CCTV Cleaner's leg ripped off after his foot get caught in an Escalator & 73 death 82 injuries this year in China
A supermarket cleaner has had his leg amputated after it became stuck in an escalator in the third such terrifying incident in the past week.
CCTV footage shows the 35-year-old man stepping over the top platform of the Shanghai shopping mall escalator when his leg accidentally becomes wedged in a gap on the steps.
Though the escalator stopped immediately and firefighters managed to get the man free, his leg was damaged so badly that doctors had no choice but to amputate, reports Shanghaiist.
In pain from the amputation, Mr. Zhang, who had just started working at the mall in May, tells local reporters that a similar incident had happened with this escalator just a fortnight ago, and he had reported the malfunction to management then.
A Shopping mall spokesperson says that cleaning of the escalators should technically only begin at 10:30pm when they are stopped.
“We are deeply pained by this tragedy which resulted because standard operating procedures were not adhered to,” he said.
“We will be stepping up supervision in the execution of safety measures to make sure all employees stick to standard operating procedures to prevent similar incidents from happening in future.”
The escalator maintenance company are investigating the accident, with initial investigations suggesting it resulted from 'improper operation of the escalator.'
Chinese control authorities have revealed 73 deaths and 82 injuries were recorded in 74 escalator accidents across the country in the first half of this year.
Source : DailyMail, Shanghaiist , Reuters
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