Otis said in a PBS special that the only people that die in elevators in the US anymore are people that work on them, unfortunately, but even that is only a few

Otis said in a PBS special that the only people that die in elevators in the US anymore are people that work on them, unfortunately, but even that is only a few each year. I do remember an accident several years ago at Ohio State where some students were crushed at a dorm by trying to stuff it full. Anyway, like others have said, they're statistically safer than many other things.