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Almost without exception lift motor rooms inspected fell short of the
requirements of the Act and Regulations in some degree.
Examples of the contraventions found are as follows.
Insufficient lighting and ventilation, socket outlets, steps and hand-rails,
insufficient guarding of motor platforms, trip wires, chain drives and other
machinery, together with lack of proper accessibility. Light switches so placed
that no light is afforded until access is gained to the room, and obstructions
in trap-doors and hatchways. The depositing of re-usable equipment and
rubbish, machine and switch covers not replaced, keys to motor rooms not
easily accessible and motor room doors not locked.
It has been observed that some lift shafts are used for depositing rubbish
and several shafts were found to have large accumulations of waste paper
and cardboard stored therein.
The only access to one lift motor room situated on a roof was by using
a pair of steps of which the bottom rungs were broken and dilapidated. Whilst
standing on such steps the trap door, which was large and of considerable
weight, was, when pushed upwards to afford access to the roof, likely to fall
about 50 ft. on to the roof of an adjoining property.