How did you die after getting caught in the escalator? How did the stay-at-home mother die?

At around 10 a.m. on July 26, an accident occurred in the escalator of Anliang Department Store in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. A woman with a young child was involved because the welcome pedal connecting the elevator to the floor was loose. In the elevator. The woman lifted her son out, and someone else rescued the child. The woman was dead when rescuers pulled her out. Yesterday, the Jingzhou Municipal Work Safety Supervision Bureau reported that 5 minutes before the incident, the staff found that the elevator cover was loose and lifted, but no emergency measures such as stopping the elevator for maintenance were taken. This is a safety production accident.

The woman was caught in the elevator and died

The safety supervision report was a responsible accident

After the incident on July 26, the surveillance video of the incident was uploaded to network. This video shows: At about 10:10:05 in the morning on July 26, a young woman led a little boy upstairs through the escalator. As they approached the top of the elevator, the young woman held the little boy's armpits and prepared to lift him up in front of her and step onto the mall floor.

As soon as the woman reached the top of the elevator, the pedals under her feet suddenly opened and she fell into the void. She struggled to lift the child out, and she was caught in the elevator. The whole process only lasted 9 seconds.

After the incident, the relevant person in charge of the shopping mall, fire fighters, public security, and emergency personnel arrived at the scene one after another. The firefighters successively removed the decorative surface, brackets and steel plates of the elevator, but when they finally rescued the woman, , the woman has died. The woman's name is Xiang Liujuan. She is 30 years old and a stay-at-home mother.

A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily found out that the shopping mall where the incident occurred is the local Anliang Department Store. It opened on New Year’s Day in 2012 and is one of the largest shopping malls in the area. After the accident, Anliang Shopping Mall is still open for business as usual, but all escalators are blocked. Customers can only use direct elevators or stairs to go up and downstairs.

Beiqing News reporter called Anliang Department Store several times yesterday, but no one answered the office phone. At 9:30 p.m., Jingzhou City held a press conference. The director of the city’s Work Safety Bureau announced: 5 minutes before the incident, the staff of Anliang Department Store found that the elevator cover 1 was loose and lifted, but did not take emergency measures such as stopping the elevator for maintenance. As a result, the person involved stepped on the end of the loose and lifted cover 1 and flipped over, falling into the gap between the protective baffle and the rotating part of the steps in the drive station of the upper machine room. This is a safety production accident. Text/Reporter Li Tiezhu

Reporter’s investigation

Elevator manufacturers’ products have been exposed to malfunctions many times

CCTV video shows that the elevator brand logo that caused the accident was It is called "Shenlong". According to the company's official website, Sunlong Elevator Co., Ltd. was founded in 1992 and is located in Fenhu High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. It is an elevator manufacturer integrating design, manufacturing, sales, installation and service. Its products cover various fields. Elevators, escalators, moving walkways and elevator components. In addition, Sunlong is also the governing unit of China Elevator Association.

According to the official website, in addition to being sold to 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, Sunlong's products are also exported to Russia, Malaysia, Australia and other countries and regions. The company has received a series of professional qualifications and honors: China Well-known Trademark, Jiangsu Province High-tech Enterprise, Jiangsu Province High-tech Product, Jiangsu Province Star Enterprise, etc.

However, a reporter from Beiqing Daily found that previous media reports stated that Sunlong elevators had malfunctioned many times.

In September 2012, according to the "Ningxia Daily" report, the elevator on the 10th floor of Unit 1, Building 2, Mercure Huating, Guangyao Shangcheng Community, Yinchuan City experienced a "free fall" and got stuck on the 7th floor. Scared the ride owners. Residents of the building said they had experienced similar experiences before. According to reports, the elevator involved was produced by Suzhou Shenlong Elevator Co., Ltd.

In September 2011, Xingchen Online reported that at around 1 pm on August 30, a 4-year-old boy was stuck in an escalator in a supermarket on the Pedestrian Street in Liuyang City. The boy was rescued but died on the way to the hospital. The report pointed out that the elevator involved in the accident was manufactured by Suzhou Shenlong Elevator Co., Ltd., and its factory date was March 6, 2011.

On September 11, 2011, according to the "Peninsula Metropolis Daily" report, the elevator of the Licang Baoda Building on Jiushui Road, Qingdao had a strange phenomenon of shaking up and down, which frightened a father and son who were riding the elevator. It is reported that the accident was caused by a malfunction of the elevator safety switch. The certificate of the elevator involved showed the words "Suzhou Shenlong Elevator Co., Ltd."

In August 2011, "Oriental Today" reported that the elevator of Donghua Restaurant located west of Zhanghe Bridge on Zhongzhou East Road, Luoyang City, was stopped due to malfunction. The elevator was produced by Suzhou Shenlong Elevator Co., Ltd. and had a free warranty period of one year. However, the hotel contacted the repairman, who only came to see it once and said there was a problem with the elevator, and no one was sent to repair it since then. In this regard, the maintenance party said that the hotel refused to repair the hotel because the money was not paid in full. The hotel stated that the money had been paid and had invoices as proof, but the maintenance party insisted that the 60,000 yuan had not been credited to the company's account.

According to the phone number left on the official website of Sunlong Elevator, a reporter from Beiqing Daily called Sunlong Elevator several times yesterday, trying to understand the situation of the accident elevator, but the two numbers always showed that the phone was busy and no one answered. Text/Reporter Li Tiezhu

Industry insiders

None of the multiple protective devices worked

I have never encountered this kind of thing after working for more than 20 years. , which is almost impossible. "Yesterday, the person in charge of an elevator maintenance company said. Now friends in the elevator circle are also discussing this matter, and everyone agrees that this elevator has major problems in quality and maintenance.

This According to a person in charge, in order to protect the safety of passengers, there are many safety devices in the escalator, including emergency stop buttons, cover opening switches, comb protection devices, etc. However, when this incident occurred, none of the safety devices were activated. It is almost impossible. If any device works, no one will die. This shows that there is a huge problem in the quality or maintenance procedures of this elevator.

When the incident occurred, Ms. Xiang stepped on the cover and fell down and was pulled into the escalator. As to why the cover moved, some people said that the screws were not tightened properly. The person in charge of the elevator company said that the cover should have been fixed with four screws. , but in theory, even if none of the four screws are installed, it will not be knocked over because there are actually slots under the cover, and the slots can fix the cover in only two ways. The reason was either that the cover was not placed in the card slot and would shake, or it was too tight. According to the family of the deceased, Ms. Xiang took her child to the elevator, and when she was halfway there, someone shouted, "The cover is broken, the cover is broken." "In this case, it is not surprising that the lady stepped on the cover board.

In fact, under the cover board is a foundation pit about one meter deep. This location is for maintenance personnel. There should be a safety switch in the maintenance pit. If Ms. Xiang touches this switch after falling, the elevator can stop. However, Ms. Xiang was still pulled into the elevator. Theoretically, the elevator's comb teeth were stuck. It should have stopped when it encountered foreign objects, but this device didn’t work either. “Under the escalator are various iron chains, conveyor chains, bearings, and bite devices. Once people enter, it’s over. Therefore, this elevator either has a quality problem, or the personnel made a major mistake during the maintenance process, failed to do what should be done, or the procedures were reversed. ”

The person in charge of the elevator company said that the entire elevator industry is now relatively chaotic. There are hundreds of companies in some cities, and competition with each other is fierce. They even cut corners in order to save costs. Some companies are not willing to do follow-up maintenance. Spend money on it.