Further below, also regarding the relevant findings regarding the maintenance of the lift, it is mentioned that “the inspections scheduled for the day of the accident and antecedents are recorded as carried out and the service provider’s personnel were present, but the evidence does not support the time period indicated in the worksheets for their execution”.
Regarding the traction/balance cable, the preliminary report indicates that it “did not comply with the CCFL specification [Carris] for use in the Ascensor da Glória”, “it was not certified for use in facilities for transporting people” e “it was not recommended to be installed with swivels at its ends, as is the system on the Ascensor da Glória (and the Ascensor do Lavra)”.
Although, “the same cables were in use for 601 days on the Ascensor da Glória (and 606 days on the Ascensor do Lavra), without incident. For this reason, it is not possible at this time to say whether or not the non-conformities in the use of the cable are relevant to the accident”.
Regarding the cable fixing pin, there is no “any written procedure registered in that company’s documentary system defining the preparation treatment of the cable wires, the composition and preparation of the casting alloy, and the execution and quality control of the pine cone”so its execution is carried out “according to a historical empirical process at CCFL and passed down from generation to generation of responsible workers”.
The report further states that “the maintenance service provider does not have information about how the pine cones are made”, “when the pine cones were made, no tests were carried out to prove the quality of the casting” e “the composition of the pine cone casting connection, its execution and control do not correspond to those provided for in the applicable European standardization”.