The state’s shortage of elevator inspectors, which has continued despite years of cries for reform, was to blame for a delayed inspection of a fire safety system in a malfunctioning Fenway Park ...

In the past year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said it has “stepped up its residential elevator enforcement efforts by recalling 117,100 total units across the U.S. to address an ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – In July 2021, emergency crews were called to a home in the Outer Banks after a seven-year-old was involved in a home elevator accident. PREVIOUS: 7-year-old boy dies in North ...

North Carolina has implemented House Bill 619, which amends the regulations for residential elevators set forth in Article 9 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes. The law applies to residential ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Elevators sold for residential use nationwide since 1986 are being recalled because young children can get trapped in the space between the doors. The recall involves several ...

DECATUR, Alabama - The death of a man who was crushed by an elevator while working at Decatur Morgan Hospital was ruled an accident, the Alabama Department of Labor said in a report released Tuesday.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday announced the recall of 117,100 residential elevators due to an entrapment hazard. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WECT) - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced new efforts this week to eliminate deadly hazards from residential elevators. Three leading residential elevator ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said today it has settled an administrative lawsuit with a residential elevator company that has agreed to provide owners with a free inspection and ...

On March 26, 2015, a 54-year-old male career fire apparatus operator (FAO) died after falling down an unsecured elevator shaft. The FAO was assigned to Heavy Rescue 14, which responded on the second ...