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January 29, 2019
Via Certified Mail and E-Mail
Via Email: peter.engwer@thyssenkrupp.com
Peter Engwer, Regional President
ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation
15141 E. Whittier Blvd.
Whittier, California 90603
Re: Elevator Incident on January 20, 2019 at John Peter Smith Hospital which is a part of Tarrant
County Hospital District d/b/a JPS Health Network (“JPS”)
Dear Mr. Peter Engwer:
How unfortunate that I must write you another letter so soon.
JPS was contacted today (Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019) by the Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation (TDLR) regarding the Jan. 20, 2019 incident in the elevator that seriously injured a team
member. An inspector from TDLR will be onsite as soon as practical to continue the agency’s review of
the elevator in question. We request the presence of a ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation (TKE)
technician who will be working under the direction of the inspector. JPS also will have a representative
from the subject matter expert present. JPS expects your full cooperation and transparency, although we
have not witnessed that to this point.
Because you have failed to provide all of the information previously requested, you leave us no
choice but to request our General Counsel to invoke our contractual privilege under our current Service
and Maintenance Agreement to submit a request for documents that would be subject to the Texas
Public Information Act in your possession pertaining to the service and maintenance of all JPS elevators,
including the elevator in which our team member was hurt. We are not asking you to create new
documents. We are asking for our information already in your possession, which you agreed in the
contract with JPS is public information. I struggle to understand the delay, and it raises more concerns in
the minds of our 6,700 team members who continue to have to use elevators every day in order to
provide life-saving care to our patients.

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It is difficult not to conclude that TKE is failing the taxpayers of Tarrant County, our team members
and our injured hospital employee.
Sincerely,

Robert Earley, president and CEO
JPS Health Network
cc:

David Johnston, Branch Manager
Luke Harrison, Branch Manager
Mr. Alan L. Rucker

Via Email: david.johnston@thyssenkrupp.com
Via Email: luke.harrison@thyssenkrupp.com
Via Email: arucker@mayerllp.com