Fatalities

Workers Killed as a Result of India Elevator Fall

At least six workers were killed when the shaft of an elevator broke on the 16th floor of a 40-story building under construction in Balkum, Thane West, India, the Hindustan...

OSHA Investigating Fatal Elevator Shaft Fall in Kansas City

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating a July 18 incident in which a worker fell 14 floors down an elevator shaft to his...

Indonesian Elevator Incident Leaves Seven Dead, Two Injured

Indonesian authorities reported a fatal elevator incident on July 5 in the country's province of Lampung that left seven construction workers dead and two others critically injured, XINHUANET reports. The...

German Paternoster Incident Results in Death

The Associated Press has reported that a man died on May 25 after an accident involving an old-fashioned jump-on, jump-off elevator — or paternoster — in Berlin, according to authorities...

Three Fatalities Reported in Recent India Elevator Accidents

Two workers were killed when an elevator collapsed at the Vijayawada Thermal Power Station in Ibrahimpatnam, a suburb of Hyderabad, on March 18, Telangana Today reports. Eight people were inside...