Guide to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application)

Regulations 2007
Regulation 15: Specific measures for escalators
and travelators
15. An employer shall ensure that escalators and travelators—
(a) function safely,
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(b) are equipped with any necessary safety devices, and
(c) are fitted with easily identifiable and accessible emergency
shutdown devices.
This Regulation places an obligation on the employer to have in place suitable
arrangements to deal with potential trapping risks.
The following references may be helpful:
• Health and Safety Executive (UK), Ergonomic aspects of escalators
used in retail organisations
• BS 5656-2:2004 Escalator and moving walks. Safety rules for the
construction and installation of escalators and moving walks. Code of
practice for the selection, installation and location of new escalators and
moving walks
• Health and Safety Executive (UK), Safety in the use of escalators.
Regulation 16: Loading bays and ramps
16. An employer shall ensure that—
(a) loading bays and ramps are suitable for the dimensions of the loads
to be transported,
(b) loading ramps are, as far as possible, safe enough to prevent
employees from falling off,
Loading bays and ramps must be adequate to cater for the size, shape and weight of
the goods being loaded or unloaded and the amount of traffic using them.
If necessary, to reduce the risk of employees falling or driving off ramps, guard
rails should be provided. This will depend on the degree of gradient, the width of
the ramp, the number and type of vehicles or the number of employees (or both)
using the ramp. Guarding may not be essential where the total difference in levels
is 600 mm or less.
(c) loading bays have at least one exit point, and
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