Butte, MT — A man was sent to the hospital following a fall down an elevator shaft in Butte, Montana, on Thursday, August 6, 2015. The accident took place at Continental Liquidators, which is located on S. Montana Street, around 2:45 in the afternoon.
Police say that the man was loading merchandise onto a warehouse elevator shortly before the accident happened. It’s not quite clear how he fell.
Emergency workers took the man to St. James Healthcare for treatment.
The accident is still being investigated.
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Scene of the Accident
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There are still a lot of unanswered questions about what happened here. I hate to speculate with so little to go on, but reports say that the man was working with a warehouse elevator at the time of the accident. Is it possible that the machine malfunctioned somehow and began to move, which then caught the victim off guard? Anytime you see an accident like this, it’s always good for the machinery or equipment involved to be inspected. If there was a malfunction, or the machinery is defective in some way, it’s possible that the manufacturer will be the one ultimately held liable.
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