----- Original Message ----- From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 6:56 PM Subject: Re: Elevators and Death - My day at work
> > On Sunday, August 17, 2003, at 12:40 am, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > When the elevator door opened, the elevator had not leveled correctly > > and > > was a couple of feet too high. The resident tried to jump up onto the > > elevator platform, but slipped with the upper portion of his body on > > the > > elevator floor. > > > > The elevator doors *tried* to close on him, and the elevator started > > to rise > > as he struggled to get out. > > The resident had just enough time to scream before he was decapitated. > > > > His body fell into the elevator pit in the basement, so wrapped and > > tangled > > in cables that it had to be cut into pieces to be removed. > > > > Meanwhile his head rode the elevator up to the fifth floor where it > > greeted > > a group of people waiting to get on the elevator on that floor. > > How old are these elevators? How many systems had to fail for that to > happen? These are original building equipment, so they are 40 or so years old. Not too bad by elevator standards. The system that detects objects blocking the door may have failed. The system that prevents the elevator from moving when the doors are open definitely failed. This is what killed the man. The floor leveler system obviously failed. xponent Pretty Messed Up Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
