Porta Recalls Residential Elevators with Plastic Door Locks
Porta Inc. is recalling about 60,000 residential elevators because plastic door locks may fail, allowing doors to open before the car arrives and posing a fall hazard.
What this means for you
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (fall hazard) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the High severity criteria in the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Porta Inc. is recalling approximately 60,000 residential elevators equipped with electro mechanical door locks (EMDLs) that use plastic latches and keepers. The affected locks were installed as part of complete residential elevator systems sold to elevator manufacturers nationwide between January 2005 and December 2011. The plastic components can fail, potentially allowing the landing door to open before the elevator car has arrived at the floor.
The company has received two reports of lock failure, but no injuries have been reported. The hazard is identified as a serious fall risk for consumers attempting to board the elevator. Affected locks feature a plastic generation 1, 2, 3, or 4 latch and keeper attached to the upper corner on the elevator side of each landing door, with a UL or ETL label on the bottom of the EMDL box printed with "Porta Inc."
Consumers should immediately stop using elevators equipped with these locks and contact their elevator service company to have the plastic locks replaced with metal parts. Consumers can also contact Porta Inc. toll-free at 844-719-9037 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. CT Monday through Thursday, or visit www.emiporta.com and click on “Important Product Safety Notice” for more information.
The recalled product
- Product
- Residential elevators with electro mechanical door locks (EMDLs)
- Manufacturer
- Porta Inc., of Arlington Heights, Ill.
- Affected units
- 60,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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