Editing Yan Lift (section)

{{Short description|US-based ski lift manufacturer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name  = Lift Engineering & Mfg. Co.
| logo  = Yanliftslogo.PNG
| fate          = Bankrupt
| foundation    = 1965<br>[[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], Nevada, United States
| defunct       = 1996 
| location      = [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], Nevada, United States
| industry      = Aerial lift manufacturer
| key_people    = [[Jan K. Kunczynski]]<br/>[[Les Okreglak]]
| products      = [[Ski lift]]s, Rails ([[Funicular]], [[Monorail]])
| num_employees = <!--peak number of employees-->
}}
[[File:Yan logo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The nameplate found on Lift Engineering's ski lifts.]]
'''Yan Lift''', incorporated as '''Lift Engineering & Mfg. Co.''', was a major [[List of aerial lift manufacturers|ski lift manufacturer]] in North America. Founded in 1965 and based in [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], Nevada, the company built at least 200 fixed-grip chairlifts,{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} as well as 31 high-speed quads.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Landsman|first=Peter|url=https://liftblog.com/2016/03/15/yan-high-speed-quads-20-years-later/|title=Yan High Speed Quad Retrofits 20 Years Later|date=March 15, 2016|work=Lift Blog|access-date=February 23, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> The company's lifts have been involved in the deaths of five people and the injury of at least 70, the worst total safety record of any ski-lift maker operating in North America.

The firm came under scrutiny by state safety officials after a fatal incident in 1985. After a series of equipment failures, Yan Lifts were outlawed in certain states including California and Colorado. The company later filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1996 after multiple other incidents resulting in 3 deaths.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/chairlift/yan1.html|title=History of Yanek Kunczynski|last=TCSP|website=www.coloradoskihistory.com|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> Eventually, Yan Lifts manufactured new track and cables for the [[Angels Flight]] [[funicular]], but the company, now called YanTrak, went out of business in 2001 after a major accident.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uncontrolled Movement, Collision, and Passenger Fatality on the Angels Flight Railway in Los Angeles, California February 1, 2001 |url=http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2003/RAR0303.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022062451/http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2003/RAR0303.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2011|date=October 22, 2011|access-date=October 7, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/no-angelhow-did-an-engineer-with-a-history-of-fatal/article_8a5b9a53-8c94-5cc5-9ece-be80c22af613.html|title=No AngelHow Did an Engineer With a History of Fatal Accidents Get Hired to Build the Bunker Hill Railway?|last=Mandell|first=Jason|website=Los Angeles Downtown News - The Voice of Downtown Los Angeles|date=August 18, 2003 |language=en|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>

The last detachable chairlift made fully designed and built by Yan, La Roca, located at [[Espot Esquí]], closed in 2019 after failure leading to one of the chairs falling off the line occurred.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nevasport.com/noticias/art/56692/espot-queda-cerrada-sin-fecha-de-apertura-por-la-averia-de-un-telesilla/|title=Espot está cerrada y sin fecha de apertura por un fallo en un telesilla|last=M|first=Ivan|website=Nevasport.com|date=February 3, 2019 |language=es|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tsd4-roca-yan-lift-engineering-reac-1057.html|title=TSD 4 Roca|date=February 23, 2020|website=Remontees Mecaniques|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>

Only one Lift Engineering Detachable remains, found at the Nazhvan Forest Park in Iran. It uses the safer Pol-X-West grips which retrofit traditional coil springs instead of the rubber ones.