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
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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.
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 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
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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.
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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)
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 has stopped.
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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 ± 600mm to the nearest landing
floor, don’t release the passenger. Rescue works should be carried out by lift technician.
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10. Three step release person inside the lift car :
Lift level is within ± 600mm
Lift level is within ± 600mm
Lift at level position
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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 day.
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