[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 cpsc-
[email protected]. 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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