How many elevator deaths per year

Recommendations to prevent elevator- and escalator-related deaths and injuries include ensuring that: 1 Workplace protective practices and training are adequate. In particular: De-energizing and locking out electrical circuits and mechanical equipment when elevators and escalators are out of service or being repaired Establishing a permit-required confined-space program for elevator shafts Providing fall protection during work in or near elevator shafts 2 Employers have an adequate inspection and maintenance program.

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The Inspection services of Elevating Studio are designed to detect maintenance gaps or non-compliances to the international safety standards and will support you to improve your lift safety and reliability. Elevating Studio is certified to perform safety inspections according to international norms EN81 elevators and EN escalators. Every year we inspect and certify hundreds of elevators and escalators in South East Asia, Australia and beyond.

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The findings were published in the journal Injury. Or you could take the stairs. Return to Booster Shots blog. Karen Kaplan is science and medicine editor at the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the science group, she covered technology in the Business section.

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