Worker nearly crushed to death by elevator
January 30th, 2009 by James
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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Lol, Japanese news kills me. Don’t they have more important news to cover? I suppose they’re too busy squashing their reporters with cardboard boxes and making 18cm grips to care.
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As opposed to what other news source? I see all news agencies covering stories like the woman who gave birth to octuplets, what people wore to award show X, attractive white missing girl of the month, or what raucous thing celebrity A did last night. And then there’s the trusty classics like “water-skiing squirrel” and “skateboarding dog.”
Though I’ll agree that it’s fun when reporters feel the need to break out the props–something the Japanese seem to excel at.
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The dude who pushed “1″ owes the crushee beers for life.
Bet the guy can’t wait for Monday.
“No, it’s YOUR turn to check below!”
btw, for those who need it, 18cm = just over 7 inches..ouch!
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Nobody needs that.
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When a new building in my neighborhood was surrounded by emergency vehicles and TV news vans for a few hours earlier this month, I was curious about what happened. A construction worker in an elevator shaft was not so lucky as the worker you mentioned, and didn’t survive. News coverage was minimal. I kept a copy of the story, though:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/2009011:shock:YT1T00087.htm?from=navr
ビル建設中、エレベーター軌道内で作業男性挟まれ死亡
１７日午後５時ごろ、東京都目黒区青葉台３のビル建 設工事現場で、エレベーターの軌道内で作業をしていた男性が、降下してきたエレベ ーターと側壁の間に挟まれた。
男性は約４時間後に運び出されたが、頭を強く打って おり、搬送先の病院で死亡が確認された。警視庁目黒署 で、男性の身元確認を急ぐとともに事故原因を調べてい る。
同署幹部によると、ビルは地上３３階、地下３階建て で、男性は、設置済みのエレベーターの軌道内の地下１階部分で１人で作業をしていたという 。
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Do you need ghost hunters?
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That’s very sad. Obviously they must be aware of the problem by now. There is no reason for this to ever happen again.
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it would be funny if the reporter died doing a reenactment of this with the box.
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lol
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Seems like a classic case of not following the correct health & safety procedures – when carrying out maintenance work inside elevator shafts the elevator car should be locked in position to avoid this from happening. It appears both of the guys ignored this fundamental & basic safety procedure.
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That is ridiculously scary.
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