Escalator 12


Escalator 12 :

Safety:(1) Accidents and Litigation: (1. 1) Accidents: There have been reports of people falling off a moving escalator or getting their shoe stuck in part of the escalator; shoe laces are a hazard when loose. Some accidents are caused by improper or unsafe use such as riding the hand rails (see bullet points below) or by escalator spinning. A few fatal accidents are: Eight people died and 30 more were injured on February 17, 1982, when an escalator collapsed on the Moscow Metro. Wrongly set up service brakes were later blamed for the accident. 31 people died after a fire, begun in the undercarriage of an MH-type Otis escalator, exploded into the ticketing hall at King's Cross St. Pancras station in 1987. On December 13, 1999, 8-year-old Jyotsna Jethani was killed at New Delhi's international airport. Jethani fell into a gaping hole that resulted from improper maintenance. On June 15, 2002, Andrea Albright, a 24-year-old J. C. Penney employee in Columbia, Maryland, was injured while riding the store's escalator, and died from her injuries 10 days later. On July 2, 2003, 30 people were injured when an escalator at Coors Field in Denver malfunctioned, and one victim eventually had to have a leg amputated. The accident is believed to have been caused by a combination of overcrowding and an improperly installed safety device. On December 31, 2004, escalators at the Taipei City Hall Station kept moving commuters onto the overcrowded island platform

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