Safety
Close Call for Man in Russian Apartment Elevator
A man in an apartment block in the city of Krasnodar, Russia, recently had a close call with an elevator, The Irish Mirror reports. CCTV footage shows the man entering...
TSSA Safety Inspector Strike Ends
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 546 safety inspectors, working for Canada’s Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), have ratified their first Collective Agreement, ending their 11-week strike on...
Elevator Industry Safety Net
Providing training and technical education for the elevator workplace by Lisa M. Casler Over the last 15 years, one of the most common issues facing all elevator companies has been...
Increasing Pit Safety
In this Product Spotlight, a new pit safety system is explained. Electronic Controls, Inc. (ECI America) has developed a new elevator pit safety system appropriately named “PitSafe®.” The design of...
Versatile, Intuitive, Safe
In this Product Spotlight, TKE introduces its newest home stairlift. TK Elevator (TKE) has introduced the S100 home stairlift, based on its multiple-award-winning S200 stairlift and providing additional options to...
CPSC Recalls Approximately 1,700 Home Elevators
On September 29, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled approximately 1,700 home elevators produced by Ontario-based Cambridge Elevator and Custom Elevator, based in Pennsylvania, The News & Observer...
273 VT Units Coming to 82-Km Rail Corridor in India
Two-hundred seventy-three vertical-transportation (units) — 162 escalators and 111 lifts — are coming to the 82-km Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) high-speed rail corridor traveling through Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut...
2022 Ellies Award Winners and Runners-Up Announced
Congratulations to the 2022 Ellies Award winners and runners-up. Each was announced live on stage at the education pavilion during the NAEC Fall Convention & Exposition last week, where winners...
Residents: Lift Entrapment Points to Larger Issues at India Towers
Residents of an affordable housing complex in Gurugram in northern India say the entrapment of a 6-year-old boy in a lift on September 15 points to larger elevator maintenance issues...
Michigan Senators Introduce Bills in Response to Elevator Outages
Michigan Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) and Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) have announced legislation to address elevator outages at apartment buildings in Michigan to help ensure building safety and accessibility for tenants,...
