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Another bit of trivia I always found interesting... approximately zero people per year die in elevator crashes. That basically isn't a real thing that happens.

Another bit of trivia I always found interesting... approximately zero people per year die in elevator crashes. That basically isn't a real thing that happens. Of the very small number of people who are killed by elevators, they are almost all elevator technicians / maintenance people who are in the shaft doing repairs and have some kind of accident.

shadowtree 5y ago
I don't think that is true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elevator_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elevator_accidents https://www.elcosh.org/document/1232/d000397/Deaths+and+Injuries+Involving+Elevators+and+Escalators+-+A+Report+of+the+Center+To+Protect+Workers%2527+Rights.html#23 https://www.elcosh.org/document/1232/d000397/Deaths+and+Inju... here is a tragic death of a child in the US, 2021: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/elevator-death-outer-banks/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/elevator-...
- userbinator 5y ago
  here is a tragic death of a child in the US, 2021 That's a very different type of injury to what the parent comment was referring to: "elevator crashes", where the car falls to the bottom of the shaft. The list of elevator accidents is mostly composed of ones involving construction, freight, and mine-shaft elevators.
  - mindcrime 5y ago
    "elevator crashes", where the car falls to the bottom of the shaft. Yes, that was the kind of incident I was mainly commenting on. The list of elevator accidents is mostly composed of ones involving construction, freight, and mine-shaft elevators. I probably should have made a point to qualify what I said above as "passenger elevators in office type buildings" or something. Definitely did not mean to include mine-shafts / construction site elevators, etc. That said, I don't have the original reference handy, but I recall that where I read that original statistic was a credible source.
    - nwah1 5y ago
      In any event, even including the mine shafts, elevators are an order of magnitude less dangerous than stairs. And way less dangerous than cars.
nyc_pizzadev 5y ago
This elevator crashed down the shaft crushing this poor guy in the door. So sad... https://nypost.com/2019/08/22/video-shows-moment-man-crushed-by-elevator-at-manhattan-promenade-building/ https://nypost.com/2019/08/22/video-shows-moment-man-crushed...

shadowtree 5y ago

I don't think that is true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elevator_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elevator_accidents https://www.elcosh.org/document/1232/d000397/Deaths+and+Injuries+Involving+Elevators+and+Escalators+-+A+Report+of+the+Center+To+Protect+Workers%2527+Rights.html#23 https://www.elcosh.org/document/1232/d000397/Deaths+and+Inju... here is a tragic death of a child in the US, 2021: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/elevator-death-outer-banks/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/elevator-...

userbinator 5y ago
here is a tragic death of a child in the US, 2021 That's a very different type of injury to what the parent comment was referring to: "elevator crashes", where the car falls to the bottom of the shaft. The list of elevator accidents is mostly composed of ones involving construction, freight, and mine-shaft elevators.
- mindcrime 5y ago
  "elevator crashes", where the car falls to the bottom of the shaft. Yes, that was the kind of incident I was mainly commenting on. The list of elevator accidents is mostly composed of ones involving construction, freight, and mine-shaft elevators. I probably should have made a point to qualify what I said above as "passenger elevators in office type buildings" or something. Definitely did not mean to include mine-shafts / construction site elevators, etc. That said, I don't have the original reference handy, but I recall that where I read that original statistic was a credible source.
  - nwah1 5y ago
    In any event, even including the mine shafts, elevators are an order of magnitude less dangerous than stairs. And way less dangerous than cars.

nyc_pizzadev 5y ago

This elevator crashed down the shaft crushing this poor guy in the door. So sad... https://nypost.com/2019/08/22/video-shows-moment-man-crushed-by-elevator-at-manhattan-promenade-building/ https://nypost.com/2019/08/22/video-shows-moment-man-crushed...