Escalator Safety Tips | NC DOL (2024)

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Check for loose shoelaces or loose clothing before stepping onto an escalator. Keep your hands, feet and clothing clear of the side panels of the escalator. Do not sit on the steps or stand close to the sides of an escalator. Once at the end of an escalator, step off immediately.

Check for loose shoelaces or loose clothing before stepping onto an escalator. Keep your hands, feet and clothing clear of the side panels of the escalator. Do not sit on the steps or stand close to the sides of an escalator. Once at the end of an escalator, step off immediately.

Be safe and stand behind the yellow line of each step, as it secures your position. Never step on it with bare feet or sit on it. Hold on and keep your hands on the handrail. You should not pick up items around the landing area of the escalator or stick your fingers or any objects in holes, gaps, or moving parts.

While Riding Escalators:

Always face forward and hold the handrail. Reposition your hand slowly if the handrail moves faster or slower than the steps. Always hold children's hands on escalators and do not permit children to sit or play on the steps. Do not sit on the handrail.

Do not sit on the escalator or the handrail, or lean over the railing. Do not play on the escalator. Children should be accompanied by an adult and should not be left alone near an escalator. Do not enter or exit the escalator in the wrong direction.

ASME 17.1 is the "Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators." This includes the safety code requirements for elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, moving walks, material lifts, and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices.

Escalator etiquette is the etiquette of using escalators. In many places, there is a convention that people should stand on a particular side to allow other people to walk on the other side. Standing on the right is the most common convention, following early escalator design in London.

And with it came proper escalator etiquette. Stand on the right, walk on the left.

Walking or driving on the left is a tradition followed for convenience and it is now made into a traffic rule. Similarly, walking up in a moving escalator is made into a tradition. And if you have to enable people to climb-up on the left side of the moving escaltor, you have to stand on the right.

(1) Escalator trusses or girders shall be designed with a factor of safety not less than five based on the static loads.

What is the new fear of escalators? ›

It's called “escalaphobia”. Some might scratch their heads and wonder how someone could fear something so ubiquitous as escalators.

Step Level Monitors

These are sensors that measure the level and height of the steps and ensure that they are uniform and consistent. If any step is too high or too low, the monitor will stop the escalator and activate an alarm, as this could affect the balance and stability of the users.

The term “relationship escalator” refers to the idea that a “proper” relationship has to move through a sequence of steps. It's the 1950s pattern. You start dating, you become exclusive, you move in together, and — the great climax — you get married and have kids. Mission complete.

Is there an etiquette for using an escalator? Yes. Stay to the right if you are standing and left if you are walking. Face the direction the escalator is moving as this minimizes the chance of tripping at the end.

Escalator clauses allow for an automatic increase in wages or prices if certain specified conditions change in the future.

Elevator safety tips

Hold children and pets firmly. Passengers nearest to the doors should move first when the car arrives. Push and hold the DOOR OPEN button if doors need to be held open, or ask someone to push the button for you. Never try to stop a closing door, wait for the next car.

Try to keep your elbows and arms close to your body. Keep your back straight during the lift by tightening the stomach muscles, bending at the knees, keeping the load close and centered in front of you, and looking up and ahead. Get a good handhold and do not twist while lifting.