In this article our elevator experts have compiled statistics and valuable information pertaining to elevator safety, the most common types of passenger incidents, and some of the standards relevant…
Our elevator and escalator experts are industry veterans who worked for manufacturers, installation contractors, and maintenance companies. Our experts understand how this specialized equipment is designed to function and can reliably identify if a malfunction in elevator or escalator equipment contributed to the injuries or loss in your case.
Elevators, escalators, and moving walkways are considered among the safest modes of transportation. Considering there are over 210 billion passengers annually in the United States and Canada, there are relatively few passenger injuries.
Despite the favorable safety record, the experts at Robson Forensic have been retained to investigate more than 500 incidents involving this equipment. Our experts are commonly retained when passengers are injured in the course of riding an elevator, escalator, or moving walk. As part of this casework, our experts will typically inspect the incident equipment and review maintenance and inspection records in order to develop a technical opinion as to how and why the incident occurred.
Our elevator experts are qualified to provide these opinions by way of their training, education, and experience; they learned the industry by working through the ranks as mechanics, inspectors, and designers. Not only do our experts have experience installing, repairing, and modernizing this equipment, they have also managed and trained the people who do the work.
Advances in elevator safety have prioritized passenger safety over that of the worker. In this industry, where confined spaces are the norm and elevator down-time is penalized, it is not unusual to hear of an elevator technician working perilously close to operating passenger cars.
As veterans of the industry who have done the actual work, our elevator experts are uniquely qualified to compare the occupational hazards that are reasonable within this industry, against those that are outrageous.
Robson Forensic offers a fully appointed mechanical testing laboratory to assist our clients with the inspection and storage of evidence in elevator and escalator cases. Our lab facilities can accommodate large evidence items and are equipped to perform testing on a variety of electrical and mechanical devices. Visit our Mechanical Testing Laboratory page for more information.
Most people have never seen the mechanical and electrical components that drive and control these complex systems. To facilitate your understanding of this equipment, we have prepared anatomy documents that lay it out. Consider having these documents opens when speaking with your expert.
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