Broken portion of an escalator step injures worker
Incident Investigation
Broken portion of an escalator step injures worker
December 24, 2017
Elevating Devices
Reference Number:
II-639118-2018
Location: Vancouver
Incident overview: It was reported to Technical Safety BC that a maintenance worker was injured by an escalator. A broken portion of an escalator step allowed the worker's finger to get caught between the moving damaged section of step and the bottom of the escalator comb plate.