What is BS EN 1907- Safety requirements for cableway installations about?
Cableway installations are designed, manufactured, put into service and operated with the object of carrying persons. Cableway installations are mountain lift systems used in high-altitude tourist resorts and consisting of funicular railways, cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and drag lifts, but may also consist of cableway installations used in urban transport facilities.
BS EN 1907 specifies general terms used in the European standards on safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. BS EN 1907 applies to cableway installations designed to carry persons.
BS EN 1907 covers the part of the vocabulary specific to these installations and scientific, technical or in everyday use and have a particular meaning in this field or for which definition in more detail seems necessary.
Note: BS EN 1907 does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods, nor to elevators.
Who is BS EN 1907- Safety requirements for cableway installations for?
BS EN 1907 on safety requirements for cableway installations is useful for:
- Cableway installation engineers
- Civil engineers
- Cableways/ropeways manufacturers
- Entities who are responsible for ensuring the safety of cableway installations
- Health and safety departments
- Inspection bodies
- Regulatory authorities
Why should you use BS EN 1907- Safety requirements for cableway installations?
Cableway installations are operated in connection with tourism, particularly in mountain areas, which plays an important role in the economy of the regions concerned. The essential health and safety requirements must be observed in order to ensure that cableway installations are safe.
BS EN 1907 introduces specific requirements for ensuring the safety of cableway installations at the time of manufacture, putting into service and during operation. BS EN 1907 guidelines help you to ensure the essential health and safety of cableway installations while its manufacturing and operation.
Following BS EN 1907 guidelines, manufacturers will be able to ensure subsystems and safety components are certified according to the directive before placing cableway installations on the market.