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Butler fatally crushed in lift incident at UK historic home

07 March 2017

​A fatal accident in the UK, where an employee at a historic home was crushed by a lift, serves as a reminder to ensure that all lift installations are regularly maintained. 

The Health and Safety at Work (Lifts) (Jersey) Regulations 1990 provide safety standards for all types of permanent lift installations in non-domestic premises. Such premises include all industrial, commercial or public buildings such as factories, warehouses, offices, shops, hospitals and schools.

Non-domestic premises also include those 'common' areas of certain domestic premises, such as purpose-built flats or houses converted into flats.

Thorough testing and examination of a lift installation is required to be carried out:

  • after the initial installation and before being brought into use
  • after the installation has undergone any alterations, repairs or modifications likely to affect its safe operation

Examinations of lift installations are required to be:

  • carried out at least once every six months
  • carried out by a competent person

Butler fatally crushed in lift incident at UK historic home: UK HSE website   
Guidance on lift regulations

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