BS EN 12158-1:2021

What is BS EN 12158‑1 about?  

BS EN 12158‑1 deals with power-operated temporarily installed builder’s hoists. These hoists are operated by persons who are permitted to enter sites of engineering and construction, serving landing levels, having a load-carrying device: 

• Designed for the transportation of goods only 
• Guided 
• Travelling vertically or along a path within 15° maximum of the vertical  
• Supported or sustained by drum-driven wire rope, chain, rack and pinion or an expanding linkage mechanism 
• Where masts, when erected, require or do not require support from separate structures 
• Which permits the access of instructed persons during loading and unloading 
• Which are driven by appointed persons 
• Which permits, if necessary, during erection, dismantling, maintenance and inspection, the access and travel by persons who are competent and authorized 

Note 1: BS EN 12158‑1 does not specify the additional requirements for - hydraulic installations, operation in severe conditions, lightning protection, operation subject to special rules, electromagnetic compatibility, handling of loads the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations, the use of combustion engines, the use of remote controls, hazards occurring during manufacture, as a result of mobility, of being erected over a public road. 

Note 2: BS EN 12158‑1 does not apply to builder’s hoists for persons and materials, lifts, inclined hoists, work cages suspended from lifting appliances, work platforms carried on the forks of fork trucks, transport platforms. 

Note 3: BS EN 12158‑1 does not apply to builders' hoists for goods (hoists with accessible platforms) manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN. 

Who is BS EN 12158‑1 for? 

BS EN 12158‑1 on Builders' hoists for goods (Hoists with accessible platforms) is applicable to these market players, with regard to machinery safety: 

• Machine manufacturers 
• Architects 
• Real estate developers 
• Builders 
• Health and safety bodies 
• Personnel affected by the level of machine safety include: 
• Machine users (Operators) 
• Service providers (maintenance) 
• Builders hoist operators 

Why should you use BS EN 12158‑1?  

Builders hoists are an integral part of a construction operation. They act as a makeshift elevator that move raw materials around the construction site quickly. These could potentially compromise the safety of the workers. 

BS EN 12158‑1 helps  you to identify significant hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events relevant to the machine, which arise during the various phases in the life of the machine. BS EN 12158‑1 provides you with methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards when it is used as intended. 

BS EN 12158‑1 elaborates on safety requirements and risk-reduction measures. Some safety aspects discussed in BS EN 12158‑1 include load combinations and calculations, methods for proof of competence, fatigue stress analysis of drive and braking system components, and overspeed safety.  

BS EN 12158‑1 guides you through the hoist installation process, making sure you follow all safety protocols to ensure the safety of your workers. 

What’s changed since the last update?  

BS EN 12158‑1:2021 supersedes BS EN 12158‑1:2000+A1:2010, which is withdrawn. Significant changes between BS EN 12158‑1:2021 and BS EN 12158‑1:2000+A1:2010: 

• Static calculations and out-of-service wind 
• Safety requirements for platform locking and enclosures for platform and landing gates 
• Requirements for platform inclination on twin-masted units 
• Integration of performance levels and monitoring of the inadvertent brake release