Sunday 23 December 2012

Tougher inspections needed to ensure elevator safety : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE

Tougher inspections needed to ensure elevator safety : Editorial : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri): The Yomiuri Shimbun

Every possible safety measure must be taken to ensure people can use elevators without worry in office buildings, condominiums and other structures.
On Wednesday, the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry announced the findings of its emergency inspections of 84 Schindler Elevator K.K. elevators across the country, which were all the same type as the one involved in a fatal accident at a Kanazawa hotel earlier this year.
Of the 84, brake parts in six were found to have been inappropriately adjusted, which can cause an elevator to suddenly ascend, according to ministry officials.
The sensors on two of the six elevators' braking systems were disconnected, the officials noted.

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