On the evening of June 23, 2013, a strand breakage of elevator wire rope
accident occurred in the No.31 building, Jinkuiyuan Block, Nanchang District,
Wuxi, Jiangsu. The elevator fell from the 16th floor to between the 1st and 2nd
floors, and 3 people were trapped for nearly 1 hour.
On March 4, 2013, the elevator wire rope of Changming building in the north
corner of Hong Kong broke due to corrosion, resulting in an elevator falling
accident, and 7 people were injured.
On August 21, 2012, three people were seriously injured in an elevator
falling accident in Bali, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
On September 13, 2012, 19 people died when the wire rope of a manned
elevator fell from the 30th floor of "Donghu Jingyuan" building under
construction in Wuhan, Hubei Province
On September 22, 2012, during the construction of a water conveyance
project in Korla City, Xinjiang, the wire rope of the elevator broke and fell to
103 meters underground, causing three people dead on the spot and one seriously
injured
On August 13, 2010, at the construction site of Guangshui riverside leisure
apartment built by Yanhe construction company in Guangshui City, Suizhou City,
Hubei Province, when one passenger-and-freight elevator were carrying building
materials to the fifth floor, the wire rope broke suddenly, and four workers
fell down with cage, causing three men dead and one injured
During the descent of the mixed loading elevator, the wire rope on the
counterweight suddenly broke, and the elevator fell to the second floor.
Subsequently, two of the four workers working in the elevator were killed on the
spot and the other two were seriously injured. At present, relevant departments
have been involved in the investigation
On May 11, 2009, six tourists were injured when the North Tower elevator of
London Tower Bridge fell from 140 feet due to a broken wire rope.
On February 18, 2009, the wire rope of an elevator suddenly broke at a
construction site in Hefei, causing 2 deaths and 2 injuries
On January 13, 2009, a lift wire rope break occurred again in the public
housing in Hong Kong. Five people were trapped for nearly 20 minutes.
On December 27, 2008, when the construction elevator of Shanghai city of
Hunan Changsha Dongfanghong construction group ascended to 18th floor the
elevator rope snapped and fell, resulting in 18 deaths and 1 serious injury, and
the relevant person in charge was controlled by the police;