When elevators attack I.Have you ever wondered about those inspection certificates in elevators? I have, especially after a new story about some poor soul falling down an elevator elevator, in machinery elevator, in machinery, device for transporting people or goods from one level to another. The term is applied to the enclosed structures as well as the open platforms used to provide vertical transportation in buildings, large ships, shaft shaft (shaft) a long slender part, such as the diaphysis of a long bone. shaft n. 1. An elongated rodlike structure, such as the midsection of a long bone. 2. after the door had been left open or the elevator itself suddenly plummeting to the basement This article is about the section of a building. For the foundation, see Basement rock. A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Slab-on-grade buildings do not have basements. . The sign that always leaves me a little nervous is the one that says, "Inspection certificate available in manager's office." If I'm already in the elevator, I'd like to see the real thing. Well it turns out that if you live in Washington, D.C., you're right to be concerned. A Washington television station, WUSA WUSA Women's United Soccer Association WUSA Windows Update Standalone Installer , has discovered that more than half of the district's elevators lack valid licenses. The city has only two elevator inspectors, one of whom told a reporter that elevators with "life and limb hazards" are put back in service when owners sign a letter of intent to repair the problem. |
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