116Lifts

116 Lifts

(1) This regulation applies to a lift over which an employer or self-employed person has management or control, including a lift over which the employer or self-employed person has management or control of its maintenance.

(2) The employer or self-employed person must—

(a) if there is a risk of a person falling down a lift well, provide—

(i) secure barriers to prevent access to openings into the lift well by a person other than a person who is performing work in the lift well; and

(ii) secure working platforms or equivalent arrangements for a person who is working in the lift well to prevent a fall from height; and

(b) if there is a risk to a person working in a lift well as a result of objects falling onto the person, provide a secure barrier to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, falling objects from striking the person or otherwise causing a risk; and

(c) if there is a risk to a person working in a lift well as a result of movement of a lift car, take steps to ensure that the risk is eliminated or, if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risk, reduced so far as is reasonably practicable.