What is BS EN 115-1-Safety of escalators and moving walks about?
BS EN 115-1 discusses the safety of escalators and moving walks. BS EN 115-1 is the first part of BS EN 115 multi-series and discusses the construction and installation of escalators and moving walks. BS EN 115-1 is applicable for new escalators and moving walks (pallet or belt type) as defined.
BS EN 115-1 deal with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events relevant to escalators and moving walks when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
Note: BS EN 115-1 is not applicable to escalators and moving walks that were manufactured before the date of its publication. It is, however, recommended that existing installations be adapted to BS EN 115-1.
Who is BS EN 115-1-Safety of escalators and moving walks for?
BS EN 115-1 on the safety of escalators and moving walks is useful for:
- Escalators and moving walk manufacturers
- Health and safety bodies
- Architects
- Civil engineers
- Design engineers
- Builders
- Maintenance service providers of escalators and moving walks
Why should you use BS EN 115-1-Safety of escalators and moving walks?
An escalator is a moving staircase that carries people between floors of a building or structure and moving walks is a slow-moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined plane over a short to medium distance.
BS EN 115-1 provides you with safety requirements for escalators and moving walks in order to safeguard people and objects against risks of accidents during installation, operation, maintenance, and inspection work.
The contents of BS EN 115-1 assume that persons using escalators and moving walks are able to do so unaidedly. However, physical, and sensory abilities in a population can vary over a wide range, escalators and moving walks are also likely to be used by persons with a range of other disabilities. BS EN 115-1 helps you to ensure the safety of your escalators and moving walks.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 115-1:2017 supersedes BS EN 115-1:2008+A1:2010, which is withdrawn. BS EN 115-1:2017 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 115-1:2008+A1:2010. These include:
- Improvement in safety due to changes in proven technology
- Incorporation of essential health and safety requirements from the relevant EU Directives
- Elimination of reported errors
- Clarification of the text and incorporation of proposals resulting from the interpretation
- Improvement of the references to other standards according to the progress in that field