The invention discloses a novel elevator cab top maintenance safety protection device which structurally comprises a safety operating system, a safety shoe switch, a door fan, a portal sill, a touchpanel connecting rod, a safety touch panel, a door vane, four door pulleys, a door machine guide rail and two auxiliary rods. The two auxiliary rods are horizontally welded at the left end and the right end of the safety operating system, the door machine guide rail is fixedly welded at the top of the front end of the safety operating system and in reinforcement connection with the safety operating system through a bolt, and the four door pulleys are horizontally embedded into the front end of the door machine guide rail. According to the device, when an elevator needs to be maintained by a maintainer, an elevator traction machine stops working by the aid of the switch, the safety operating system stops running, a first lifting rod drives a braking arm, brakes clamp the auxiliary rods, sothat the safety operating system stays on the auxiliary rods, sliding risks of the elevator are prevented, personal safety of an on-site maintainer is protected, maintenance of the maintainer is facilitated, and trouble and labor are saved.