Disadvantages of elevators
New York City residents use elevators and escalators everyday, in office buildings, residences, shopping malls, hotels, schools, apartments and government buildings. Construction elevators are also often used on job sites, and in mining and excavating.
The Center to Protect Workers’ Rights studied 69 elevator deaths between 1992 and 2003 and found that 12 passenger deaths occurred in New York – nearly three times more that anywhere else in the country.
SAFETY TIPS FOR ELEVATORS:
- Make sure the elevator is level with the floor when entering or exiting.
- Don’t rush.
- Don’t exit an elevator stopped more than 9 inches from a landing.
- Don’t enter or exit an elevator while the doors are closing.
- Use a “door open” button instead of body to hold an elevator door open.
- Don’t lean on elevator doors.
- Keep clothing items from closing in elevator doors.
