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Escalator safety

Submitted by Guest on February 8, 2008 - 17:02.

My husband works in elevator/escalator construction and repair. Most people view escalators as perfectly safe. They are not. The guys are always going to to repair escalators and are picking out bits of toes, and fingers which get cut off. Parents constantly let their children play around these things and whenever one of the repair guys cautions the parents he would get met with anger by the parents. I did not let my kids on escalators until they were over five years old and even now, I monitor all the time where their toes and fingers are and I constantly speak to them about being safe while they are on them. What do you all think those brushes on the sides of the escalator are for????? If the average person knew what the repairman's family knew, they wouldn't blame the shoes or the shoe company.

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