Elevator Safety Everyone Should Know: The EESF’s Mission | Amber Catlin-Kolodziej Interview

In this episode, Matt Allred interviews Amber Catlin-Kolodziej, the Executive Director of the Elevator escalator Safety Foundation. The EESF’s mission is to educate the general public on the proper and safe use of elevators and escalators. Amber’s goal is to further enable the EESF to keep our friends and family safe when they are using vertical transportation. Amber has a background working with non-profits and finds the elevator industry to be the warmest and most welcoming she has ever been involved with.

The EESF can be found at: https://www.eesf.org/

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

1:41 How Amber got started in the elevator industry

4:05 Amber’s impressions of the elevator industry

5:13 What Amber has learned about the industry

6:07 How EESF came to be

8:50 EESF’s current board and other supporting organizations

9:21 Public injuries that led to the need for education

9:31 Safety issues for children on escalators and elevators

11:32 Challenges with COVID for in-person classroom programs

12:33 Volunteer roles to spread EESF’s message

12:46 Sharing on social media and the Safety Writers website

13:05 Contacting EESF about needs and suggested improvements

13:39 Elevator Safety Week

15:31 52 Weeks of Safety collaboration

0:17:57 Final thoughts