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  2. List of elevator accidents - Wikipedia

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    An elevator began moving at the moment an architecture student began to board, pinning him between the elevator floor and ceiling of the floor he was departing. [64] Xiamen, China: 1 0 2023-08-01 An elevator at Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan, crashed to the ground, killing doctor Vwaere Diaso. [65] Lagos, Nigeria: 1 15 2023-10-26

  3. Vaal Reefs mining disaster - Wikipedia

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    The elevator cable continued to pay out despite the stuck elevator. The elevator then abruptly became unstuck and fell to the end of the slack cable, ripped away from the cable, and continued falling to the bottom of the shaft. [19] [20] Another South African gold mine was the scene of an earlier deadly elevator accident in 1987.

  4. Tour guide killed after elevator malfunctions underground in ...

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    To rescue the 12 individuals and tour guide still stuck at 1,000 feet, engineers had to repair the elevator stuck at 500 feet, check the cables and then run a test round by sending it down to the ...

  5. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    A mine elevator fell 200m in the Impala Platinum mine shaft accident. [113] [114] Rustenburg, South Africa: 12 30 October 2008 An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site. [115] Xiapu County, China: 12 2 June 1993 An elevator plunged to the ground from the 20th floor at a construction site. [116] North Point, Hong Kong: 11 25 April ...

  6. Family mourns son who died in freak elevator accident: 'He ...

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    The family of a 30-year-old man who was crushed to death in a freak elevator accident is speaking out following the horrific incident. Samuel Waisbren was about to exit the elevator of his 23 ...

  7. ‘Death trap’ elevators at Florida veterans hospital hurt at ...

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    Failing elevators at a veterans hospital in Miami have injured at least a dozen people over two years, according to a nurses’ union that called the lifts a “death trap.”

  8. Category:Elevator accidents - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Elevator accidents" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. List of elevator ...

  9. People in China develop phobia of escalators after fatal accident

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    Since the release of a horrifying video of a mother's last moments before she fell victim of an elevator accident in China, people have been developing a real phobia of these moving stairs.