ISO/TS 8100-21:2018 PDF

Overview

ISO/TS 8100-21:2018 - "Lifts for the transport of persons and goods - Part 21: Global safety parameters (GSPs) meeting the global essential safety requirements (GESRs)" - specifies globally applicable safety parameters for lifts (elevators), their components and functions. It complements ISO 8100-20 (the GESRs) by giving criteria, numerical values or references to other standards to help demonstrate that a lift design meets the global essential safety requirements. ISO/TS 8100-21 is intended to support consistent, risk‑based safety verification without mandating specific component designs, thereby enabling innovation while maintaining equivalent safety.

Key topics

• Global Safety Parameters (GSPs): quantitative safety parameters (strength, clearances, accelerations, retardations, etc.) or references to standards that help meet GESRs.
• Relationship to GESRs: explains how GSPs implement the safety objectives stated in ISO 8100-20 - the "what" versus the "how".
• Use and implementation: guidance on applying GSPs in design, verification and risk assessment processes (references ISO 14798).
• Scope and applicability: applies to lifts in permanent structures (excluding single‑family residences and transport vehicles like ships) and to a wide range of loads, speeds and travel distances; addresses foreseeable misuse (e.g., overload) but not vandalism.
• Limitations / exclusions: does not specifically cover all needs of users with disabilities, work during construction/alteration/dismantling, firefighting/evacuation uses, explosive atmospheres, fire outside the car, vandalism, or transport of dangerous goods.
• Supporting material: includes anthropometric and design data (Annex A), normative references and risk assessment methodology.

Applications and who uses it

ISO/TS 8100-21 is used by:

• Lift manufacturers and designers - to define component parameters that achieve global safety objectives.
• Safety engineers and consultants - for risk assessment and verification that designs meet GESRs.
• Building owners, facility managers and asset operators - to specify safety requirements in procurement and acceptance.
• Regulators and conformity assessors - to harmonize safety criteria across jurisdictions and reduce trade barriers.
• Maintenance and inspection organizations - to verify installed systems against global safety parameters.

Practical uses include design validation, specification of acceptance tests, challenge analysis for innovative lift concepts, and harmonizing safety expectations in international projects.

Related standards

• ISO 8100-20 - Global essential safety requirements (GESRs)
• ISO 14798 - Risk assessment and reduction methodology
• ISO 22199 / ISO 22200 - Electromagnetic compatibility for lifts
• ISO/IEC Guide 51 - Product safety principles

Keywords: ISO/TS 8100-21:2018, global safety parameters, GSPs, GESRs, lifts, elevators, lift safety standards, risk assessment, ISO 8100 series.