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BS 6037-2:2020 Planning, design, installation and use of permanently installed access equipment - Travelling ladders and gantries. Code of practice, 2020
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Identifying hazards and taking preventative action [Go to Page]
- 4.1 At design stage
- 4.2 At installation, use, inspection and maintenance stages
- Table 1 — Hazards encountered when installing, maintaining, inspecting and using TLGs, and recommended actions
- 5 Planning and exchange of information [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Planning
- 5.2 Exchange of information
- 6 Health and safety [Go to Page]
- 6.1 General
- 6.2 Safe access and egress
- 6.3 Safe use
- Table 2 — Safe use of TLGs
- 6.4 Emergency planning
- 7 Attachment of the TLG to the building [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Loads on the building
- 7.2 Anchor units
- 7.3 Examination
- 7.4 Installation of TLGs on existing buildings
- 8 Track system [Go to Page]
- 8.1 Rail track
- 8.2 Mechanical stops
- 9 Design and construction of TLGs [Go to Page]
- 9.1 Design of TLGs
- 9.2 Construction of TLGs
- 9.3 Construction of box ladders
- 9.4 Construction of variable geometry TLGs (curved or faceted)
- 9.5 Travelling mast climbing work platforms
- 10 Ancillary features of TLGs [Go to Page]
- 10.1 General
- 10.2 Tower sections
- 10.3 Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs)
- 10.4 Extending TLG sections
- 10.5 Underslung rails and anchorage points
- 10.6 Movable platforms for ladders
- 11 Protection against lightning
- 12 Electrical systems [Go to Page]
- 12.1 General
- 12.2 Mains power supply
- 12.3 Power supply cables
- 12.4 Electrical safeguards
- 13 Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- 14 Control systems [Go to Page]
- 14.1 Safety related controls
- 14.2 Layout and operation of controls
- 15 Safety devices
- 16 Marking
- 17 Commissioning, verification and handover
- 18 Responsibilities of the duty holder
- 19 Operating instructions [Go to Page]
- 19.1 General
- 19.2 Content of operating instructions
- 20 Instructions for use [Go to Page]
- 20.1 Documentation/paperwork
- 20.2 Site checks
- 20.3 Equipment and pre-use checks
- 20.4 Safe use of the TLG
- 20.5 Access, egress and operation of the TLG
- 21 Provision of notices
- 22 Training and instruction
- 23 Inspections, maintenance, thorough examinations and testing [Go to Page]
- 23.1 General
- 23.2 Inspections and maintenance
- 23.3 Load testing
- 23.4 Thorough examinations
- 23.5 Supplementary tasks
- 23.6 Taking TLG out of service
- 24 Record keeping
- 25 Changes, renewal or upgrading of the TLG
- Annex A (normative) Emergency planning considerations
- Bibliography [Go to Page]