Lift Safety · News & Tracker
A factual, sourced column tracking lift and elevator accidents across India. We document each incident — and what could have prevented it — so the pattern stays on the public record.
A 25-year-old worker from Uttar Pradesh died after falling from the fourth floor into the elevator pit of an under-construction building.
Read the report →A child playing near an elevator was caught between the grille door and the wall as the car ascended, and died of the injuries.
Read the report →A 58-year-old retired security official died after falling into an apartment building’s lift shaft.
Read the report →A six-year-old died after being caught between the lift and the wall while entering an elevator.
Read the report →A 31-year-old senior mechanical engineer died near the Haiderpur metro area when an elevator wire broke and the car fell.
Read the report →Six people were injured when a lift fell from the sixth floor of an apartment building.
Read the report →A guard died after falling down a lift shaft from the fourth floor when the landing door was open but the car was not there.
Read the report →A 65-year-old retired pharmacist fell to his death in an elevator shaft.
Read the report →A 28-year-old service engineer died while uninstalling a temporary lift that came crashing down 25 floors.
Read the report →Three men were killed and one critically injured after a hydraulic lift malfunctioned and crashed at a factory.
Read the report →Seven labourers were killed and one injured at an under-construction building when the support structure inside the elevator shaft gave way. The workers had no safety gear.
Read the report →Most of these deaths were preventable. A properly specified lift with working safety gear, door interlocks, and an emergency rescue device would have stopped many of them. Sizing and safety go together — see our ERD sizing calculator, specifications, and the policy tracker on lift laws across Indian states.