Elevator & Escalator Accidents
Ron Creak has specialized in the investigation of elevator accidents for 25 years, first as a Corporate Risk Manager at a national elevator company, and since then as an independent consultant and elevator expert witness.
He has investigated more than 3000 lawsuits and claims, involving personal injuries and property damage, arising from the following conditions:
(Also see types of Elevator and Escalator Equipment Systems, and Equipment Manufacturers.)
Catastrophic failure and crash of elevator car frame
Catastrophic failure and crash of elevator counterweight frame
Catastrophic failure and crash of passenger elevator hydraulic cylinders
Unintended movement of elevator in up direction
Elevator running with doors open
Elevator over-speed safety application
Elevator hoist machine brake application
Elevator buffer engagement
Elevator drive sheave traction
Elevator door re-opening safety device
Elevator floor leveling system
Elevator technician entrapped by car top equipment
Passenger entrapment between elevator car door and hoistway swing door
Passenger entrapment in elevator between floors
Passenger fall down elevator hoistway while exiting stalled elevator
Child playing on top of elevator entrapped by hoistway equipment
Student fall down elevator hoistway while suspended in chair from bottom of elevator
Passenger fall down elevator hoistway while holding on to bottom of elevator
Escalator comb to step tread clearance
Escalator step to step clearance
Escalator step and handrail operating speed
Escalator stop in down direction
Escalator step to skirt clearance
Passenger fall over side of escalator
