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Friend Stuck In Lift...
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I'm chatting to friend via Facebook, who is stuck in lift at her workplace She been in there hour already & been told about another 40 mins before lift engineer can arrive. Lucky she has phone & able get internet signal to keep in touch with me & other friends, to keep us updated & her calm. Her boyfriend since arrived at her works place & talking to her through door. How would you cope? Could you keep calm for so long.
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Got stuck many years ago, on my way from top floor office to ground floor where my desk was, with a tray of work that required checking and signing off. I sat on the floor and got started on the work until they rounded up several of the men to wind the lift up manually and find a special lever to open the doors. My only complaint was that they pulled me back to the top, and not down to the ground floor. Ha Ha.
(Methinks this has been posted in the wrong category)
The lift in our college hall of residence got stuck on a regular basis (probably because we kept trying to set a new record for the number of people that you could get in it!). Apart from the problem of needing a loo, such incidents have never really bothered me.
The railway station where I worked had a lift in the car park. If the emergency button was pressed the call went through to the station supervisor's office but and then, if there was no answer, was automatically forwarded to the station supervisor. The supervisory team pointed out that we'd not actually be told what to do if anyone called, so we were told that we'd have to attend a course on releasing people from the lift. It took a year to arrange the course, eventually leaving management satisfied that they'd complied with their duty until we pointed out that we couldn't carry out the procedure without access to the machinery room and we'd not got a key! It took several months before keys were cut but, at last, we were equipped to cope with an emergency.
When someone finally did get stuck in the lift he pressed the emergency button, only to get no response. (He had to call the fire brigade from his mobile). The subsequent investigation showed that the phone line had been cut off because the rail company's finance section had been ignoring phone bills addressed to 'The Lift Room, Station Car Park, . . . ', thinking that they were sent out in error!
The lift in our college hall of residence got stuck on a regular basis (probably because we kept trying to set a new record for the number of people that you could get in it!). Apart from the problem of needing a loo, such incidents have never really bothered me.
The railway station where I worked had a lift in the car park. If the emergency button was pressed the call went through to the station supervisor's office but and then, if there was no answer, was automatically forwarded to the station supervisor. The supervisory team pointed out that we'd not actually be told what to do if anyone called, so we were told that we'd have to attend a course on releasing people from the lift. It took a year to arrange the course, eventually leaving management satisfied that they'd complied with their duty until we pointed out that we couldn't carry out the procedure without access to the machinery room and we'd not got a key! It took several months before keys were cut but, at last, we were equipped to cope with an emergency.
When someone finally did get stuck in the lift he pressed the emergency button, only to get no response. (He had to call the fire brigade from his mobile). The subsequent investigation showed that the phone line had been cut off because the rail company's finance section had been ignoring phone bills addressed to 'The Lift Room, Station Car Park, . . . ', thinking that they were sent out in error!
Yeah we're all amazed (including her) that she got any signal in there. The people trying sort it say they will call fire brigade soon if engineer don't turn up soon. She is very calm about it all .. probably be different if couldn't get any communication but she got us of FB, boyfriend other side of door she can shout to & she knows people trying help. Not sure I'd be so calm!
It's actually very easy to get someone out of a lift when you've got the right keys and a bit of basic training:
Gain access to machinery room. Collect the 'lift out of use' warning signs and place them on each floor. Return to the lift room and disconnect power from the lift motors, securing the power switch with a padlock. Use the intercom to speak to those trapped, advising them that they'll feel a series of jolts followed by a very loud buzzer. Manually pump the lift down a few inches at a time. Stop when the buzzer sounds. Go to the appropriate floor and force the doors open.
Gain access to machinery room. Collect the 'lift out of use' warning signs and place them on each floor. Return to the lift room and disconnect power from the lift motors, securing the power switch with a padlock. Use the intercom to speak to those trapped, advising them that they'll feel a series of jolts followed by a very loud buzzer. Manually pump the lift down a few inches at a time. Stop when the buzzer sounds. Go to the appropriate floor and force the doors open.
