Worker nearly crushed to death by elevator
An incident that took place a few days ago in Tokyo highlights the dangers of elevator maintenance work:
As on maintenance worker worked at the bottom of the shaft, another worker did some maintenance on the elevator while testing its movement between other floors. The worker at the bottom told his colleague not to take the elevator down to the first floor, but at some point the “1″ button was accidentally pressed. Had there not been a ladder at the bottom of the shaft, the worker there would have been killed. Instead, he was given 18-centimeters of space – enough to experience the horrible pain of being crushed without fatal injury.
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