June 27, 2018
A care home has been sentenced after an employee suffered significant injuries after falling down a lift shaft. Read More
January 9, 2014
July 31, 2013
A passenger lift in a busy office block may complete as many as 750 journeys in a single day.1 The toll on the lift equipment can therefore be immense and the consequences of failure severe. Adam Gilbert explains how practitioners can ensure that the risks to passengers and maintainers are properly managed. Read More
April 4, 2012
A lift engineer was crushed to death while installing a passenger lift during the construction of Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. Read More
September 3, 2010
A bricklayer has been left paralysed from the chest down after being crushed by a steel beam at a construction site in Yorkshire. Read More
August 24, 2010
Global elevator safety and communications specialist Memco says its Elite elevator safety systems are to be installed in 74 elevators at Indira Gandhi International Airport's new Terminal 3 in New Delhi. The systems will be fitted to elevator doors supplied by ThyssenKrupp Elevator. Read More
June 14, 2010
Using lifts may be viable when evacuating people in an emergency, according to a new technical report from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). Read More
June 14, 2010
An engineer was crushed to death when the lift he was installing went out of control and started moving upwards. Read More