Risk Management of the Escalator Overturned Accident

Escalator is a vehicle related to people's daily life closely while it incurs safety problems frequently.Therefore,developing a new methodology for escalator safety assessment is very important.In this paper,the related suitable risk analysis models for the escalator overturned accident were proposed on different risk management stages.Firstly,field of the escalator was surveyed and information was collected to identify the danger sources.Secondly,a safety assessment process was done for escalator risk evaluation.Then the dangerous levels were devised based on the LEC evaluation method.According to the results,targeted management measures suggestions and effective safety strategy were proposed finally to solve the escalator overturned problems.The practice has proven that the safety assessment method in this paper is convenient,efficient and effective,which helps to improve the elevators safety level in China and supports the government management.