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Within a week, the momentum of the strike had dwindled. Over 200 agreements were made between operators and building managers, which resulted in over 5,000 elevator operators returning to work. [10] In 1925, the union organized another strike of the elevator operators, and called on others like firemen, engineers, and maintenance employees to join.
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[11] [12] Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was thrown from her elevator car on the 80th floor and suffered severe burns. First aid workers placed her on another elevator car to transport her to the ground floor, but the cables supporting that elevator had been damaged in the incident, and it fell 75 stories, ending up in the basement. [13]
A mine elevator fell 200 m in the Impala Platinum mine shaft accident. [12] [13] Rustenburg, South Africa: 12 0 2008-10-30 An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site. [14] Xiapu County, China: 12 0 1993-06-02 An elevator plunged to the ground from the 20th floor at a construction site. [15] North Point, Hong Kong: 11 2 2019-04-25
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