Posted on 03/06/2016 7:35:52 AM PST by BenLurkin
A Chinese woman died after being trapped in an elevator for a month because maintenance workers shut off the power supply after failing to properly check if anyone was inside, state media reported today.
Workers came to repair a malfunctioning elevator in the northern city of Xi'an on January 30, Beijing Youth Daily cited local authorities as saying.
The crew found the elevator stuck between the 10th and 11th floors, shouted to ask if anyone was there, and cut the power, it said.
The workers left for the week-long Lunar New Year holiday and did not return until March 1.
The government said the investigation found the death was due to a grave error by the maintenance company for not opening the car before cutting the power, and not verifying after the power was off whether there was anyone inside.
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How horrible. RIP, dear lady.
All I could think about is how the elevator has been broken on the “Big Bang Theory” for about eight years.
Proof stupidity is the number one killer.
“No fire button, phone or escape hatch?”
That’s what I was thinking. Of course it China, they probably
don’t think of things like that or they do and they just
don’t care.
Massive denial about elevators and power failure. People act as if it never happens. Every elevator needs to be equipped with a battery-operated signaling device in case of failure. Real stupidity on the part of planners.
Battery operated? Batteries die. What’s wrong with a plain old bell? Pull the string and ring the bell until you finally waste away from dehydration.
Her neighbour is watching and eating popcorn while she attempts to jump
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