Soft rubber shoes cause of escalator mishaps: Dosh
Published on: Friday, July 01, 2016
Kuching: The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Dosh) found 99 per cent of 31 escalator accidents in Malaysia from 2011 to last year involved those wearing such shoes, as they are easily pulled or snagged by moving escalators.Sarawak Director Mohd Hatta Zakaria said Dosh recorded eight dangerous accidents and incidences linked to escalators from 2011 to this year so far.He said several serious accidents involved children including a case in which a toddler lost two fingers after getting them trapped in a landing comb at a shopping mall in 2014.
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Dosh Sarawak has conducted Escalator Safety Usage Operations on 555 escalators this year and issued five directives and 60 notices to proprietors for escalators that failed to meet the specified safety requirements, he said."Sometimes, over-eagerness and negligence by customers, and cost-cutting steps taken by owners of escalators can lead to undesirable incidents," Hatta said.To ensure escalators are always fit to be used, he said Dosh had made it a condition to owners of premises to only let competent people and firms to service and maintain escalators in their premises.Hatta said the escalator and lifts must be serviced every month and undergo maintenance every three months.
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