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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.elco

• 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.