WHAT SHOULD YOU DO IF TRAP IN THE LIFT ? POTENSI TERUS INDUSTRIES SDN. BHD. (567307-P) No.2, 1st Floor, Jalan SS26/13, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Tel No. : 03-7450 6666 (Hunting Line) Fax No. : 03-7887 5666 What should you do if trap in the lift? Page 1 CONDUCTED BY AUTHORIZED PERSON This operation shall be carried out by AUTHORIZED PERSONS only. Any accident or damage resulted from carrying out such an operation by unauthorized persons shall not be the owner’s or contractor’s responsibility. responsibility. An AUTHORIZED PERSON means that he has been trained by lift supplier and his name and his identity card may be required to be registered to the local authority having jurisdiction on the legal operation of the the elevator concerned. WORK PROCEDURE 1. Please call pager center number 2. Please notify the pagers center the detail Example as below: a) The building name (Jobsite name) b) The block and lift number c) Your name and contact number d) Any passenger trapped in the lift What should you do if trap in the lift? Page 2 3. If passenger is trapped and you are unable to reach the above number after numerous attempt. Please CALL THE FIRE BRIGADE 4. Servicemen will arrive within 30 minutes notification by the client and within 45 minutes for after office hours, public holidays and weekends. 5. Arrive the place of mantrap by the authorized person. Find out how many persons are inside and instruct them to remain calm and stay away from the car door. The AUTHORIZED PERSON should communicate with the person or persons who are trapped inside the lift car. What should you do if trap in the lift? Page 3 6. Turn off the electric supply at the main switchboard in the machine room to the elevator where the persons are trapped inside the elevator car. (there are two common type of main switch board shown as below) b elow) 7. In example case above, lift No. 2 is the lift that has broken down. Turn off the isolator/switchboard for lift No. 2 only. 8. Proceed with the rescue operation by opening the landing door with the landing door key at the floor where elevator cage cag e has stopped. What should you do if trap in the lift? Page 4 9. If the elevator car is located at a level of more than ± 600mm to the nearest landing floor, then don’t release the passenger. Rescue works should be carried out by a lift technician as there is the danger that such rescue works may result in the risk of a fatal accident of the trapped passengers falling back into the lift shaft. If the elevator car is not level to safely bring the passengers out then sometimes it is advised to open the door approximately only about 200mm to allow fresh air or light into lift car to make the passengers feel more comfortable while waiting for the lift technician to arrive. The lift technician is trained to manually bring the lift to the nearest landing floor level by slowly releasing the brake at the traction machine in the lift motor room. [NOTE: THIS IS OPERATION MUST ONLY BE DONE BY TRAINED LIFT TECHNICIAN] Note: If the elevator car is located at a level of more than ± 600m 600mm m to the nearest landing floor, don’t release the passenger. Rescue works should be carried out by lift technician. What should you do if trap in the lift? Page 5 10. Three step release person inside the lift car : Lift level is within ± 600mm Lift level is within ± 600mm Lift at level position What should you do if trap in the lift? Page 6 11. The risk of a fatal accident of the trapped passengers falling back into the lift shaft SOMETIMES A FATAL ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR WHEN PASSENGERS CAME OUT BY THEMSELVES AND FALL BACK INTO LIFT SHAFT 12. After release person inside the lift car - Technician will check the alarm bell. The alarm bell functioning or not. - At motor room, check any faulty parts. - Any faulty parts will be inform to management 13. To make sure elevators are in good condition. If lift still got a problem, stop the elevators operation. Supervisor will be follow up the elevators problem. 14. Prepare report of mantrap and pass to office on next ne xt day. What should you do if trap in the lift? Page 7
