elevator accident
Vertical transport mishap
An elevator accident is any mishap involving an elevator—a malfunction that causes injury, a fall down an elevator shaft, or getting caught in closing doors.
The term covers everything from minor incidents to fatal disasters.
Three workers were killed in an elevator accident during construction.
Despite their reputation in thriller films, serious elevator accidents are statistically rare.
- fallDescend under gravity
- plummetRapid downward descent
- free fallUnimpeded gravitational descent
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
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