Elevator manufacturer responds to a hospital’s close call
Hospital Safety Connection, October 31, 2007
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An elevator scare at a hospital in Seattle caused the equipment's manufacturer to take action nationwide.
One of the ropes for an elevator separated at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center on October 9, and the elevator's brakes had to stop the cab, according to an October 24 story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Firefighters safely rescued five passengers in the elevator.
The elevator model in question is ISIS, which uses Kevlar suspension ropes that don't require a machine room, unlike traditional elevator cables, the Post-Intelligencer reported. ISIS is sold by ThyssenKrupp Elevator Manufacturing, Inc., in Germantown, TN.
In response to the problems, ThyssenKrupp told its customers that it will:
- Begin immediate biweekly tests of all ISIS elevators in the country
- Develop a rope monitoring device that will check rope tension
- Develop possible long-term alternatives, such as a new rope design
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