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In December 2005, the Bureau of Safety Supervision of Special Equipment (hereinafter referred to as Bureau of Special Equipment) of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as GAQSIQ) issued the draft assignment of this Regulation to China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute. In February 2006, China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute organized the relevant experts to establish a drafting group and convened the working conference in Shanghai. At the end of 2006, the drafting group formed a draft for comment. In December 2009, the drafting group, according to the new requirements of TSG 7001-2009 Regulation for lift supervisory inspection and periodical inspection - Firefighter lift, convened conference in Shanghai, revised the regulation and formed a draft standard for approval; on August 8, 2011, GAQSIQ approved and issued this regulation.
This Regulation has taken into account the periodical inspection on in-use firefighter lift and supervisory inspection on the processes of installation, renovation and significant repair of traction firefighter lift specified in GB 7588-2003 Safety rules for the construction and installation of electric lifts and GB 50045-95 Code for fire prevention design of high-rise civil buildings, specified the items, inspection content and requirements that must be met of the periodical inspection on in-use firefighter lift and supervisory inspection on the processes of installation, renovation and significant repair of firefighter lift as well as the inspection and test methods and the qualification judgement criteria, defined the format of the inspection report, and specified the verification requirements and methods for the safety of conceal items in the processes of installation, renovation and significant repair as well as the responsibility of the inspection agencies in the inspection process.
Chief drafting organizations and staffs of this Regulation:
Bureau of Safety Supervision of Special Equipment of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China He Yi and Xia Yong
Guangzhou Academy of Special Equipment Inspection & Testing Wu Xingjun and Mian Zhi
Guangdong Special Equipment Inspection Institute Yang Zhaorong
Shenzhen Special Equipment Safety Inspection Institute Zhuang Xiaoxiong
Beijing Special Equipment Inspection Center Zhao Borui
Shanghai Institute of Special Equipment Inspection & Technical Research
Qian Hong
Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator Co., Ltd. Xu Weiyu
Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd. Chen Yong and Lu Guoxiong
Guangzhou Otis Elevator Co., Ltd. Lin Manqing
Contents
Regulation for lift supervisory inspection and periodical inspection - Firefighter lift 1
Annex A Contents, requirements and methods for supervisory inspection and periodical inspection of firefighters lifts 10
Annex B Firefighters lift supervisory inspection report 55
Annex C Firefighters Lift Periodical Inspection Report 72
Annex D Special Equipment Inspection Comment Notice 83
Regulation for lift supervisory inspection and periodical inspection - Firefighter lift
Article 1 This Regulation is formulated according to Special Equipment Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and Regulations on Safety Supervision over Special Equipment in order to strengthen the supervisory management for the installation, renovation, maintenance, daily maintenance, use and inspection work of firefighter lift, regulate the supervisory inspection and periodical inspection behaviors for installation, renovation and significant repair of firefighter lift, improve the quality of inspection work, promote the operating safety of firefighter lift and guarantee the effective implementation of the work.
Article 2 This Regulation is applicable to the supervisory inspection and periodical inspection for installation, renovation and significant repair of firefighter lift.
The production (including design, manufacture, installation, renovation, maintenance and daily maintenance of lifts, the same below) and using units of above-mentioned firefighter lift (hereinafter referred to as lifts) as well as Special Equipment Inspection Agencies engaged in lift supervisory inspection and periodical inspection shall comply with this Regulation.
Article 3 The supervisory inspection involved in this Regulation refers to the supervisory inspection carried out according to the requirements of this Regulation, for lift installation, renovation and significant repair process by special equipment inspection agencies (hereinafter referred to as inspection agencies) who are approved by General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (hereinafter referred to as GAQSIQ); the periodical inspection involved in this Regulation refers to the inspection conducted by inspection agencies periodically for in-use lifts according to the requirements of this Regulation.
The supervisory inspection and periodical inspection (hereinafter referred to as inspection) is the verification inspection for the lift production and using units implementing the relevant laws, regulations and standards, implementing the safety responsibilities and developing the relevant work quality conditions in order to guarantee and independently confirm lift safety. The self-inspection record or conclusion in report of lift production unit is the comprehensive judgment for equipment safety condition; the inspection conclusion in the inspection report issued by inspection agencies is the judgment for such work quality as lift production and using units implementing relevant responsibilities and independently determining equipment safety.
Article 4 Where such special circumstances as new technology, new material and new process related to lift production and inspection and affecting the technical index and requirements of this Regulation occur, GAQSIQ may propose the corresponding requirements according to specific circumstances.
Article 5 The construction organization who implements lift installation, renovation or significant repair shall apply for supervisory inspection to specified inspection agencies after performing inform as required and before construction commencement (excluding such preparation works as equipment unpacking and field survey); the lift using unit shall apply for periodical inspection to specified inspection agencies one month before the expiration of the next inspection date marked on the safety inspection mark.
Article 6 The construction organization shall check such civil works related to lift construction as lift machine room (or machinery equipment room), lift well and landing according to the requirements of design documents and standards, confirm the manufacture quality of lift (including spare parts, safety protection device, etc.), and make record well, and then carry out lift construction after the requirements are met.
The construction organization or maintenance organization shall, according to the requirements of relevant safety technical codes and standards, guarantee construction or daily maintenance quality, actually and accurately fill in record or report with respect to construction or daily maintenance, and shall be responsible for construction or maintenance quality as well as the trueness of provided related documents and information and the compliance with physical object.
Article 7 The construction organization, maintenance organization and using unit shall provide the relevant documents and information meeting the requirement of Annex A to inspection agencies, and arrange the relevant professional personnel to coordinate with inspection agencies to implement inspection. Thereinto, the self-inspection report of construction, annual self-inspection record or report of daily maintenance shall be submitted with hard copy separately for future reference.
Article 8 The inspection agencies shall implement supervisory inspection based on qualified self-inspection carried out in construction organization and implement periodical inspection based on qualified self-inspection of maintenance organization. The implementation of supervisory inspection and periodical inspection shall comply with the following requirements:
(I) For lift installation process, the items listed in Annex B shall be inspected according to the inspection contents, requirements and methods specified in Annex A;
(II) For lift renovation and significant repair process, the related items involved in renovation and significant repair which are listed in Annex B as well as Annex C (excluding the items involved in the above-mentioned renovation and significant repair), with the inspection contents, requirements and methods meeting Annex A;
(III) For in-use lift, the periodical inspection shall be carried out for the items listed in Annex C once per year according to the inspection contents, requirements and methods specified in Annex A;
(IV) When the special equipment safety supervision organization receives above 3 times (including) of real name reporting for lift faults within one inspection period and, upon confirmation, the existence of above faults affects the operating safety of the lift, special equipment safety supervision organization may request to carry out annual self-inspection and periodical inspection of maintenance organization in advance;
(V) For the lift that the safety technique performance is affected due to natural disaster or equipment breakdown and that has been out of use for more than one year, the inspection shall be carried out according to the requirements of Item (III) of this article before reuse. However, if renovation or significant repair for the lift is to be carried out, the inspection shall be carried out according to the requirements of Item (II) of this article.
Article 9 The lift inspection item is divided into three categories, i.e. Categories A, B and C. The inspection procedure of each category is as follows:
(I) For Category A item, the inspection agencies examine the provided documents and information according to the corresponding requirements of Annex A and compare it with the inspection results of items corresponding to the self-inspection records and report (hereinafter referred to as self-inspection results), and make judgment for the inspection conclusion according to the requirements of Article 20; if this item is not examined or inspected by inspection agencies, or the examination and inspection conclusions turn out to be unqualified, the construction organization shall not carry out the construction of the next procedure.
(II) For Category B item, the inspection agencies examine the provided documents and information according to the corresponding requirements of Annex A, inspect the items and compare it with self-inspection results, and make judgment for the inspection conclusion according to the requirements of Article 20.
(III) For Category C item, the inspection agencies examine the provided documents and information according to the corresponding requirements of Annex A, if they consider the documents and information such as self-inspection record or report are intact and effective and have no doubt about the self-inspection result (hereinafter referred to as no doubt about information examination), it may be confirmed as qualified; if documents and information are insufficient, ineffective or there is doubt about the self-inspection result (hereinafter referred to as doubt about information examination), this item shall be inspected according to the inspection method specified in Annex A and the result shall be compared with the self-inspection result, and the judgment shall be made for the inspection conclusion of this item according to the requirements of Article 20.
The category of each inspection item is detailed in Annex A, Annex B and Annex C, and the specific inspection methods are detailed in Annex A.
Article 10 The inspection agencies shall prepare lift inspection operation instruction document including inspection procedure and inspection flow chart according to the requirements of this Regulation, and shall conduct strict control on lift inspection quality according to the requirements of relevant laws and regulations, this Regulation and inspection operation instruction document, shall be responsible for the correctness of inspection result and inspection conclusion and shall be responsible for inspection work quality.
Article 11 The inspection agencies shall uniformly formulate original lift inspection record format and its requirements and formally issue and use in corresponding organization. The original record content shall not be less than that specified in corresponding inspection report (see Annex B and Annex C). If necessary, the separate table or figure shall be given for related items for the convenience of data record and arrangement.
Article 12 The inspection agencies shall equip inspection and detection instrument and equipment, measuring instruments and tools meeting the inspection requirements and methods of Annex A of this Regulation.
Article 13 The inspector can be engaged in lift inspection works covered by the approved items after obtaining the corresponding qualification certificate issued by GAQSIQ according to the requirements of national relevant special equipment inspector qualification test. The field inspection shall be carried out by at least 2 persons with qualification of lift Inspector or superior; the inspector shall present inspection qualification identification to lift construction organization or using unit (hereinafter referred to as organization under inspection) applying for inspection. During field inspection, the inspector shall not carry out such works as lift repair and adjustment.
Article 14 During field inspection, the inspector shall equip and wear necessary protective articles and shall comply with the relevant safety management provisions of the nation as well as those clearly displayed in construction site or by using unit.
Regulation for lift supervisory inspection and periodical inspection - Firefighter lift
Annex A Contents, requirements and methods for supervisory inspection and periodical inspection of firefighters lifts
Annex B Firefighters lift supervisory inspection report
Annex C Firefighters Lift Periodical Inspection Report
Annex D Special Equipment Inspection Comment Notice