Carlsbad Caverns Elevator safety test Crash Landing

Part of the safety testing involves running elevator cabs at full speed (over 800' per minute) into hydraulic buffer cylinders in the elevator pit. This is what it looks like from below. The counterweight will rise and the cab will soon appear in center right. The lights inside the cab are lighting up the shaft walls as it descends toward you.

[@Starsurfer1988]

First I thought that cab was burning like in movies when it came down

[@SquareIsNotCool]

Starsurfer1988 same

[@infinityfox_yt2677]

Starsurfer1988 yeah true

[@markhesse4510]

Not enough friction IRL

[@КристинаЧеркасова-ъ8е]

Фыссчч Все при своем дякую со много сегодня мы не будем снимать ничего сам пока

[@Houtarou_Hyouka_Unforgiven]

Still not understand why people know movie always fake but still thought it's gonna like movie

[@JAVTROOPER]

So it's safe 😲 unbelievable I've got so much fear on elevator but the reality is engineer working very hard to make it safe

[@josepimentel1666]

Engineer?

[@SSHEINI82736]

@@josepimentel1666 The ones that develope these elevators are working very hard in order to make it secure. That´s what he tried to say :)

[@josepimentel1666]

@@SSHEINI82736 that sound much better 😅

[@crazysh1t416]

Some people my uncle made a elavator it's in my uncle's house it crashed Manny times

[@JAVTROOPER]

@@josepimentel1666 so who built those thing? God?

[@firealarmtechguy4444]

1:59 RIP headphone users with loud volume

[@RichardCox0]

FireAlarmTechGuy4444 thank you for the warning 👌

[@tiktokaddict5867]

That's what happened to me HAHAHHA

[@randomguy9777]

Too late

[@epiccitybuilders]

To answer the question, yes elevators fall or crash *upwards*. The counterweight (aka silent killer) will drop down. That is why you see the lift cables on top of the elevator as it's coming up in this video. The counterweight is called the silent killer as mechanics standing on the roof of the elevator looking down can loose their heads not realizing the weight is coming down as they go up. Last but not least, don't jump on an elevator! The machine feels weight loss and stops in safety mode causing the techs to have to go down and reset the elevators hours later. Yes, sometimes hours.

[@MartinGamer6241]

Is going up or down?

[@DepakoteMeister]

@@MartinGamer6241 It's going down, or this is on a planet with no gravity, look at the two thick dangling cables.

[@MartinGamer6241]

I discovered it in 3 months that was going down but thanks too Edit: i put wrong the number

[@chrismontalban5538]

It looks to be survivable but may end up with some broken bones. Great safety feature, however.

[@fizzyafm5141]

I work on high speed elevator in business centers's buildings. "Parachute" system (emergency stop if the cabin overspeeds without control) is made to stop the cabin in a calculated way, so it will not kill you, but at best it will break your legs and may cause spine injuries. But these accidents are really really rare. However, it happened to a collegue 3 years ago on a brand new elevator travelling at 7m/s. The elevator engaged the parachute emergency stop, making it go from 7m/s to 0 in less than 50cm of traveling distance. He got his 2 legs broken and spine got damaged also. He is still recovering and not working anymore.

[@wallflower15875]

@@fizzyafm5141 would lying down flat on the elevator floor in such an event prevent any serious injury? Or would that introduce potential trauma to the head from the floor during impact?

[@fizzyafm5141]

@@wallflower15875 I guess that yes, laying down on your back with your head down to the ground would avoid you knees/spine injuries. But if you're caught on a cabin catching the pararuche system, you won't have time to realise it that the cabin would've stoped already. Again, this type of emergency is extremely rare. Elevators are still the safest means of transportation, even safer than planes.

[@DepakoteMeister]

@@fizzyafm5141 Aircraft are one of the least safe methods of transport, right up there with cycling and motorbikes. The air travel industry just makes it look safer by comparing accident rates per miles travelled, instead of the apples to apples comparison of accidents per journey.

[@mrfrenzy.]

​@DepakoteMeister if you want to go for example from LA to NY, flying is indeed the safest option. If you want to go to your local grocery store, walking is usually the safest option, followed by driving. It is very difficult to find a trip between cities that is safer to drive than to fly.

[@justino.k.5647]

It escalated Way too fast.

[@Historail]

That pun does not work because the elevator was going down

[@shou_gana1]

@@Historail .... Should I r whoosh you

[@abudabi171]

De-

[@randomaccount6146]

@@shou_gana1 you cant because he understands this is a joke

[@NapsterBaaaad]

No. This is clearly an elevator, not an escalator.

[@gertjanvandermeij4265]

start at 1:30

[@Kaiandherfloof]

This is actually kind of cool to watch even though it scared the crap out of me when it fell 😂

[@anpexroblox3371]

I'm always going to take the stairs now

[@gavcom4060]

why? this is as safe as it gets you have a higher chance of dying on the stairs

[@caroleast9636]

2:08 The stairs are way more risky than riding in the lift. Don’t forget, this was a deliberate contrived run into the buffer to test it. This is to make sure that it will work If it’s needed. That’s hardly ever going to happen anyway….but tested just in case !

[@FLIXYPLAYSSTUF]

1:58 When I ate 40 canned beans.

[@samhulbert1750]

someone forgot where the flexes hung! lol. was that fully loaded or empty car?

[@josephgimeno819]

The cab is loaded with iron weights to 150% of the rated load. BTW.....The counterweights are also 150% of a fully loaded car. Elevators cannot fall down a shaft unless the support or suspension is severed. They will actually coast upwards. All the old movies that show it plummeting down the shaft? Doesn't really happen in the real world. Way too many safety devices built into them.

[@matthewmcquillen5518]

They load it at 125% and the counterweight is anywhere from 140% of load to 150% depending on drive.

[@xtremestegosaurus3504]

seeing as they were already there and the video is called "crash test" im assuming that the elevator cabin was empty, otherwise they 1. wouldnt have been there in the first place 2. probably told anyone still loitering about the lift shaft to fuck off in a polite way and then threatened to throw them down in to the black abyss of death

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

1:50

[@donalddavis581]

always tears something up.cables off a sheave...etc......but a necessesary evil... I always dreaded it....

[@cymaticCS]

Damn, I shouldn't have watched this...

[@arcangelamontatore8337]

My heart is blowed on elevator crashed is not prank

[@ALANSWEETIES99]

You've startled me for h**k at it! That was cause damage your camera.

[@Khaledamrouche11710]

Oof

[@Dragance202]

🤦‍♂️😂😎👍

[@leamagdova9925]

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[@dominikmilien]

Češi tu!!!!!!!!

[@seanjuth]

It would be even safer with a hydraulic elevator

[@xtradense6229]

Hydraulics are actually less safe then most elevators. The point of this video is to test the pit buffer not to show that this is what would happen

[@bronxbomber0079]

NST TEST

[@reihansantoso828]

what name elevator

[@KevinRandomRecordsKRREC]

There's No Name Idiot All Elevators Has No Name

[@kokotajebka]

My head on the buffer

[@jean-simonemontoya9678]

That was very loud and bad

[@alenm6640]

!!!

[@dancoulson6579]

What if when the elevator has a major malfunction, and a hole forms on the floor of the elevator. Then someone falls out of the hole, and lands on the buffer, and are still alive. But then the elevator starts to fall out of control and the persons head is between the buffer and the elevator?

[@R_110]

Then that would be the worlds most unlikely cause of impossible elevator deaths. Anywhere. Ever. But, you said "What if..." so in the event of catastrophic elevator failure, leading to accidental human head squashsplodery via head between the buffer and falling elevator car, you would have a very confused elevator mechanic, EMT, and coroner. The laws of physics would even be scratching it's head at this one. I'll do you one better though! How about, the floor falls out, person falls, survives fall, head is on top of the buffer and the car comes to an abrupt halt right on their head but has stopped so that it is putting just enough pressure to pin their head there... Now... not only are they in pain from the fall, they are in a forced uncomfortable claustrophobic position. Let us also assume that there were others in the car. They are now panicking (as you do in this situation) and are slightly shifting the car with their movements, putting even more stress on the individual below. Oh wait, the car is lighter with no floor and one less passenger. Let's say, the elevator starts to rise back up. Here comes the counterweight. Anyone care to take over and continue this dilemma? Again, this is all... "What if..." Why draw the line at the impossible? Let's shoot for ridiculous.

[@blueauraretriever]

he'd fkn die.

[@SparkySlow]

Then you need a therapist, mental dirangee people dont need to take elevators

[@anna-fleurfarnsworth104]

@@R_110 it's been 6 years but I've gotta say that's one hell of a comment and I love the word "squashsplodery"

[@hariranormal5584]

"Lift going down" "We have hit the buffer" "Doors opening"

[@coshiro1]

"We've have crashed. Anyways, going up"

[@Khaledamrouche11710]

Yes

[@Finnleyslevelcrossingsandfords]

@@coshiro1 😂

[@Engineer9736]

Unfortunate those cables hit the camera. That distorted the view on the actual impact. Makes it look much more worse. Impressive crash still though! I wonder if this safety testing does anything good for the actual structural integrity..

[@josephgimeno819]

When I set up the camera, I didn't think about the extra 4' or so that the cab and traveling cables would come down and compress the piston. The travelers ended up coming down between right the tripod legs, but just barely. The cabs and other parts/pieces/machinery is way stronger than they would ever need to be. Many factors of safety built into everything.

[@josephgimeno819]

The traveling cable landed right between the legs of the tripod. Usually they are about 7' above finished floor, but didn't think about the buffer cylinder compression. Lucked out on that. I zoomed in just a bit when I turned it on. That's my voice speaking to the control room. Also, I didn't turn off the camera, the battery ran out. Lucked out there too!

[@iheartmarkipliergame]

I jumped when the elevator crashed.. 😓

[@ms.b9362]

JustaLovelyFangirl same

[@darrylarbuthnot2738]

Me too

[@raJraJ-jr2hj]

I jumped when I saw your pfp...

[@pissandcornflakes9119]

i fuckin hate your profile pic

[@irenesilvadeaquino5621]

Cursed profile pic

[@gordrichardson25]

Great job on the travellers

[@omnielectron9616]

From that angle, it looks like a ghost train on fire coming to catch us all!

[@seanchivers5546]

Love the safety gears bouncing 👌 haha. Very nice I need to record from this angle next time. Nice

[@mikhail-khlashiknov]

elevator test safety at 1:59 100% Safe

[@kyanagarcia9661]

I been to Carlsbad cave before it was fun but cold

[@dygmore]

Camera is not broken? :D

[@denismitvan3357]

2:00 turn down your volume

[@xtremestegosaurus3504]

the noise is similar to the one in fnaf 2 when freddys tryna snek up on u

[@adamj6645]

Skip to 01:50.

[@wdowa94]

Yesterday i had unintended buffer test (final sensor failed) xD While on buffer "catchers" got activated in upwards direction aaaaaand... 2h of grinding them cab guiders

[@anna-fleurfarnsworth104]

😂🤦🤦🤦

[@markrembold2289]

It looks like a control fall, the elevator should be coming in much faster if it was really free falling.

[@aaliyahswartz8926]

True

[@gregp4701]

Well that fed into my nightmares about elevators nicely 😱😵‍💫🤣

[@Khaledamrouche11710]

noobs

[@kajetus0688]

1:59 dude u scared me af

[@mariecookies8828]

Rip headphones users

[@BBP749]

you can see the sparks which looks so cool

[@miniwa1698]

video starts at 1:30

[@keahd6807]

The fall starts on 1:00

[@najianezam8113]

More videos please

[@Calling321]

Were running into some turbulence...

[@edincerritos4934]

This would be scary watching this an a Elevator shaft

[@TheDylanJoyce]

Seems like a dumb question... but is it moving up? or down

[@TechOut]

Charles Randolph well have you ever seen something fall up?

[@epiccitybuilders]

Actually elevators crash up. The counterweight falls down when the brakes fail and the elevator crashes up. That's why you see the lifting cables on top of the elevator. You think that's loud, try being there and testing them lol

[@elevatorsofnebraska7946]

doesn't this break the elevator?

[@jomama153]

This was part of a mandatory 5 year testing that was done prior to turnover for public use, after being out of service for shaft repairs, rehabilitation. All of the the machinery is way tougher than it would ever need to be.

[@Edmocci]

Yes. But elevator testers get bored.

[@christopherlennon]

Yes this isn't necessary a safety gear test is just fine and to me that safety gear looked like it was failing

[@caroleast9636]

2:08 This was just a straightforward buffer test. The car frame should be able to stand that easily and the safety rods bouncing a bit is just to be expected

[@HardDriveGuruOfficial]

Not all of them, they still install elevators with ropes.

[@Kurokubi]

Techs and engineers just refer to the woven steel cables as ropes but assure you, they aren't actually hemp ropes.

[@mariagabrielahernandezlugo1362]

1:59 Crash!

[@SG118P]

1:55 volume warning

[@franilan2591]

The anticipation was too much 😵😭

[@TH3NO125]

1:59 BOOM!!!!!!🤯

[@AppleGuy7]

VIDEO STARTS ON 1:58

[@ankiagrawawal09]

Bro your camera is rip now or no

[@oliverwilliams832]

😮😮😮 baddest wreck

[@user-qy3rj6de8c]

2:00 music to my ears

[@Botz4Playz]

I subscribed

[@ccentralchannel4492]

1:59 video starts.

[@infinityfox_yt2677]

It sounds like a broken tv tell me in the comments what do think it sounds like

[@NRRNOAHRAYRODRIGUEZ]

2:08 nothing

[@cdredstone]

I cant tell if the elevator is horizontal or vertical

[@josephastier7421]

Roses are red, violets are blue The moneyshot starts at 1:52

[@elevatorbest6632]

Best

[@AminaAmina-tu8vp]

R.I.P camera and my ears

[@jaydenkearnssmith7838]

😅😅😅 же духе а вот и ю

[@IBobI]

I haven’t ridden an elevator in 5 years.

[@AverageReviewsYT]

Dropped your smoothie.

[@lada5035]

Was it on fire when It was coming down

[@salmanahmedkhan5895]

i was scared when a pipe hit the camera

[@emrahmalkoc8193]

isn't it without break system?

[@MrCajera1]

2:00 NOOOOOOOOO!!!! what happened??!!!

[@private_ant27]

Did it smash camra?

[@TosikCzyliJa]

They had a lot of likes

[@metiduva6823]

Woah thats sickkkkkkk👌👌👌👌👌👌WA

[@cuaderescyrus5720]

RIP headphone users

[@gdlepilevhd932]

R.i.p headphone users.

[@mrdarklampshade]

o wow

[@TosikCzyliJa]

R. I. P dislikes

[@bengalijoke]

Wow amazing 🥰🤩

[@henrydoesstuff213]

OMG

[@titaskucinskas979]

elevator quickly? 😲

[@ARelevators]

Owwwwwwww

[@grahamallen1970]

ACTION STARTS AT 1M 52S

[@CeruleanFilms]

There is no spoon...

[@nazturuygy8814]

That's so scary 😵

[@hyvahyva]

It looks like the safeties bounce on and off?

[@jomama153]

The wedge shaped pieces bouncing up and down are the brakes that grab the rail in case of emergency. Just one of the many layers of safety built in.

[@oknoob6064]

Lift is going up or down?????

[@epiccitybuilders]

Elevators fall up and the counterweight falls down. So it's crashing up

[@hariranormal5584]

@@epiccitybuilders this specific sequrency its crashing down tbh

[@Detailedstream]

OW!

[@gamingwithstacy7491]

That scarf me

[@e.mmr.roblox2633]

Omg ik verschoot

[@EMMAWONDERLAND1]

Holy c**ks out of it!!!

[@mohdashrulashrul2971]

😨

[@strashinsky]

I'm scared!!!

[@NESTABROWN9]

Hell elevator crash out loud!!!

[@ediunicko]

😂

[@runehallin-maaloe4088]

Me to Salman