Safety landing

A safety landing for use in a longitudinally extending shaft, the safety landing comprising:

• a) a support panel positionable within the shaft, the support panel comprising at least one attachment portion for attaching to the shaft, an upwardly facing first support surface, an upwardly facing second support surface spaced horizontally apart from and at an elevation below the first support surface, and a horizontally facing abutment surface between the first and second support surfaces;
• b) a platform having a first end movably connected to the first support panel, a second end opposite the first end, an upper surface having an engagement portion adjacent the first end, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and an end surface at the first end, the first platform movable between:
• i) a closed position in which the platform extends horizontally across the shaft with the upper surface of the platform directed upwardly to support a user and the lower surface of the platform resting on the first support surface;
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• ii) an open position in which the platform is generally upright with the engagement portion of the upper surface adjacent and facing the abutment surface and the end surface of the platform resting on the second support surface, and in which the platform is inhibited from pivoting toward the closed position via engagement between the engagement portion and the abutment surface and between the end surface and the second support surface, and wherein the platform is pivotable back toward the closed position only after the platform is translated upwardly from the open position so that the end surface is lifted off the second support surface and the engagement portion of the upper surface is raised to an elevation above the abutment surface.