Code of practice for the planning, design, install ation and use of permanently installed access equipment

BS 6037-1:2003 pdf free.Code of practice for the planning, design, install ation and use of permanently installed access equipment一 Part 1: Suspended access equipment.
On completion of the thorough examination the competent person should issue a report to the duty holder. Where the thorough examination identifies an existing or imminent serious defect which could affect the safe use of the suspended access equipment, the competent person should immediately issue a rejection note to the duty holder and send a copy of the thorough examination report to the relevant enforcing authority.
The duty holder should ensure that any remedial or other work on the suspended access equipment which is found to be necessary as a result of the thorough examination, is carried out satisfactorily without jeopardizing the safety of operators or other persons E. In the case of existing or imminent serious defects which could affect the safe use of the suspended access equipment, remedial work should be carried out J before the equipment is returned to service.
19.5.2 Supplementary tasks
In addition to the statutory thorough examinations, certain safety critical components should be subjected to detailed periodic examination. The detailed nature and extent of these supplementary examinations and their frequency should be identified by carrying out a site-specific risk assessment and will depend upon the design and purpose of the particular installation with any manufacturer’s or supplier’s recommendations being taken into consideration.
E Supplementary thorough examination tasks should generally be carried out at intervals often years. The supplementary examination should include the following tasks, where appropriate.
a) All roof fixings and associated track holding down units should be inspected for indications of water ingress. If water ingress and possible consequential corrosion is suspected or other reasons are found to suspect their integrity then a representative sample of at least 5 % should be fully exposed for examination.
Particular attention should be paid to track holding down units in uplift.
b) The articulating bogies of suspension rigs, central swivel units of turntables and other Ii safety critical components I J should be stripped down to assess their condition. This assessment should include non-destructive testing (NDT) by an approved NDT engineer.
c) Fully enclosed traction winches and associated safety devices should be disassembled to permit inspection of their internal components. This may be carried out in-situ or the winches and their associated safety devices may be removed from site for workshop examination and then returned to site and refitted.
d) The secondary safety devices, including the secondary brake, should be operationally tested. This may be carried out in-situ or the devices may be removed from site for workshop testing and then returned to site and refitted.
e) Where it is not possible to accurately assess the level of wear in a luffing screw nut assembly it should be stripped down to assess its condition.
The tasks listed should not be taken to be exhaustive.
Whilgt it is not necessary for the supplementary thorough examination tasks to be witnessed by the person carrying out the thorough examinations unless he so requires, it is essential that, once the tasks have been carried out, certificates are issued to Ij the duty holder by the organization carrying out the work, and retained ij for future reference. It is also essential that the dimensions of any safety critical components which were found to be worn but judged to be suitable for further service, he recorded on the certificates where appropriate.
The duty holder has a legal obligation to ensure that the CE declaration of conformity (where applicable, see Annex A), certificates of incorporation (where applicable, see Annex A), commissioning test results and first thorough examination report issued for the suspended access equipment are kept available for inspection for as long as the equipment is in use. All subsequent thorough examination reports should be kept available for inspection for a period of at least two years from the date of the thorough examination.
In addition the following should be made available to any competent person involved in the use. maintenance and thorough examination of the equipment, and to any enforcing authority:
a) certificates for any load tests or supplementary tests carried out on the equipment for the period of their validity (see 19.4 and 1 9.5.2);
b) certificates for all safety and suspension ropes;
c) records of the latest inspection and maintenance carried out;
d) details of any major repairs (see 19.3) or changes to the suspended access equipment;
e) Ei an jI up-to-date list of competent persons who have had specific training in the operation of the suspended access equipment.
21 Changes to the suspended access equipment
If changes, renewal or upgrading of the suspended access equipment becomes necessary as a result of, for example, alterations to the building or wear and tear of the suspended access equipment, the recommendations given in Clause 5 regarding the exchange of information should be followed where applicable.
It is essential that no changes, renewal or upgrading of the suspended access equipment. be made until the design structural calculation data has been obtained from the following sources and used to verify the proposed alteration:
a) the building manual:
b) the manufacturer or supplier of the suspended access equipment;
c) the architect or designer of the building;
d) the results of investigation, calculation and testing.
E It is essential that the design structural calculation data obtained includes the design details of the anchor units. J
Suspended access equipment should only be changed or modified by companies employing suitably qualified and experienced personnel who are fully conversant with current regulations and codes of practice relating to the design and use of suspended access equipment.
No alteration of the suspended access equipment should be carried out whilst the equipment is being used by operators carrying out maintenance work on the building.
The whole suspended access system should be subjected to a thorough examination by a competent person on completion of the changes, renewal or upgrading.
The building manual and any other manuals or documentation relating to the suspended access equipment should be revised where necessary to incorporate all changes made to the suspended access equipment.
Operators and maintenance staff should be made aware of any changes made to the suspended access equipment and given retraining where necessary.BS 6037-1 pdf download.Code of practice for the planning, design, install ation and use of permanently installed access equipment