October 31, 2011
A woman seriously injured in a fall down an empty elevator shaft at her workplace can sue a real estate company operated by her employers, the Nebraska Supreme Court said Friday. Darlene Howsden was an employee of a Lincoln funeral …
September 12, 2011
Boston police and fire officials say a woman plunged four stories to her death down a shaft on a building’s roof. Acting Deputy Fire Chief Ronald Marston tells the Boston Herald that the woman fell Saturday night from a seven-story …
August 11, 2011
Firefighters have rescued a 5-year-old boy who got stuck in an elevator shaft at a Kiawah Island home. St. John’s Fire Capt. James Ghi says one of the boy’s legs was pinned between the elevator car and the shaft and …