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This document specifies the safety requirements for the construction and installation of power operated lifts attached to cranes and intended for access to workplaces on cranes, by authorised persons. This includes intended use, erection, dismantling, inspection and maintenance. The lift serves defined landing levels and has a load carrying unit which is: a) designed for the transportation of persons and goods; b) guided; c) travelling vertically or along a path within 15 degrees maximum from the vertical; d) supported by rack and pinion or suspended by steel wire ropes; e) travelling with a speed not more than 1,0 m/s for permanent lifts and not more than 0,4 m/s for temporary lifts. This document identifies hazards as listed in Clause 4 which arise during the various phases in the life of such equipment and describes methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards when used as intended by the manufacturer. This document does not specify the additional requirements for: a) operation in severe conditions (e.g. extreme climates, strong magnetic fields); b) lightning protection; c) operation subject to special rules (e.g. potentially explosive atmospheres); d) electromagnetic compatibility (emission, immunity); e) handling of loads the nature of which could lead to dangerous situations; f) the use of combustion engines; g) hydraulic drive units; h) hazards occurring during manufacturing process; i) hazards occurring as a result of being erected over a public road; j) earthquakes; k) noise (see also Directive on noise emissions from machines used outdoors (2000/14/EC)). This standard is not applicable to: a) builders hoists according to EN 12158-1:2000, EN 12158-2:2000 and EN 12159:2000; b) elevating control stations according to EN 14502-2:2005+A1:2008; c) lifts according to EN 81-1:1998; d) work platforms carried on the forks of fork trucks; e) work platforms; f) funiculars; g) lifts specially designed for military purposes; h) mine lifts; i) theatre elevators. This standard deals with the complete lift design but excludes the design of the crane. It includes the base frame and base enclosure but excludes the design of any concrete, hard core, timber or other foundation arrangement. It includes the design of mast ties and the design of anchorage parts between the mast tie and the crane structure. This standard also includes the design of the landing gates and their fixings.