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File clerks at elevator desks in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1937 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

The obvious one is an enclosure or latches door to prevent accidental falls. They might be wearing fall protection that we can't see but I doubt it.

There's a good chance nobody ever fell from one of these but those regulations exist for a reason.

Maybe less obvious is fail-safes for any elevator system so if the brakes fail it doesn't freefall into the ground.