The Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC) recently advised that residential elevators may have excessive space between the elevator car door/gate and the hoistway or swing door. The hazard is that the space between the elevator closed door and hoistway door is large enough to allow a child to fit between the closed doors and jurisdictions may not be following ASME A17.1-2016, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators which limits this space. Read full article regarding advisory here: CPSC alert.
For questions regarding this matter, please contact Kaese Dillman, Chief Elevator Inspector with the State of Maryland at ralph.dillman@maryland.gov or 410-767-2350.
For additional information, please contact Washington County's Public Relations and Marketing Department at 240-313-2380.
