Originally Posted by Vendzilla

Ok, I worked installing elevators for 7 1/2 years, I worked for Otis, US Elevators and a couple other companies in downtown LA . I worked off the temporary skips all the time and they can be scary. You're wearing a safety belt the whole time. I had one give way when we we're taking it apart, I was hanging upsidedown 30 floors up because of my apprentice. Shit happens, but you take precautions. Escalators scare me, they we're shooting a safety video on one and they took out a couple steps and let it run, the guy wasn't paying attention, slip in the between the two missing steps and lost his legs at the knee cap, all on video.