EN115-2008

EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN115-1July2008ICS91.140.90SupersedesEN115:1995EnglishVersionSafetyofescalatorsandmovingwalks-Part1:ConstructionandinstallationSécuritédesescaliersmécaniquesettrottoirsroulants-Partie1:ConstructionetinstallationSicherheitvonFahrtreppenundFahrsteigen-Teil1:KonstruktionundEinbauThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon29May2008.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCENManagementCentreortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCENManagementCentrehasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2008CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN115-1:2008:EEN115-1:2008(E)2ContentsPageForeword..............................................................................................................................................................4Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................51Scope......................................................................................................................................................62Normativereferences............................................................................................................................63Termsanddefinitions-Symbolsandabbreviations.........................................................................83.1Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................83.2Symbolsandabbreviations................................................................................................................104Listofsignificanthazards..................................................................................................................124.1General..................................................................................................................................................124.2Mechanicalhazards.............................................................................................................................134.3Electrichazards...................................................................................................................................134.4Radiationhazards................................................................................................................................134.5Firehazard............................................................................................................................................144.6Hazardsgeneratedbyneglectingergonomicprinciplesinmachinerydesign.............................144.7Hazardgeneratedbyfailureofcontrolcircuit..................................................................................144.8Hazardsgeneratedbybreak-upduringoperation...........................................................................144.9Slipping,trippingandfallinghazards................................................................................................144.10Hazardsspecificforthistypeofmachine.........................................................................................155Safetyrequirementsand/orprotectivemeasures............................................................................155.1General..................................................................................................................................................155.2Supportingstructure(truss)andenclosure.....................................................................................165.3Steps,pallets,belt...............................................................................................................................175.4Driveunit..............................................................................................................................................215.5Balustrade............................................................................................................................................265.6Handrailsystem...............................................................