An older man died in January after being hurt in the shaft of an elevator at an apartment building in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar, Pragativadi reports. According to news about the incident, the man was heading to a market and was taking the lift to reach the ground floor. However, due to suspected mechanical glitch, […]
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A 62-year-old woman died after being stuck in an elevator that collapsed in a residential building in Mumbai, India, NDTV is among outlets to report. The incident took place in a multi-story building in the Charkop area on October 21. After the woman entered the elevator on the fourth floor, it got stuck between […]
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[…] Shop from a local generalist manufacturer into Salem Elevator Works, which specialized in building freight elevators that powered a significant portion of an entire industry. After Curwen died in December 1909, the firm he left behind continued on well into the first half of the 20th century and continued to build on his legacy. […]
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A boy died in an elevator accident in Maharashtra, India, after he entered an elevator that was undergoing repairs, Times Now reported on December 22. The boy entered the lift in the seven-story building where he lived with his family when it suddenly moved upwards. The boy was removed from the elevator and taken to […]
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A 35-year-old worker has died and seven others were injured after a goods elevator crashed from the third floor of a textile factory in the Bhatar area of Surat, India, on October 5, The Indian Express reports. According to Khatodara police, the incident took place around 8 a.m. when a group of eight workers […]
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[…] Elevator and Custom Elevator, based in Pennsylvania, The News & Observer is among outlets to report. The recall comes more than a year after a 7-year-old boy died in July 2021 as a result of becoming trapped in the gap between an elevator car and shaft at a vacation rental on North Carolina’s Outer […]
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An 18-year-old boy died after falling out of an open elevator at a warehouse in Zirakpur, India, The Tribune reported in November. The boy was working at the hardware shop while school was closed and had gone to unload goods when he fell. The boy’s father got a call from the shop owner that his son […]
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Seven construction workers died and another was injured in an elevator collapse on September 14 at an under-construction building in Ahmedabad in western India, Times Now is among outlets to report. The elevator was on the seventh floor with all eight workers inside when it “caved in,” the source said, quoting reports, which also […]
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“Shock due to multiple injuries” was the cause of death for a 7-year-old girl who fell down an elevator shaft in the Sion neighborhood of Mumbai, India, on November 5, Mid-Day reports. The child was playing hide-and-seek with her friends on the fourth floor of a building when she ran to the front door of an elevator.…
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[…] list of fatal accidents and not one in which injuries were reported. Among these incidents: Bokaro Electro Steel Plant, east central, Bokaro, India. Three elevator contract workers died while working inside an elevator well. New PMGP CHS, Mulund, near Mumbai. Technician died while working on a car top. Shreeji Darshan Complex, Vadodara, west central […]
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