Investigators trying to determine what caused Wednesday’s horrific elevator death in a Madison Avenue building are focusing on a maintenance company that was working on the elevator hours before the malfunction. A Buildings Department spokesman says the company, Transel Elevator, had sent an unlicensed worker to do electrical work that morning. Why was the worker unlicensed? Well, as you may or may not know, you DON’T NEED A LICENSE TO WORK ON AN ELEVATOR IN NYC. As one union rep tells the Times , “Anyone with a set of tools can work on an elevator.” Food for thought as you’re climbing the stairs today. [ more › ]
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Elevator Was Being Worked On Hours Before Freak Death