[…] or even crush them. As a consequence, Albert Einstein — he worked at the Institute from 1933 until his death in 1955 — Kurt Gödel and John von Neumann were among the first ones to accept positions at the Institute and many others came enthusiastically. Scientists and scholars are rarely motivated by the thought […]
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[…] the near future, will be threatened by the disasters, for which they are not adequately prepared. Despite improved building security measures through earthquake-resistant construction, thousands of people die in big earthquakes due to collapsing buildings and fires caused by ruptured gas pipes and live high- voltage wires. Unfortunately, many people do not know much […]
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A 45-year-old man from Kerala, India, fell seven floors down an elevator shaft in a hotel in Surat, India, and died on August 30, The Times of India reports. The incident is being blamed on a safety issue as the elevator’s doors opened on the seventh floor without the elevator being there. Officials told […]
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A 22-year-old mechanic was crushed to death under a glass elevator at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand, the Daily Beast is among outlets to report. The victim was working at the bottom of the shaft, reportedly attempting to retrieve a wrench from the shaft, at the time of the incident. The glass cabin then descended…
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A 27-year-old lift mechanic was crushed to death after being caught between an elevator car and a wall while fixing an elevator in a five-story commercial building in Sector 41 in Gurgaon, India, the Times of India reports. An inspector reported that the senser of the lift was reportedly malfunctioning. The elevator car had stopped…
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A woman in her 80s died on June 12 as a result of her neck becoming trapped between the underside of an escalator handrail and the floor, Kyodo Newsis among outlets to report. Security footage from a supermarket in the Nishitokyo area of western Tokyo shows the woman falling as she attempts to lift […]
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The Joliet, Illinois, Police Department announced that a 23-year-old worker died on April 9 after falling down an elevator shaft at an old industrial building on the city’s east side, Patch reports. According to officials, Joliet police responded to the building for a report that someone was injured after falling into an elevator shaft. […]
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A 78-year-old man visiting a marriage hall in the Mylapore neighborhood in central Chennai, India, died instantly on New Year’s Day when a lift hit him in the head, the Times of India reports. At the facility to attend a New Year’s program on the second floor, the man pressed a button to call […]
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An 18-year-old male student of the Lagos State Skills Acquisition Centre Technical School, Egan, Nigeria, died in an elevator accident at a construction site in the state’s Ikoyi area where he worked as an intern, chronicle reports. The victim was training with the company and was said to have resumed work with some of […]
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[…] The television station conducted an investigation in the wake of an August fire at the 22-story Kamper Stevens Apartments for senior citizens in which an 86-year-old woman died. All but one of the tower’s three elevators “had long been out of order” at the time. Besides Kamper Stevens, the other three high-rises with the […]
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