A safety switch ... the escalator, which was moving downward. The report, citing accounts from first responders, says the boy's fingers were caught where the escalator steps meet the comb plates ...

The defense also contended that the escalator didn’t have to have an additional safety feature known as a “step-comb impact device” because it wasn’t required by code in 1988 when the ...

Sound Transit's light rail station escalators ... comb plate—something everyone must walk over in order to ride the escalator, something that's seeming more and more like a privilege. Impact ...

The parents of a 3-year-old girl who lost four fingers in a Houston-area H-E-B store escalator accident are suing the grocery store giant along with the escalator manufacturer. The lawsuit accuses ...