Public documents of the State of Connecticut. . Another accident wascaused by the hoisting cable breaking and the elevator car fall-ing to the bottom of the shaft. A man waiting to put on a loadwas struck by the loose cable. Great care is taken of the elevators in some factories. Care-ful men operate them. The cables are examined each week,and the safety catches kept free from rust, and tested other places visited good appliances were found, but as nospecial care was taken of them, the eye bolts or cleavises hadbecome corroded with rust, and would not drop to releasesprings throw
Public documents of the State of Connecticut. . Another accident wascaused by the hoisting cable breaking and the elevator car fall-ing to the bottom of the shaft. A man waiting to put on a loadwas struck by the loose cable. Great care is taken of the elevators in some factories. Care-ful men operate them. The cables are examined each week,and the safety catches kept free from rust, and tested other places visited good appliances were found, but as nospecial care was taken of them, the eye bolts or cleavises hadbecome corroded with rust, and would not drop to releasesprings throwing out clutches on sides, or had become pinchedso that the cleavis would not drop and release springs. The steam from dye houses and the chlorine gas in papermills corrode iron very quickly, and safety appliances on theelevators are not apt to work in such places when tested. GUARDING OF ELEVATOR question has often been asked as to the best guards forelevator openings. Where automatic hatches or sliding: floors are used thev are. [} & ? nan 2), SI&4*~7*1XP ELEVATOR GATE. REPORT OP FACTORY INSPECTOR. 9 spoken of as a good safeguard, as the openings on each floorare guarded when the elevator is away. In some instances these hatches are used as a passageway,and in such case are considered dangerous. One accident was reported during the last year where a boy,crossing over an automatic hatch, as the elevator car was com-ing up, was caught between the hatcl* and side post, and, but forthe presence of mind of the man operating the car, would havebeen instantly killed. Bars, chains, or ropes are used in some factories, but theyare very apt to be found not in their proper position when theyare most needed, as they do not work automatically. In otherplaces gates are used ; but where these are closed by hand, theyeasily become deranged, and, as a consequence, are left opensome of the time. Many manufacturers are looking for an automatic elevatorgate, constructed so that it w
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