Gallery of Shame These are some of the more notably poor practices we have encountered in our elevator maintenance audits. Elevator design with plastic sheaves and Kevlar roping Severe corrosion of pit steel Zero clearance of hoist ropes and sheave to ceiling Elevator pit filled with trash – fire hazard Inadequate fastening of main elevator support beams Sheave grooves worn with rope pattern Severe rope corrosion Screwdriver used as shim in machine Relay hanging by wires Pigeon nesting in controller Oil dripping from machine onto car roof and into elevator cab Messy machine room Fuses defeated with copper wire Duct tape in lieu of cover plate Dirty stop switch in pit Dirty car top fan Corroded high pressure oil – imminent safety hazard Bypassed fire detector in hoistway Broken worm gear in working elevator Badly corroded hoist ropes 600 volt loose connection
