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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.

Updated regularly · Sources linked on every card · Consolidated from today onward

How to read this. Each card summarises publicly reported facts and links to its source. We aggregate credible reporting rather than investigate independently; details reflect the cited sources and may be updated. Card visuals are illustrative, not photographs of the events.
MAR 2025
Hyderabad, Telangana
Elevator World

Construction worker fell into an elevator pit

A 25-year-old worker from Uttar Pradesh died after falling from the fourth floor into the elevator pit of an under-construction building.

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12 MAR 2025
Asifnagar, Hyderabad
CHILD KILLED
Telangana Today

Four-year-old trapped between lift and wall

A child playing near an elevator was caught between the grille door and the wall as the car ascended, and died of the injuries.

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10 MAR 2025
Sircilla, Telangana
Telangana Today

Man fell into an apartment lift shaft

A 58-year-old retired security official died after falling into an apartment building’s lift shaft.

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21 FEB 2025
Masab Tank, Hyderabad
CHILD KILLED
Telangana Today

Six-year-old caught between lift and wall

A six-year-old died after being caught between the lift and the wall while entering an elevator.

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20 NOV 2024
Haiderpur, Delhi
Cabin News

Elevator wire broke; engineer killed

A 31-year-old senior mechanical engineer died near the Haiderpur metro area when an elevator wire broke and the car fell.

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NOV 2024
Chandulal Baradari, Hyderabad
6 INJURED
Telangana Today

Lift plummeted from the sixth floor

Six people were injured when a lift fell from the sixth floor of an apartment building.

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10 NOV 2024
Tambaram, Tamil Nadu
Elevator World

Security guard fell down an open lift shaft

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.

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25 AUG 2024
Gudimalkapur, Hyderabad
Elevator World

Retired pharmacist fell to his death in a lift shaft

A 65-year-old retired pharmacist fell to his death in an elevator shaft.

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JAN 2023
Sector 150, Noida
The Quint

Temporary construction lift crashed 25 floors

A 28-year-old service engineer died while uninstalling a temporary lift that came crashing down 25 floors.

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8 JAN 2023
Naraina, Delhi
3 KILLED
The Quint

Hydraulic factory lift crashed from the fourth floor

Three men were killed and one critically injured after a hydraulic lift malfunctioned and crashed at a factory.

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14 SEP 2022
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
7 KILLED
The Wire · ThePrint

Elevator-shaft structure collapsed at a construction site

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.

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Why we track this

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.