A person got injured by supermarket escalator, more attention should be paid to escalator safety

n the crowded supermarket shopping mall, the situation that escalators instantly opened his big mouth and bite the passenger truly made people shocked? On November 21, 2013, a passenger was nipped in the TESCO Supermarket at Road  Zhongshan Liu, Yuexiu District. The conveyor belt of the supermarket escalator was broken and one employee was badly injured. What is the real cause of the accident? Is there any security risk among the similar escalators?

Improper Operation Caused the Accident

After the accident, the escalator safety and quality problems of certain escalator brand caused public concerns. Therefore, reporter deliberately called the Guangzhou Office of the Elevator Co., Ltd. The person in charge of the Office said that he been informed of the matter. And he said that there is no problem for the elevator quality, the problem is due to the passenger. After the accident, the manufacturer the first time sent technical personnel to the scene to cooperate with the examination of relevant departments.

He explained to reporters that when the accident occurred, supermarket employees directly put the ladder on the automatic sidewalk pedal, and the contact area between the ladder foot and the pedal was very small, thus causing uneven stress of the footboard, "It was just as to pry the footboard by awl". When a reporter asked if the women wear high heels to come onto the footboard whether there would be any accident, and then the person in charge said the time of the incident was not the same with the situation, and the product design has taken into account the situation that high heels stepped on the pedal.

The relevant person of Guangzhou Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau reported that, through the video and on-site investigation by the Municipal Bureau of Quality Supervision, the preliminary investigation are as follows: On February 21, a staff of the shopping malls used the automatic sidewalk uplink handling iron ladder, the ladder height is greater than the minimum height between the covering and the surface, due to improper placement, resulting in the iron ladder was blocked in the ceiling cement beams and the tread, and the instant impact caused the step sunk, the right foot of the staff got into the stair and was clamped. The automatic sidewalk is still within the validity inspection period, and now it has been stopped using, and maintained by the original manufacturer.

(News from: Yangcheng Evening News)