Escalator Floor Collapse

An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building.

Escalator floor collapse.

The cctv video shot in jinzhong city in shanxi province on january 24 shows a panel on an escalator floor suddenly collapsing behind a man after he just reaches the top of it and walks away. Escalators are often used around the world in places where lifts would be impractical or they can be used in conjunction with them. A woman had a narrow escape when a panel of flooring at the top of an escalator gave way moments after stepping on it at a chinese shopping mall on sunday afternoon legal evening news reports. Xiang liujuan 30 was travelling up the escalator at anliang department store in jingzhou in the central province of hubei with her two year old son.

Principal areas of usage include. It consists of a motor driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep them horizontal. Someone pressed the emergency button to stop the escalator immediately then a security guard blocked the entrance of it with a warning line. The floor of an escalator partially collapsed at a subway station in shanghai only weeks after a cleaner in the city had a foot amputated after it got trapped in a moving stairway made by the same.