European Statistics of the Lift Industry

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European Statistics of the Lift Industry
Ebru Gemici, VDMA Istanbul, 15 April 2005
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Types of Statistics

• Basic statistics
• number of employees
• number of existing lifts
• Industrial statistics Orders for New lifts
• units
• value (K)
• Accident statistics for
• users
• employees

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BASIC STATISTICS 2004
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Existing Lifts 2004
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ORDERS RECEIVEDUNITS 2004
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ORDERS FOR NEW LIFTSUNITS
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ORDERS RECEIVED VALUE (K EUROS) 2004
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ORDERS FOR NEW LIFTSValue in K 2004
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ELECTRICAL /HYDRAULICAL LIFTS
2000
2004
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MRL
68
60
53
44
35
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European Lift Industry

• Europ. Countries 17
• Employees 124.000
• Existing Lifts 3.890.000 Units
• New Lifts p.a. 112.000 Units
• New Lifts p.a.(Value) 3,2 Billion

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ACCIDENT STATISTICS

• 2001-2004
• User accidents
• and
• Worker accidents

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Connection to SNEL

• Questionnaire for user/worker accidents
• Causes of accidents are taken from the List of
  significant hazards (SNEL)

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Most common causes of fatal and
serious user accidentsLack of car door
(5.8.3)Uncontrolled movement of car
(5.9.4)Locking problems (5.5.2) (5.7.7)
(5.7.8.1)Inadequate glass in door
(5.7.3)Stopping accuracy/bad levelling (5.2.2)
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Common reason for Belgium Sweden, Austria
and Greece Car without doors 8 fatal
accidents80 serious accidents
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Common reason for France, Belgium, Italy
and Germany Locking problems8 fatal
accidents149 serious accidents
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Common reason for Italy, France and UK
Uncontrolled movement of car3 fatal
accidents119 serious accidents
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Common reason for every European
countryStopping accuracy/bad levelling675
serious accidents!
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Common reason for Italy, Germany, Spain
and CHEntrapment(Inadequate alarm
device)138 serious accidents
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ACCIDENTS REPORT USERS 2003
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Most common causes of fatal and
serious worker accidentsUnsafe pit access
(5.5.8)Insufficient safety spaces in headroom
and pit (5.5.7)Unsafe access to machineroom
(5.6.1)Inadequate means of handling equipment
(5.6.6)Insufficient protection against electric
shock (5.13.1)
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Common reason for Germany UK and Spain
Unsafe pit access (5.5.8)1 fatal accident65
serious accidents
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Common reason for Sweden France and
Belgium Insufficient safety spaces in
headroom and pit (5.5.7)1 fatal accident14
serious accidents
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Common reason for Spain, Norway and
UK Inadequate means of handling equipment
(5.6.6)164 serious accidents
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Common reason for France, UK, Germany,
Belgium and SpainUnsafe access to machineroom
(5.6.1)143 serious accidents
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Common reason for France, Sweden, Germany
and Norway Insufficient protection against
electric shock (5.13.1)37 serious accidents
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ACCIDENTS REPORT WORKER 2002
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