MUMBAI: A 40-year-old lift technician, Sanjay Yadav, carrying out repairs on the 3rd floor of a housing complex in Mulund (E), died after it was accidentally started on Thursday morning and he got crushed between the lift and side wall.
A resident of Vasai, the technician with Omega Lift Services was working above the lift with two others inside it around 11.40am at New PMGP Society after residents complained that the lift in a wing was not working properly and stopping intermittently, the Navghar police said, adding he died on the spot.
New PMGP Society in Mulund
Two technicians detained for Mulund lift death
Lack of staff and an independent charter of electrical auditors to certify the condition of lifts and ensure their timely maintenance has left no scope to hold the guilty accountable in lift/elevator mishaps in the state. Sanjay Yadav (40), a lift technician, died after it accidentally started in Mulund (E) on Thursday.
“Other than appointing third party electricity and lift auditors to certify and monitor lifts, training lift operators, holding lift safety sessions should have been made compulsorily for residents along with fire safety. A proposal has been pending since the Mantralaya fire,” said a senior department engineer, pointing out that even the Centre had adopted the auditor policy. Sources said 40 major districts need electrical inspectors with support staff, but out of 500 posts, nearly 400 are vacant.
Deepak Bobhate, a resident of the Mulund building said, “The lift was automatically stopping at the 7th and 15th floors due to shoddy work by the builder and poor maintenance. Two society members explained the problem to the technician. Yadav was doing some work above it, while his colleagues were inside, when someone on the 13th floor suddenly pressed the button, and it started, crushing him.”
Residents alerted the fire brigade and Navghar police. Yadav was taken to Mulund general hospital, where he was declared dead before admission. Police said they were registering an accidental death report and are probing if it was a case of negligence.
“We will find out if Omega employees took proper safety measures or there was negligence, and how the lift started moving when it was being repaired,” said a police officer. Police detained two other technicians for questioning. Omega officials said they do not know how the accident occurred as their employees were detained.
Residents said the builder, who was not available for comment, should be booked for violations and negligence.
A resident of Vasai, the technician with Omega Lift Services was working above the lift with two others inside it around 11.40am at New PMGP Society after residents complained that the lift in a wing was not working properly and stopping intermittently, the Navghar police said, adding he died on the spot.
Two technicians detained for Mulund lift death
Lack of staff and an independent charter of electrical auditors to certify the condition of lifts and ensure their timely maintenance has left no scope to hold the guilty accountable in lift/elevator mishaps in the state. Sanjay Yadav (40), a lift technician, died after it accidentally started in Mulund (E) on Thursday.
“Other than appointing third party electricity and lift auditors to certify and monitor lifts, training lift operators, holding lift safety sessions should have been made compulsorily for residents along with fire safety. A proposal has been pending since the Mantralaya fire,” said a senior department engineer, pointing out that even the Centre had adopted the auditor policy. Sources said 40 major districts need electrical inspectors with support staff, but out of 500 posts, nearly 400 are vacant.
Deepak Bobhate, a resident of the Mulund building said, “The lift was automatically stopping at the 7th and 15th floors due to shoddy work by the builder and poor maintenance. Two society members explained the problem to the technician. Yadav was doing some work above it, while his colleagues were inside, when someone on the 13th floor suddenly pressed the button, and it started, crushing him.”
Residents alerted the fire brigade and Navghar police. Yadav was taken to Mulund general hospital, where he was declared dead before admission. Police said they were registering an accidental death report and are probing if it was a case of negligence.
“We will find out if Omega employees took proper safety measures or there was negligence, and how the lift started moving when it was being repaired,” said a police officer. Police detained two other technicians for questioning. Omega officials said they do not know how the accident occurred as their employees were detained.
Residents said the builder, who was not available for comment, should be booked for violations and negligence.
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