[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13537]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Petition Requesting Development of Safety Standard for Escalators
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has received a petition from Scott and Diana
Anderson for development of a safety standard for escalators. The
petition alleges that escalators are associated with unreasonable risks
of serious injuries resulting from entrapment of feet, toes, and other
body parts in openings between the moving stairs and the sides of
escalators. The Commission solicits written comments concerning the
petition.
DATES: Comments on the petition and the report should be received in
the Office of the Secretary by July 21, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments, preferably in five copies, should be mailed to the
Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission,
Washington, DC 20207, telephone (301) 504-0800, or delivered to the
Office of the Secretary, Room 502, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda,
Maryland 20814; telephone (301) 504-0800. Alternatively, comments may
be filed by telefacsimile to (301) 504-0127 or by email to os@cpsc.gov. Comments should be captioned ``Petition CP 97-1 Requesting
Development of a Safety Standard for Escalators.'' A copy of the
petition is available for inspection at the Commission's Public Reading
Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rockelle Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207;
telephone (301) 504-0800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission has docketed a submission
from Scott and Diana Anderson requesting development of a safety
standard for escalators as a petition for rulemaking under the Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2051 et seq.).
The petition requests development of a standard containing
requirements to prevent entrapment of feet, toes, and other body parts
in openings between the moving stairs and the sides of escalators and
requirements for signs to warn consumers of risks of injury associated
with escalators. The Commission solicits written comments on this
petition from all interested persons through July 21, 1997.
A copy of the petition is available for inspection at the
Commission's Public Reading Room, Room 419, 4330 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, Maryland. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the
petition by calling or writing to Rockelle Hammond, Office of the
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D.C. 20207;
telephone (301) 504-0800.
Dated: May 19, 1997.
Sadye E. Dunn,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 97-13537 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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