^{elevator and}

^{escalator consultant}

I have reproduced some correspondence from a perceptive gentleman in Hong Kong in order to make the point concerning the hazards represented by inappropriate actions on escalators.  I think Mr. Lai's photos and comments make the point better than I ever could.  To see the entire exchange between us please go to the FAQs page.  In both cases I have refrained from editing.

Dear sir:

Thank you for your reply. I had witneesd a escalator accident that occured in a shopping arcade in Hong Kong last month. when i was riding on the escalator down from third floor to second floor about ten passengers on the escalator in front of me and it stopped suddenly, i haven't any problem because i holded the handrail properly, but  i saw a child about five or six years old she was rolling down on the escalator and she got minor injury in her ankle.

I have learned and asked myself and my family's member, do we know the ridership rules of the escalator? The answers were negative, we knew just a little, holding the hand rail firmly was the common answer for the adult and the child didn't knew anything. Since i 'm riding on the escalator at least ten times everyday and more than millions passengers are using it dairly.

I have got some information about the escalator accidents happened in the world on the web pages. There were many accidents from the entrapment rather than fall in USA or U.K, but in Hong Kong the escalator accident is mainly on fall that i got the information on the news. May be nowaday the new escalator design had enough consideration on the safety aspect.

I attached some photos that I took on the same shopping arcade for the escalator passengers disobeyance the ridership rules for your reference.   would you like to give me some detail comment or advise on the safety aspect and main problem area of the escalator accident.

Thank you very much.

Leo Lai

  Can you imagine what would happen if this carriage jammed in the stair?  It's happened!

Same story.  Don't even think about it!!!  It will cause a lot of injuries if it jams.  Everyone behind them will fall or become jammed too.   A woman in an airport in the US lost a lot of skin when this happened at the top of an escalator.  She was lucky!

How to turn a birthday into a wake!  Please, use the elevator when pushing a stroller!  Sorry to be such a grinch, but personal injury litigation is big business, don't add to it!

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