South Florida Injury Lawyer Blog
Escalators are everywhere – in shopping malls, sports stadiums, office buildings, airports, subways, and many other multi-story structures. Escalators are essentially big conveyor belts designed to carry people up and down floors like a moving staircase. As mechanical devices, they have many components that need to function perfectly in order to maintain safety. But sometimes they don’t, and that can lead to injury.
Serious escalator accidents are uncommon in comparison to other types of injuries, but there are still 10,000 injuries per year caused by escalators that require emergency care.