Escalator Floor Collapse

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

Escalator floor collapse.

No one was injured but many shoppers were left reeling in shock reported the straits. The bottom steps of an escalator at tampines 1 mall collapsed while four people were riding it on april 13. Someone pressed the emergency button to stop the escalator immediately then a security guard blocked the entrance of it with a warning line. Escalators are often used around the world in places where lifts would be impractical or they can be used in conjunction with them.

Principal areas of usage include. 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. 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. 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.