Elevator Accident and Escalator Injury Cases

The Michigan elevator accident and Michigan escalator injury lawyers at our firm represent clients who have suffered serious injuries due to defective and dangerous elevators and escalators. These accidents and injuries occur in all types of buildings, shopping malls, hospitals, and airports. Injuries often include traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and fractured bone injuries.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics and Consumer Product Safety Commission, elevators and escalators kill about 30,000 people and seriously injure about 17,000 people each year in the United States. Elevators alone cause almost 90% of the deaths and 60% of the injuries. The Consumer Product Safety Council of escalator injuries resulted from falls and 20% from entrapment. Because of the potential hazards, National, State, and Local authorities have mandated inspections of elevators and escalators relative to maintenance, repair and safe operation of these devices. Unfortunately, such inspections do not prevent serious personal injuries and death as a result of use of elevators and escalators throughout Michigan.

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics reported 68 elevator-related deaths from 1992-2003 for individuals using elevators while at work, which amounts to six passenger deaths per year. Most of the “fall deaths” involving elevators falls into shafts when elevator doors open when no elevator car present. Other deaths and personal injuries result from elevator doors closing improperly and the mis-leveling of elevator cars. Escalator deaths commonly result from being trapped at the bottom or top of the escalator. These incidents give rise to a Michigan wrongful death case.

Other deaths and serious personal injuries have resulted from escalator falls involving improper maintenance and repairs of escalators. It is significant that half of the approximately 1,000 side wall-entrapment injuries cases involved personal injuries to children under the age of five. Using ordinary care and taking appropriate precautions when using elevators and escalators will not prevent personal injuries and death to yourself and children. If you have been involved in an incident involving personal injury or death while using an elevator or escalator, you should contact our firm immediately.

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