Five-year-old killed in lift: Catalogue of failures responsible
January 17, 2019
Alexys Brown got into the lift to get her brother’s phone from upstairs. She put her head through a hole in the vision panel and as the lift moved upward, the five-year-old’s head got stuck between the lift and the ground floor ceiling. Read More
Two companies fined after worker seriously injured by lift
October 31, 2018
Examination of the lift by the HSE’s specialist inspectors found that it was most likely Mr Samson was struck by the lift’s falling counterweight and/or falling lift suspension ropes. Read More
Inquest begins into death of health and safety expert who fell down lift shaft
July 25, 2017
Inquest into death of health and safety expert who fell down lift shaft. Read More
Council in court after schoolgirl seriously injured in lift shaft fall
February 26, 2014
City of Edinburgh Council has been fined after a schoolgirl was seriously injured when she fell more than five metres down a lift shaft and into a basement as teachers attempted to free her from a broken down lift. Read More
Tesco fined after employee loses toes in accident
January 9, 2014
Tesco Maintenance Ltd has been fined £80,000 after an employee lost the toes on his right foot following a lift accident. Read More
