Principles of safety during operation passenger cable cars

Passenger cable cars occupy an important place in the infrastructure of mountain climate zones, ski sports and tourist complexes, as well as when using this type of transport as a cable subway in large cities and agglomerations. The article discusses the principles of safety during the operation of passenger cable cars based on risk assessment. Risk assessment procedures are formulated by comparing the identified hazards to acceptable risk criteria. The main dangerous factors affecting the safety of passenger cable cars operation are considered, such as «the location of rolling stock fixed on a steel rope at a considerable height», «rolling stock with passengers moving at high speed using steel ropes» and «unskilled actions of personnel» to minimize the impact which propose technical, technological and organizational measures to ensure safety during the operation of a control panel based on the use of digital information technologies.