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OTIS ELEVATOR elevators and other lifts

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Aug 28, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Aug 28, 2015the latest report was made
  • Aug 28, 2015the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
None given: no report names a brand, so the group is named for its maker, OTIS ELEVATOR
Maker
OTIS ELEVATORMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Elevators and other liftsNot escalators, hoists or jacksCPSC’s product type: Elevators or Other Lifts (Excl. Escalators, Hoists, Jacks, (code 1889), in Products at Public Facilities: Other

By month

1 report from September 2014 to August 2015; the most in August 2015, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
August 20151

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Hospital admission 1 CPSC: Injury, Hospital Admission

As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.

The reports, as CPSC published them

Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.

Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. Hospital admission

    Made Aug 28, 2015, sent to the company Oct 13, 2015, published by CPSC Sep 29, 2015

    The product, in the report: Cemcolift Inc. residential elevator installed by California Custom Lifts, 13802 West Street, Garden Grove, CA 92843-3913.

    A 5 year-old girl suffered crush injuries while using a residential home elevator in a vacation property in Hermosa, California when she became trapped between the accordion door on the elevator car and the hoistway door. She was trapped for an extended period of time and had to be extricated from the elevator by rescue personnel. The girl was diagnosed with fractures of her acetabulum, crush injury, foot drop and apraxia.

    Bought from
    California Custom Lifts
    Where
    Hermosa,, California: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 5, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Client, Patient, Student, Etc. (professional relationship)
    As this report names them
    made or sold by OTIS ELEVATOR
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, Hospital Admission

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.

    Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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