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I was browsing through a list of elevator accidents a while back and noticed that the two main causes of death seemed to be people stepping blindly into empty e
by slavik81 8y ago
I was browsing through a list of elevator accidents a while back and noticed that the two main causes of death seemed to be people stepping blindly into empty elevator shafts and people who tried to get out of the elevator when stuck.
So, my recommendations for elevator safety are: watch where you're going, and wait for help to arrive if there's an elevator malfunction.
- ams6110 8y agoI never understood the stepping into an empty shaft, because AFAIK the outer doors are opened by the inside doors on the car. So they can't open on their own if the car isn't there. Might be possible on older elevators with manual doors?
- greenyoda 8y agoThere can be an open door to an empty shaft when the elevator is undergoing maintenance. This happens sometimes in the high-rise building where I work. Normally the area around the open shaft is blocked off with some kind of barrier during maintenance, but I suppose that the mechanics could forget to put up the barrier out of negligence or someone could disregard the barrier and walk past it. It's also possible that the people who fall into the shaft are the elevator mechanics themselves rather than passengers.
- slavik81 8y agoIt's been a while and I'm not sure which list I had read. It may have actually just been a few incidents that struck me as easily preventable. I think they were mostly due to maintenance in progress or pushing against the doors. Looking over this list[1], it's interesting how almost nobody in an elevator ever dies. The worst incidents tend to involve people or objects that are halfway into the elevator. [1]: http://elevation.wikia.com/wiki/Elevator_incidents http://elevation.wikia.com/wiki/Elevator_incidents
- mrnobody_67 8y agothanks for the tip