UK Witness test (Traction)

• Project / Site name

• Inspection Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Lift Serial Number

• Client Lift ID

• Lift type

  Select

• Number of lifts in the group

• Rated Load

• Number of stops

• Number of car entrances

  Select

• Entrance type

  Select

• Specify

• Lift speed

  Select

• Specify

• Machine room

  Select

• Are all machinery spaces safely accessible?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are all required warning and advisory notices fitted (access / first aid / hand winding etc.)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details of any missing notices

• Are all machinery spaces sufficiently lit (min 200lux by machinery and controllers)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is the main switch for the lift accessible?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are all required electrical services provided?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are there protective isolation mats provided for work at electrical equipment (controller, drives etc)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details of any missing isolation mats

• Controller make and model

• Controller serial number

• Type of machine

  Select

• Provide details

• Machine Make / Model

• Machine serial number

• Nominal rated current

• Rated voltage

• Rated power

• RPM

• Empty lift current - up (A)

• Empty lift current - down (A)

• Empty lift voltage - up (V)

• Empty lift voltage - down (V)

• Balanced lift current - up (A)

• Balanced lift current - down (A)

• Balanced lift voltage - up (V)

• Balanced lift voltage - down (V)

• Full load current - up (A)

• Full load current - down (A)

• Full load voltage - up (V)

• Full load voltage - down (V)

• Does the speed remain within acceptable tolerances under all load conditions

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Lift overspeed governor - Make / Model

• Rated tripping speed (m/s)

• Bi directional?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What method of upward overspeed protection is fitted?

• Lift safety gear Make / Model

• Bi directional?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a counterweight safety gear fitted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Car buffer type?

  Select

• Provide details

• Number of car buffers

• Rated speed (m/s)

• Method of protection against unintended movement from floor level

  Select

• Provide details

DYNAMIC TESTING

• Machine brake - Full load down

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Machine brake - no load up

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Machine brake - Single calliper / disk hold

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Traction - full load down

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Traction - empty car up

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Unintended movement from floor (UCM)

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Car buffer

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Counterweight buffer

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Car safety gear - down

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Car safety gear - up

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Counterweight safety gear

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Manual lowering method?

• Manual lowering functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Automatic Rescue Device (ARD) functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is the motor insulation resistance > 1MOhm?

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Is the safety insultation resistance > 1MOhm?

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Is the earth resistance <5 Ohms?

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Does the circuit breaker trip when the furthest lock is shorted?

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

Lift well

• Lift well / pit safety (stop) switch functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Landing entrance electrical interlock functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Landing lock bypass functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Pit control functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Ancillary electrical safety circuit switch (ladders / pit prop/ hatches etc) functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is the lift lighting functioning correctly (correct levels, switching etc)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Other notes

Car top

• Is there an accessible safety switch on the car top?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Car door operator Make / Model

• Car entrance electrical switch functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Car entrance lock bypass functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Car top control functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Car top light functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Ancillary switches functionality (hatches / ladders etc)

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

Car operations panel

• Floor push functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Door open push functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Preference / special op switch functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Signalisation functionality (voice / audible / visual)?

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Correct information displayed (Safe working load / CE / UKCA / date / manufacturer ID)?

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Emergency car lighting functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Car alarm (audible and auto dialler communication) functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Car operations panel EN81-70 compliance

  Compliant

  Non-Compliant

  N/A

• Provide details

Car doors

• Door detector edge functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Door close kinetic energy <10J

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Door hold pressure ,150N

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Landings

• Landing call station / DCS panel functionality

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Landing call station / DCS panel compliance

  Compliant

  Non-Compliant

  N/A

• Provide details

• Landing signalisation functionality (audible / visual)

  Pass

  Fail

  N/A

• Provide details

• Landing signalisation compliance

  Compliant

  Non-Compliant

  N/A

• Provide details

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are there refuge spaces in the pit and on the car top?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are all required refuge signs in place?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• With the car on the buffer, is there sufficient guide rail length above the counterweight?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• With the c/w on the buffer, is there sufficient guide rail length above the car?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• With the car on the buffer, is there sufficient clearance below the car to first striking point?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• With c/w on the buffer, is there sufficient clearance above the car to first striking point?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is the machine suitably guarded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are all pulleys and diverters within the machinery spaces / lift well adequately guarded?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are all required balustrades in place on the car top?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are all required balustrades in place within the machine room?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is there adequate guarding of the counterweight within the pit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are all electrical covers in place within the machinery spaces, car, well & pit?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is the lift designed to be accessible to EN81-70 compliance

  Yes

  N/A

• Is the lift car size compliant with the minimum dimensions for EN81-70 compliance (w:1100 x d:1400mm)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Are the entrance sizes compliant with EN81-70 requirements (new well: 900mm existing: 800mm)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Does the car interior comply with EN81-70 requirements (handrail provision / height, LRV contrast etc)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Do the car controls comply?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Does the car signalisation comply?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Do the landing controls comply?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Does the landing signalisation comply

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is the lift used for firefighting / Evacuation?

  Yes

  N/A

• Please specify

  Select

• Are the lift landing entrances compliant?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is there a functioning & compliant fire control station on the FSAL / MEEF?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Does the lift fire communication system function correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is there a compliant escape hatch fitted in the car roof?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Is all applicable equipment suitably protected against water ingress?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Does the lift ground as required when switched to Firefighters control?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Does the engineer's alarm sound if firefighters operation is enabled when switched to inspection control?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Do the lift well lights illuminate upon activation of firefighters control?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Does the lift function from the car as required under Fire / Evacuation control?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Has a compliant secondary power supply been installed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

• Does the lift correctly switch to secondary power when required?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has a power status indicator been fitted adjacent to the fire control station on the FSAL / MEEF?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Provide details

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Has suitable water management been installed

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• State method of water management fitted.

  Select

• Please specify

• Provide details

• Other observations

• Please list any other defects or observations here