Lift firm Otis fined HK$320,000 over Hong Kong shopping center escalator mishap that harmed 18

Company, which pleaded guilty to four summonses, could have discovered safety issues with escalator three months before malfunction, court told. Otis Elevator Company (HK) was fined HK$320,000 (US$40,800) on Friday after it accepted responsibility for an escalator accident that injured 18 people in one of Hong Kong’s busiest shopping malls last year. Kowloon City Magistrates’
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Mother and toddler take a tumble down on an escalator and are soon followed by grandmother who also trips as she tries to help them A woman was following her mother up an escalator with her daughter on stroller She failed to secure the stroller and fell backwards on the moving stairs Her elderly mother
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Late on Thursday, a video of the moment a Saudi man saved a child who was hanging from the top of a mall escalator went viral on social media. In it, the child, who seems to have been left unattended, is seen walking towards the escalator. He then reaches out and puts both his hands
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A male is dead following an industrial accident in the elevator shaft of a downtown building. The incident occurred at a building near St. George and Russell streets just before 10 a.m. Paramedics say that the male was pronounced dead on scene. A second person sustained minor injuries in the accident and was transported to
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A 22-year-old construction worker died after falling 20 feet down an elevator shaft at a Midtown job site Friday, police said. The worker fell two stories to the basement at 281 Fifth Ave. at E. 30th St. about 9:40 a.m. Medics rushed him to Bellevue Hospital, where he later died, officials said.   Source: nydailynews.com

DENVER (AP) — An elderly Colorado man found dead in a parking garage elevator had pushed the emergency button twice but got no response, police said. The decomposing body of 82-year-old Isaak Komisarchik was found last week after multiple residents of a Denver apartment complex reported a terrible stench. Elevator repair workers found the body.
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