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John B. Kim (kim@giane.cs.umass.edu) wrote:
: > Boston's Statenstall building (government offices) had someone get a foot
: > stuck between the elevator and the wall somehow.  This in the '90s.
: 
: On a related note, when I was at UCSB way back when I heard a story
: about how a bunch of students jammed into an elevator to take a
: dorm-floor photo, and the elevator started to slide down under the
: weight, and some people tried to climb out and got caught between the
: ceiling of the elevator and the floor... eeeck.

In most elevators, the "emergency stop" button would have prevented this, as
it usually includes either a brake or mechanical device that grabs something
so as to hold the elevator in place.

Now, here at UMess, the administration has removed all of these safety 
devices in (IMHO) a misguided attempt at safety.  It helps to be a state 
agency and have another one inspecting your elevators, I guess....

Anyway, the question is simple, if the designers thought it necessary to 
have an "emergency stop" button for emergencies needing it, and UMass 
makes it so that you have to have a key to use this emergency device, 
then what happenes to the poor souls who don't have keys?  Like everyone?

Personally, I do not feel that UMass elevators are safe due to the 
removal of this safety item.  

ED