car may respond at a multiple lift site.
NOTE landing barriers were removed for all these photos

16. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Open landing doors; use a door blocking device to secure the door, and set Inspection/ Normal switch to Inspection and return Stop switch to Run

17. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Call car from landing. Verify that car has not moved
Emphasise When calling from landing wait at least 5 – 10 seconds. Be mindful that another car may respond at a multiple lift site.
NOTE landing barriers were removed for all these photos

18. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Leave Inspection/ Normal switch on inspection
and place Stop switch on stop before gaining access to car top

19. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
With multiple controls, verify each control individually
Emphasise Examples of multiple controls would be where supplementary Stop switches exist or where a control facility exists to move the car from the machine room

20. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
With multiple controls, verify each control individually
Emphasise Examples of multiple controls would be where supplementary Stop switches exist or where a control facility exists to move the car from the machine room

21. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Ensure you have a suitable door blocking device and other appropriate tools for the work you will be doing. Do not improvise.
Before occupying the car top, check Car Top Controls are compliant with current standards.
Only travel on the car top when fitted with a Car Top Control unit that complies with current standards (EN81/ BS7255). If not then use Lock Off/ Tag Out procedure.
Emphasise: the first point - Do not improvise – ie a screwdriver jammed into the door runners is dangerous and must not be allowed.
Photos of compliant and non-compliant car-top controls on the next slide

22. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Compliant

23. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Compliant with EN81, but no Common run button.
SAFed/ LEIA Risk Assessment recommends ‘Enhanced Layout’ per previous picture

24. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Non-compliant

25. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Non-compliant

26. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Before occupying the car top, identify a refuge space on the car top for use in emergency.
bullet point from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
Next slide - opportunity to discuss refuge spaces (poor examples)

27. LEIA Safety Charter Can you identify a refuge space here?
bullet point from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
opportunity to discuss refuge spaces (poor examples)

28. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Before occupying the car top, check that there is sufficient clearance between the top of the car and the top of the well or any other projecting equipment (steelwork, pulleys, etc.) when the car is at the highest level of normal travel.
If the clearance above the car is restricted, take additional precautions before travelling on the car top; also check the overtravel possible from this position eg clearance under counterweight, etc.
2 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
More on next slide

29. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
When occupying the top of the car take up a position on the car top where no part of your body or clothing will project beyond the car edges
bullet point from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
More on next slide

30. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
On the car top maintain a position which gives you good balance and select a secure and firm hand-hold: do not hold any part which may move such as pulleys or ropes
Before commencing work, test that the car top Stop switch operates correctly by operating it whilst travelling in a downward direction.
2 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
Discuss ‘do not hold any part which may move such as pulleys or ropes’ – trapped fingers, grease on next surface touched, loose wires on frayed rope – puncture wounds
More on next slide

31. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
On the car top, aim to only travel on the car in a downward direction. If you have to travel upwards, test in a safe location that the car top Stop switch operates correctly in the upward direction.
If you have to travel upwards, take extreme care that you or your clothing do not come into contact with fixed parts in the well. Be especially aware of such features as guide brackets, control vanes and switches, landing entrance sills and toe guards
2 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
More on next slide

32. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Always remain within the “safe zone” of the car top and remember the counterweight.
On the car top on traction lifts, remember that the counterweight will suddenly arrive halfway up the well; sometimes this location is identified on the shaft wall.
Half-way screens are not now recommended due to the shearing and crushing hazards introduced. (BS7255:2012)
3 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
Emphasise the moving counterweight
More on next slide

33. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
After the car has been moved to a new place, put the car top Stop switch in the stop position so that accidental operation of the up or down buttons will not cause the car to move unexpectedly
bullet point from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
More on next slide

34. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment – Lift Car
Use and verify stop and other control devices when accessing a lift car top to ensure you have total control of the equipment.
If you can’t verify the control devices then isolate the power, Lock Off and Tag Out (LOTO) the equipment before accessing the car top.
(LEIA Safety Training Presentation Nº 3 Electrically Isolate… refers to this)
Last slide about working on the car top. 2 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
Emphasise the last bullet point.

35. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Top of Car Egress
Recommended practice is to exit at the same floor as you entered
If it is necessary to egress at a different floor, it is vital to verify the correct operation of the landing door lock on that floor also.

36. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Car Top Access:
If the work is of an invasive nature (repositioning or replacing equipment, installing new equipment in the shaft or on the car top) turn the power off at the main isolator and lock off/ tag out (LOTO).
Working on the ropes or chains, etc., mechanically restrain the car or counterweight. (BS7255:2012)
Emphasise that BS 7255 Code of practice for safe working on lifts describes invasive work and the safety procedure that one must follow. This must be followed.

37. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Lift Pit Access:
LEIA recommend a formal procedure is in place for this process to ensure safety and that controls are checked for suitability and verified for correct operation before accessing the lift pit
Note: the procedure given next is a minimum only; your Company procedure may enhance this procedure and must always be followed
Emphasise that the procedure given next is a minimum only; Company procedure may differ from it and must always be followed.
If you are aware of where your Company procedure differs, use this as a discussion point.

38. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Lift Pit Access:
Working from the bottom landing, send the car up 2-3 floors and open landing door. Check the lift stops in flight.
Use a door blocking device to secure the door. Operate the stop switch.
Close landing doors.
Call car from landing.
Open the landing doors, use a door blocking device.
Verify that car has not moved. Take account of other lifts
responding to the call.

39. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Lift Pit Access:
With deep pits and multiple Stop switches, verify each switch independently.
Fit pit access ladder if required.
Identify a safe refuge space and gain access to pit.
When working in the pit, the landing doors should be released and then blocked with about 90mm gap.
90mm gap allows visual inspection of operatives working in pit, without endangering people on the landing

40. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Working from the bottom landing, send the car up 2-3 floors and open landing door. Check the lift stops in flight
Operate Stop switch
Close landing doors

41. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Use a door blocking device to secure the door

42. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Operate Stop switch

43. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Close landing doors.
Call car from landing.

44. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Open the landing doors, use a door blocking device to secure the door. Verify that car has not moved.
Take account of other lifts responding to the call

45. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Fit pit access ladder

46. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Identify a safe refuge space and gain access to pit
With deep pits and multiple Stop switches, verify each switch independently

47. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Lift Pit Access
Identify a safe refuge space and gain access to pit
bullet point from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
Next Slide opportunity to discuss refuge spaces (poor example)

48. LEIA Safety Charter Can you identify a refuge space here?
Opportunity to discuss refuge spaces (poor example)

49. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Lift Pit Access:
If there is no stopping device installed or it is not of the mushroom headed type, the main power supply should always be isolated and locked and tagged off before entering the pit. (BS7255:2012)
Emphasise this is as described in BS7255 Code of practice for safe working on lifts

50. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Basic Procedure for Lift Pit Access:
If the work in the pit is of an invasive nature (repositioning or replacing equipment, installing new equipment or work on the ropes or chains, etc) turn the power off at the main isolator and lock off/ tag out, (LOTO). (BS7255:2012)
Emphasise that BS 7255 Code of practice for safe working on lifts describes invasive work and the safety procedure that one must follow. This must be followed.

51. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Lift Pit Egress:
Remove all tools and waste, then stow ladder safely.
Release final Stop switch from the safety of the landing, not as you exit from the ladder.
Picture of Stop switch release on next slide

52. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment
Release Stop switch from the safety of the landing, not as you exit from the ladder

53. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment C Control of Moving Equipment (Other Moving Masses to be Controlled)
Click to go to next slide

54. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment
Ensure that moving machinery is adequately guarded or isolate using LOTO procedure to prevent mechanical movement.
Always ensure lift cars and counterweights are adequately supported either by their normal means of suspension or supported by suitable equipment.
Do not use a scaffold or any other temporary structure unless specifically designed for the purpose.
3 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety handbook
More on next slide

55. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment
When working on Machine-Room-less lifts , follow the manufacturer’s instructions detailing the safe system of work.
If the information on safe working is not available and you are not sure, don’t take the chance, but consult your manager
2 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
More on next slide

56. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment
In the pit on multiple installations there should be barriers between lifts at least 2.5m high.
If there are no barriers you must switch off the adjacent lifts and lock off and tag out before entering the pit.
Click 1 time to show 2 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
More on next slide

57. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment
Full well-height division screens should be fitted between lifts in a common well
Subject to the nature of the work, if there are no division screens it may be necessary to switch off the adjacent lifts and lock off and tag out before entering the well.
2 bullet points from the LEIA Site Safety Handbook
More on next slide
EN81-20: - minimum is partition from within 0.3m from pit floor to 2.5m above lowest landing.
- full height if horizontal distance from inner edge of balustrade to a moving point of adjacent lift <0.5m
BS7255: full height screens should be fitted.

58. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Control of Moving Equipment
When working on multiple installations be sure that you have correctly identified each machine, controller and isolation switch with its corresponding equipment.
(see LEIA Safety Charter Safety Presentation No3 Safe Working with Electricity)
bullet point from LEIA Site Safety Handbook

59. LEIA Safety Charter
Use and verify Stop and other devices...to ensure total control of the equipment Supervision
HSE advise that supervision arrangements must be appropriate and proportionate to the risk – work on or near to moving equipment, inexperienced staff etc…
Personnel under training need to be supervised
Auditing arrangements for peripatetic workers
Ideally a formal inspection when manager goes on site to review and record evidence of safe working procedure.

60. LEIA Safety Charter
A copy of the Charter was sent to the management of every LEIA member for signing. The management were asked to sign to demonstrate their commitment to safe working. Now it is the turn of the engineers.
This is the new Lift & Escalator Site Safety Handbook and it has a page for you to sign your own declaration to work safely

61. LEIA Safety Charter LEIA Safety Charter
Protect yourselves and others from falls and falling objects.
Use and verify Stop and other devices when accessing, egressing and working on car tops and in lift and escalator pits to ensure total control of the equipment.
Electrically isolate and lock off when power is not required and when working close to unguarded machinery.
three elements of the LEIA Safety Charter
These are:
Protect yourselves and others from falls and falling objects.
Use and verify Stop and other devices when accessing, egressing and working on car tops and in lift and escalator pits to ensure total control of the equipment.
Electrically isolate and lock off when power is not required and when working close to unguarded machinery.
They need to see the Toolbox Talks on the remaining elements of the Safety Charter as well.
Remind that a copy of the Charter was sent to the management of every LEIA member. The management were asked to sign to demonstrate their commitment to safe working. Now it is the turn of the engineers. (Presenter check your company management have signed the Charter)

62. LEIA Safety Charter LEIA Safety Charter
Now incorporated into the new edition of the LEIA Site Safety Handbook.
We ask you to sign in this handbook, to commit to the three elements of the Safety Charter

63. Thank You for attending
LEIA Safety Charter
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