elevator

Boy Fatally Trapped By Elevator at Vacation Rental Home

A 7-year-old boy died July 11 after being entrapped by an elevator in a vacation rental home in Corolla, North Carolina, OBX Today reported. EMS and fire department personnel arrived at the...

Woman Killed When Home Elevator Falls Onto Her

A woman in Wichita County, Texas, was killed on June 12 when a residential elevator fell on top of her, Texomas reported. Authorities said a family member found the woman underneath...

Man Found Dead In NYC Restaurant’s Elevator Shaft

A woman who tried to use an elevator at a restaurant in NYC’s Chinatown discovered a body jammed between the elevator car and its hoistway wall, Latin Times reported on July 6....

Elevator Accident in China Claims Life Of Teenager

Officials in southern China are investigating the death of a teenage girl who was killed when a suspected faulty elevator rose quickly and struck the top of the elevator shaft...

TKE Expands Canadian Presence with trio of Acquisitions

TKE expanded its reach in Canada with the acquisition of three Ontario companies specializing in elevator modernization, service and repair: Bay Elevator Ltd. of North Bay, Direct Elevator Service Ltd....

Elevator Filled with Officers Collapses in Brooklyn

An elevator in the Industry City building in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NYC, collapsed at approximately 10 a.m. on May 10 with about 24 members of federal and local law enforcement...

Turkey VT Sector Lauds Elevator Safety Sector

The Elevator Safety Equipment Test and Development Center implemented in 2019 by the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO) in Bursa, Turkey, represents an important demand of the sector...

Fatal Indiana Elevator Accident Under Investigation

Indiana State investigators with the Department of Homeland Security and the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) are looking into how and why a 67-year-old man died in an...

Elevator Falls Five Floors with Student Trapped Inside in NYC

An elevator in Brookdale Residence Hall of Yeshiva University in NYC fell five floors with a female Brookdale resident trapped inside on April 11, the student newspaper The Commentator reports. The student...

Pop/Joe Golf Event Details Set

The 46th Annual Pop Frohlinger/Joe Marchese Memorial Invitational Golf Outing will be held on September 27, the Monday following the National Association of Elevator Contractors 72nd Annual Convention and Exposition...