Regarding stairway requirements and risers....I wrote to all of you in the spring of 2003 with the story of my mom falling in an oral surgeon's office after she had been asked to ascend two steps in the office. When she came down from the risers, slipped, fell, and broke her hip. It was a...
About two months ago I posted a frantic plea inquiring about code violations regarding a public building that did not have handrails on two risers in the office and the tread on the stairs was out of compliance because it was unequal in size. As a teacher I did not know what to do. I had done...
Well, thanks to all of you, I have ventured into the unknown again. I wrote the (ADA) Department of Justice and posed the same questions. I found some very interesting pieces of info in the ADA law. I quote from it:
1. Small businesses have limited protection from lawsuits. Except with...
Okay, thanks so much to everyone for the advice. The original contractors stated that the area that my mother was requested to go up was never intended to be used for the public. Supposedly there was another room on ground level which was purported to be for paying bills and making...
Hi, I am a teacher. I am also new to this world. My mother had a slip and fall accident in a doctor's office. She fell descending the two or three risers. When she fell, she attempted to grap on to a handrail. The oral surgeon's office had no handrails. This was inside the building. The...
I am a teacher who needs help desperately. Does the ANSI 117.1 Code specifically require handrails on risers of two or more in a commercial building? Is this a state requirement, a federal requirement or simply a local regulation? See how incredibly stupid I am? My mom entered a commercial...
