BS EN 12397:2017

This standard BS EN 12397:2017 Safety requirements for cableway installations designed to carry persons. Operation is classified in these ICS categories:

• 45.100 Cableway equipment

This European Standard specifies the safety requirements applicable to the operation of installations for passenger transportation by cable. This standard is applicable to the various types of installations and takes into account their environment.

This European Standard applies to the operation of an installation and to the passenger transport conditions and also contains requirements for passengers.

It is applicable to individual installations or a set of installations.

It does not cover legal provisions for the transport service nor transport obligations.

It includes requirements relating to the prevention of accidents and protection for workers, as well as to fire prevention and fire-fighting, without affecting the application of national requirements relating to construction law or statutory law, or to the protection of specific groups of people.

It does not apply to installations for the transportation of goods nor to lifts.