Risks due to contact of persons at landings with the moving carrier or other moving parts shall be prevented.
Where there is a risk due to persons falling into the travel zone when the carrier is not present at the landings, guards shall be fitted in order to prevent this risk. Such guards shall not open in the direction of the travel zone. They shall be fitted with an interlocking device with guard locking controlled by the position of the carrier that prevents:
- a)hazardous movements of the carrier until the guards are closed and locked;
- b)hazardous opening of a guard until the carrier has stopped at the corresponding landing.