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SAFE USE OF and wait for help (pressing the alarm button
or using the elevator phone) instead of trying
ELEVATORS AND to get out on their own, even with the elevator
door.
ESCALATORS • If your child has to take the elevator regularly
without supervision, ensure that they carry a
mobile phone, a call or a message device so
FOR CHILDREN that they can call for help in case the elevator
jams or the elevator phone does not work.

An average of six people dies annually in Children in elevators
and around elevators, according to the US Ceyla AKIN The rules for using elevators are almost the
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) same for children as for adults.
National Electronic Injury and Surveillance MIRACLE ENGINEERING & CONSULTANCY • It is a good idea for children to be especially
System data. MECHANICAL ENGINEER careful to the door.
• Children should never put their hands or feet
In 2007, Indiana University pediatrician Joseph • Stand in the middle of the escalator, look in the area between the moving door and the
O'Neil and his colleagues analyzed elevator forward, take your child's hand, and then take door jambs.
injury data from 98 hospital emergency a step • Children should never try to stop a door that
departments nationwide (CPSC) and found • Avoid sitting or playing on the escalator - do is closing by putting their hands or feet on their
that approximately 2,000 children were injured not treat it as an amusement park ride. way.
each year in and around elevators.
Perhaps most importantly, find out where the Children on the escalators
About 26 percent of elevator injuries occurred emergency shutdown button is so you can Help kids get in and out of the escalator.
in children between the ages of 1 and 2. close the escalator if someone is trapped while • Do not let children sit on the escalator steps -
driving. clothing or fingers could be caught.
O'Neil's team's study reveals that children under • Never let children ride the handrail or play with
five years of age are not well developed in the Lifts can be dangerous for children and it.
strength, coordination, balance, and protective parents. Although most elevator injuries • Do not let children use unattended escalators.
reflexes required to avoid an elevator-related and fatalities involve people working and • Do not allow children to walk or run from the
injury. maintaining elevators, passengers can also be "down" escalator or the "up" escalator.
harmed. According to a study conducted by • Do not let children drag their feet on the sides
The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation Center for Construction Research and Training, of the escalator. As tempting as it may be to
recommends parents and caregivers to comply (Construction Research and Training Center) in make this distinctive "squeaking sound," a
with the following rules for safe elevator use. 2017, approximately 2,000 children are injured child's foot can get caught between the step
in and around elevators each year, and the and the side panel, causing serious injury.
* Watch your step most common occur when elevator doors are • Never take a stroller on the escalator. Use the
* Do not interfere with closing doors manually closed to a body part such as fingers, hands or elevator instead
* If the doors do not open, ring the alarm button arms. It is revealed. Technology serves our highest benefit first with
and wait precaution, then with confidence, Stay safe.
* In case of fire in the building, use the stairs What you should know about elevator and
escalator hazards REFERENCES,
Again, according to a study conducted by the To keep your children safe while taking the Elevator and Escalator Hazards for Children,
Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation; There elevator, make sure that: Vincent Iannelli, MD, is a board-certified
are hundreds of accident reports where hands, • Be very careful and watch out for young pediatrician and fellow of the American
feet or shoes (mostly flip-flops) got stuck on children, especially toddlers and preschoolers Academy of Pediatrics
the escalator, while getting on and off the elevator.
• Teach your children not to try to prevent the Children and Elevator Safety, Center for
Experts recommend that you comply with the elevator door from closing with their hands or Construction Research and Training, research
following items for the safety of your children arms. reports 2007-2017
on the escalator.
• Tie your child's shoelaces before getting on Teach older children and teens to stay in the Schindler's Elevator & Escalator Safety Tips for
the escalator elevator if they get stuck in the elevator door, Kids.

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