【 Weak current College 】 Hong Kong elevator safety management system and operation mode

Hong Kong skyscrapers, shopping around, its elevator and escalator on the number and frequency of use are at the forefront of the world's major cities, but the accident rate is very low, only 1-2 elevator accidents, and are the industry jobs, rarely passenger injuries, which explains its safety management system and operational mode is effective, we in the relevant legislation and management experience.

First, overview

Hong Kong Government supervision of the elevator and escalator is electrical and Mechanical Services Department. The Department pursuant to chapter 327 of the lifts and escalators (Safety) Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as the regulations), the lifts and escalators (fees) regulations and the lifts and escalators to the design and construction of the code, the lifts and escalators, inspection, testing and maintenance of the code of practice (the code is a technical regulation, content equivalent to our technology standards) on the lifts and escalators for the design, installation, operation, maintenance, inspection and testing of supervision, the supervision covers all types of lift with small service lift (escalator), mechanical parking system, people with disabilities use Stairlifts and escalators (including passenger conveyor). But installed in factories or in industrial undertakings, with the exception of goods lifts, which is funded by the Department under the factories and industrial undertakings (goods lift) regulations. In addition, installed in the Government, the housing authority belongs to the building's elevators and escalators in accordance with section 3 shall be exempted from its management departments themselves. At present, the region has a total of using elevator (Hong Kong called lift) near 50000, escalator over 5300. Where the supervision by the electrical and Mechanical Services Department about 40000 of Elevator, escalator about 5300; the self regulation of elevator about 4000; regulation of the Government to lift about 2000 units; by the Department responsible for the supervision of industrial undertakings with less than 1000 sets of goods lift. In addition, the region every year also newly installed elevators 1000-1500, escalator 100-150.

Second, the safety management system

Electrical and Mechanical Services Department within a specific responsibility lifts and escalators safety supervision Department is Department of the general laws. Its main responsibilities are: to ensure the elevator, escalator, trams, amusement, ropeway, peak tram, builders elevator and tower working platform for safe operation. General legislation Division is gas and general legislation branch of the Department, the Department has a total of more than 40 employees, which is responsible for elevator and escalator inspection supervision Division more than 20 people, responsible for enterprise management qualifications, personnel qualification and registration of the elevator, also assume new elevator inspection and surveillance in the elevator of random (in registered engineers test conducted on the basis of the test). Another Division also has more than 20 employees, is responsible for the tram, peak tram, ropeway, amusement, builders elevator and tower work platform of the supervision and management. General legislation Division staff Chief electrical and mechanical engineer, senior electrical engineer, mechanical and electrical engineers, mechanical and electrical engineer, Assistant Inspector and instruments.

The electrical Department is engaged in special equipment safety inspection and supervision of staff are civil servants. Elevator, escalator registration fees directly into government accounts, staff of the income and charges no direct relationship. Registration fees required by government regulation costs calculated, from the people, by the people, not incorporated in the electrical and Mechanical Services Department in the operation of the Fund.

The Hong Kong Housing Authority also has oversight of private building elevator, escalator management sector, apart from references to safety management regulations, but also from the perspective of contractor owners make installation and maintenance of additional requirements. For example, Housing Committee on Elevator Contractor maintenance of elevator failure rates have strict requirements. Currently, the Department recognized 47 registered contractors in only 12 registered contractor can contract the Housing Authority of elevator installation and maintenance.

Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and the Department of special security supervision of fundamental Division is: electrical and Mechanical Services Department is responsible for monitoring involving public safety or manned and electrical equipment, the Labour Department is responsible for monitoring the involved in occupational safety and electrical equipment (e.g. boiler, pressure vessel, crane, etc.). Therefore, the electrical and Mechanical Services Department is responsible for the supervision of manned equipment than by the Labour Department regulatory laden device regulations strictly. Labour Office on the elevator installation, maintenance and construction safety also has oversight responsibility. The Labour Department under the factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance 7A (1) of the code of practice for safety at work (Elevator and escalator) Elevator installation, maintenance and construction of the detailed construction safety. But the Department of supervision also includes installation, maintenance and construction in the construction of secure content. The Labour Department for the work safety rules (Elevator and escalator) preface has reminded the? quot; compliance with the code itself does not relieve the staff in Hong Kong should bear the legal responsibility. We (the Department) has advised the owners and contractors must comply with the requirements of other government departments, such as electrical and Mechanical Services Department of codes and regulations, in order to fulfil their elevator and escalator works liability. "In Hong Kong, has no specialized non-governmental agencies take elevator and escalator safety control and inspection work. Hong Kong has two elevators Association, one called elevator Contractors Association (TheLiftandEscalatorContractorsAssociation), by which it is eligible to bear the Government projects (especially HA engineering) 9 registered contractor; another call registered elevator construction contractors Association (TheRegisteredElevatorContractorsAssociationLtd) is determined by the remaining 30 registered contractor consisting of 14. In addition, there is a Hong Kong elevator industry Federation (HongKongGeneralUnIonofLiftandEscalatorEmployees) and an international elevator Engineers Association (TheInternationalAssociationofElevatorEngineers). The four organizations are spontaneous activity, often to the Government, but is not involved in management activities. Where elevator industry association activities are active, each quarter separately once the electrical Department, Labour Department, works, and Housing Department and other government officials, the exchange of questions and comments, the Government sector more sent senior engineer involved in the discussion. But by the electrical and Mechanical Services Department approval of registration the elevator or escalator contractors, registered elevator or escalator engineer in assisting the Government to the elevator and escalator safety management has an important role to play.

III. operating modes

We pass on the relevant laws of, view the EMSD website, field visits and electrical and Mechanical Services Department and elevator industry stakeholders forum learned: Hong Kong, mainly through the elevator or escalator contractors, registered elevator or escalator engineer II qualifications recognition and management and reporting on new clothes, new or retrofit testing, registration, preventive maintenance, periodic inspection and testing, inspection, accidents and hazards such as seven aspects of regulation to ensure the elevator and escalator safety operation.

(A) registered contractors and registered engineer qualification management

The Ordinance requires all elevator and escalator installation, maintenance and renovation work, or may affect the elevator or escalator safety operation of other elevator or escalator works are required to be registered elevator or escalator contractors. All new tests and periodic inspection, testing, work must be registered with the elevator or escalator engineers.

To this end, the regulations for the registration of contractors and registered engineer application lays down strict conditions: application for registration as a registered elevator or escalator contractors of the applicant, must be submitted to the Director of the following documents: the applicant's business registration, Board of registration of the resolution, the elevator or escalator manufacturer's technical support, certification in compliance with international standards and local regulations certificate, workshop area and working staff. After passing through the review, to pay certain costs in order to become a registered contractor; registered elevator or escalator engineer candidates should have a high degree of professional culture and have years of practical work experience and participate in the electrical Department commissioned three major University entrant and to enable the Commission to deal with interview scores all qualified persons according to the procedure to register and pay a certain fee to become a registered engineer.

Due to the relatively strict conditionality, at present Hong Kong have both types of eligible units and personnel, the Dems register kept at only 47 registered elevator, escalator contractors, 170 registered elevator, escalator engineer.

Regulations did not require a registered agent and registered contractor relationship, but in practice, all registered elevator or escalator engineers are employed by a registered elevator and escalator contractors, various by elevator or escalator engineer's inspection and test report is signed by a registered contractor and predated the electrical Department.

Electrical and Mechanical Services Department for the supervision of a registered contractor and registered engineers, to a points system to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the work. Demerit point system is divided into a security performance project, five class A-E corresponds to a score is 15, 6, 4, 3, 2, in the electrical department checks found a check when the project is not eligible to be deducted; when registered contractor or registered engineer single points more than 15 minutes, or one year any time moving average points over six minutes, the Director has reason to believe that a registered elevator and escalator contractor or registered elevator and escalator engineers have illegal behavior or misconduct, prosecution or to events by the Ordinance of elevator disciplinary committee hearings. The Director also Visual scenarios will they removed from the register. The demerit point system are not regulations, but by the electrical and Mechanical Services Department and Housing Department, Architecture Department, elevator industry association, registered association of elevator contractors, the lift engineers joint consultations, and lift the disciplinary board. Points to a certain score just started disciplinary step all the disciplinary procedures must be in accordance with law. On registered contractor or registered engineer for administrative sanctions by the Disciplinary Committee decisions, including the suspension, cancellation, etc.

(2) a new declaration, new or retrofit testing, registration, preventive maintenance, periodic inspection and testing, inspection, accidents and hazards such as the Hong Kong area of elevator and escalator safety management work mainly through pre-installation report, new clothes and modification detection, Elevator registration, preventive maintenance, periodic inspection and testing, inspection, accident report processing, such as seven aspects of management.

1. installation report

Regulations require each new elevator installation must declare to the electrical and Mechanical Services Department. Contractor installed elevator or escalator works prior to the elevator or escalator of relevant information submitted to the Director for review, provides manufacturers produce conform to the elevator and escalator design and construction requirements of the code of practice (equivalent to the certificate), approved in writing by the Director. If the contractor is installed or to brands and types of installation are not contractors prior written approval of the Commissioner of any installed elevator or escalator, the contractor shall submit to the Director for quality assurance program manufacturer details, training and technical support for details on a new brand or model of other basic information about the elevator or escalator of other technical information as well as the Director of the Agency on the Elevator Safety clamp, speed limiter, buffer and lock the device, or the escalator step or steps, test the model test certificate issued, in respect of the installation of the Director's written permission. If the Director considers that the elevator or escalator works against the regulations, may order the cessation of, removeOr change the project, ordered to stop dangerous work or to remedy it. If such an order is not complied with, the Director may remove or alter, or cause to be removed or changed the elevator or escalator. The cost to the owner (completed) or employed for the project's registration elevator/escalator contractor (project not completed). If no such information submitted to the Director, or the information submitted has been approved but not yet approved data design or construction, or in violation of the conditions imposed, shall be guilty of an offence punishable by a fine of $ 5000 dollars and to imprisonment for six months.

2. new or modification of the inspection and testing

No elevator or escalator installation work has been completed, in its normal operation, the elevator or escalator owner shall (1) the arrangement of the elevator or escalator and all machinery and equipment, by elevator or escalator engineer registered thorough examinations; (2) arrangements for the elevator or escalator all security devices by elevator or escalator registered engineers to test in the following ways: a. for the purposes of the elevator to the rated load in the operation of its safety devices; b. the escalator, without any actions of its safety devices. The new aircraft also carried out by the Department to review and witness all the elevators and escalators for the design and construction of the provisions of the code of practice on field tests.

Elevator and escalator carried out wholly or in part, of the major changes, in the elevator engineering back to the normal use and operation of the former, the owner should be arranged by the registered agent or registered elevator escalator engineer to carry out the necessary examination and testing.

3. registration

Electrical and Mechanical Services Department on elevators and escalators for registration. No elevator or escalator installation work has been completed, in their use before registration elevator or escalator registered engineer is satisfied that the elevator or escalator and the elevator or escalator all safety devices are in safe working order, to the specified form to the owner of the certificate submitted by the owner. Actual operation, by registered engineers to fill out a new inspection reports and certificates (form 5), the registered agent and registered contractors signed certificate, sent by a registered contractor electrical and Mechanical Services Department. The Director has received a certificate and the prescribed fee, by examining the data, and to conduct random checks on the individual, is satisfied that the elevator or escalator and the elevator or escalator all safety devices are in safe working order, by notice in the specified form (endorsement certificate form 5), allow the use and operation of the elevator or escalator; if not so satisfied, refuse to permit the use and operation of the elevator or escalator.

Elevator or escalator in registration and basically the same as the new installation, without the prior permission of use shall not be restored and the operation of the elevator or escalator.

Regular inspection by the registered agent and registered contractors signed a certificate (table 15) delivered (EMSD), if the Department is satisfied that the tests table content in the form, plus signature, allows you to use.

Registered contractors should set the EMSD certificate of endorsement to the owner, the owner will be posted on the elevator or escalator in a conspicuous position, until a valid certificate instead.

4. preventive maintenance

In addition be exempted, in the elevator and escalator owner must ensure that its elevator and escalator by a registered contractor at least every month for a preventive maintenance, including repair, inspected, cleaned, oiled and adjusted. Owners should be saved and endorsement information complete work log to show the Department examined. Regulations prohibit the unauthorized person elevator or escalator works and limit contractor subcontract engineering.