Recently, the Lumination Network staff has been hearing complaints from the students concerning the safety of elevators on campus. To put those rumors to rest, Lumination news investigated these claims and spoke with Anna Hampton, who was trapped inside the Johnson Hall elevator for over 10 minutes.
According to Hampton, when the elevator reached the third floor the doors just wouldn’t open. They rode the elevator up to the fourth floor, then back down to the first floor to prevent a four-story free-fall. Eventually Lipscomb Security came and pried open the elevator doors, offering no real explanation as to why the incident occurred.
With this occurrence, and the elevator mishap in High Rise last semester which caused the elevator to drop eight stories with a student inside, questions are being raised about the maintenance on the elevator systems.
Jeff Wilson, Director of Facilities and Retail Operations assured Lumination that the university has the situation under control. Lipscomb contracts with Kone, a elevator maintenance and repair company, who are called out every time an incident occurs. Additionally, Kone does regular inspections on the elevators to insure their safety.