Science Abuse Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 fuckin sad http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=221104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 A friend of mine from Erie was telling me about this yesterday, said his brother went to high school with the guy. It's been several years since I've been in Stradley, but if I recall that dorm is older. Still, if there have been complaints about elevators not working properly they should have been fixed immediately, or shut down until they could be worked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Any complaint that could be a safety issue should be closed off for inspection no matter what it is. This should have never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotCarl Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Any complaint that could be a safety issue should be closed off for inspection no matter what it is. This should have never happened. In any sort of manufactering plant or area its simply called "lock out, tag out" and does exactly what it states. Signs are places, and the device is puposfully made inoperable until it can be fixed by maintenance. Obviously this should've happened in this case but it didnt. Im sure there will be a multimillion dollar wrongful death suite made against OSU and they will settle out of court for an undisclosed amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=local&id=4684784 "Twenty-four people had crowded into a dormitory elevator before it pinned and killed an Ohio State University freshman, exceeding its weight capacity by as much as 1,100 pounds, a fire official said Monday." I wonder ehy it might have had a failure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 wow Ifeel for his family and the people in the elevator that had to watch him die. very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351mach11647545510 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 A friend of mine from Erie was telling me about this yesterday, said his brother went to high school with the guy. It's been several years since I've been in Stradley, but if I recall that dorm is older. Still, if there have been complaints about elevators not working properly they should have been fixed immediately, or shut down until they could be worked on. I thought it was mandatory for all elevators to have an inspection once a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey2721 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=local&id=4684784 "Twenty-four people had crowded into a dormitory elevator before it pinned and killed an Ohio State University freshman, exceeding its weight capacity by as much as 1,100 pounds, a fire official said Monday." I wonder ehy it might have had a failure... If a elevator is over limit, isnt it supposed to have a fail safe that will not allow it to operate, until the weight in the car is lowered? later, jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/24/elevator.death.ap/index.html It says in there that it passed every inspection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn1647545492 Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 i could not tell you how many times i was in those elevators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted October 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 3600lbs, if everyone was a slim 150 lbs. It was probably closer to 4500lbs. If the elevator was made for 2500lb, the emergency friction brake cant be expected to perform with more then 1000lb over, they only test to +25%. 2000lb over = doom. I've changed my opinion of this kid. You dont flee a half stopped elevator, dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copperhead Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 From my experiance, dorm elevators are constantly overcrowded. Maybe now kids will realize that its worth waiting a couple extra minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbomark Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 I guess there were like 6 other elevators in the park/stradley/steeb etc dorms that failed a weight test this week. It's really sad that osu put so much money into new facilities when the most important ones, the places people live, fell under the radar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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