PugJesus@lemmy.worldBannedM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoFile clerks at elevator desks in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1937lemmy.worldimagemessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1669
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minus-squarexpinchx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoThe obvious one is an enclosure or latches door to prevent accidental falls. They might be wearing fall protection that we can’t see but I doubt it. There’s a good chance nobody ever fell from one of these but those regulations exist for a reason. Maybe less obvious is fail-safes for any elevator system so if the brakes fail it doesn’t freefall into the ground.
The obvious one is an enclosure or latches door to prevent accidental falls. They might be wearing fall protection that we can’t see but I doubt it.
There’s a good chance nobody ever fell from one of these but those regulations exist for a reason.
Maybe less obvious is fail-safes for any elevator system so if the brakes fail it doesn’t freefall into the ground.