A $400 safety device could have saved the life of a 5-year-old boy who died trying to escape a stalled housing project elevator, a Manhattan official said Friday. The ...

A tragedy involving a bus's emergency hatch illustrates a lesson about the "nanny state." But it's not the one you think. One of the most disturbing recent stories from the New York area is the death ...

More than a month after a Houston man's fatal fall down an elevator shaft, city code enforcement authorities who at first claimed they were not responsible for investigating the accident now plan to ...

The state's chief elevator inspector will investigate a fatal incident at the Crockett Hotel, where a housekeeper fell six stories down the shaft of a service elevator Wednesday evening. Gloria ...

The relatives of a Houston man who died in a 12-story fall down an elevator shaft late last year say they are frustrated to learn that city regulatory authorities recently decided not to issue a ...