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- Title
Duty Calls: Understanding Your Obligation to Have Escalators Inspected Annually.
- Authors
Thompson, Mike
- Abstract
The author discusses the duty of building owners and managers to have annual inspections performed on all their escalators to ensure safety of passengers. Some objectives of annual inspections include compliance with necessary government legislation and regulations, reducing the risk of injury to riders and increasing the lifespan of the equipment. An overview of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME) elevator and escalator safety standards is provided.
- Subjects
ENGINEERING inspection; ELEVATOR safety; ESCALATOR safety; BUILDING inspection; ELEVATOR industry; ESCALATOR manufacturing
- Publication
Elevator World, 2013, Vol 61, Issue 10, p106
- ISSN
0013-6158
- Publication type
Article