A young mother has warned other parents after her child’s shoe was dragged into an escalator.
Quick-thinking Olivia Jill pulled her daughter’s foot from her shoe, escaping serious injury, but she said the close call left her shaken.
“Millie’s Croc got trapped in the side of the escalator halfway up,” Jill wrote on social media.
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“Thankfully, I got her foot out straight away.
“(It) really shook me up. If I didn’t pull her foot out I dread to think what would have happened (if) it just kept going with her foot in it.
“Apparently was a ‘freak accident’ but I just want to warn others to keep their children away from the sides.”
While Jill was told it was a “freak accident”, injuries involving Crocs and escalators are all too common.
One comment on Jill’s post noted that, in the US, “a lot of escalators” have warning signs specifically advising against wearing Crocs on them.
US firm TSR Injury Law partner Steven Terry said: “(Crocs) have come under serious scrutiny due to escalator accidents involving the shoes. These accidents almost always involve a child wearing their colourful Crocs.
“What happens in escalator accidents is that a child will be standing on the outside of the step. The shoe, which is made of plastic, will rub against the side of the escalator.
“This friction generates heat, which then melts the plastic just enough that it can be drawn into the gap between the step and the side of the escalator.
“Once the shoe has been drawn into the side of the escalator, it is all too easy for it to get caught in the mechanism driving the stairs.
“This continues to occur until a child’s foot is cut or maimed.”
The company’s website says Crocs are made from a trademarked polymer-based, closed-cell resin called Croslite.
7NEWS.com.au has contacted Crocs for comment.
Other people applauded Jill’s fast efforts to save her child from injury.
“I’m so glad you got her out in time,” one person wrote.
“Thank goodness Millie (is) OK, with your quick actions,” another said.
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