Catching Elevators

Dr. Hitoshi Nikaidoh stepped on a St. Joseph Hospital elevator and died. His death was gruesome and horrifying. But it wasn't unique.

A few feet down the hall, in the walkway to the emergency center across the street, hangs a picture of the Sisters of Charity and eight-by-ten glossies of the hospital's medical executive committee. Beside that are wallet-sized photos of the staff surgeons. In the bottom right-hand corner is Nikaidoh's picture. He has bright red cheeks, a lopsided grin and is wearing a white coat and his trademark bow tie.

Beneath his name, "1968-2003" has been added.

Hitoshi Nikaidoh and father Hisashi were both doctors.
Courtesy of the Nikaidoh family
Hitoshi Nikaidoh and father Hisashi were both doctors.
Four safety systems completely failed in the St. 
Joseph elevator, says attorney Howard Nations.
Daniel Kramer
Four safety systems completely failed in the St. Joseph elevator, says attorney Howard Nations.

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  • kaydlr@live.com 07/31/2011 5:58:00 AM

    Sounds creppy... in which elevator was that? So sad.

  • Prakashk79 06/04/2011 8:06:00 PM

    my grandmaa, most probably returning from 4 th floor(top floor)to 3 rd floor, fell directly on to the lift base at the ground floor, resluted in immediate death, she was on top floor, still i could not guess, how she can fall

  • Elevator victim 05/04/2011 11:59:00 PM

    Hi - I live in Western Washington and was injured at work when the elevator door closed on my hand crushing it for a period of about two minutes before someone from the inside of the elevator heard me screaming (I was on the freight side of the elevator). Because the door closed to the right and my right hand was trapped I was struggling to reach the button on the left wall and received a considerable amount of nerve damage to my arm, hand and shoulder. The door never opened or sensed that I was trapped and others on the inside trying to go to another floor could not and exited the elevator and this is when another employee heard my screams and found that I was trapped. This was an Otis elevator and I am just wondering if anyone else has run into this type of situation where the sensor on the door closed on you instead of opening and did not open once you were trapped? Thanks for any input

  • Senny P Oommen 10/17/2007 10:20:00 PM

    Houston 17th October 2007 Dear Sir, While working for Otis LLc(UAE) at Abu Dhabi -an overseas associate of Otis Elevator Co. headquartered at Farmington Connecticut, I met with a jobsite accident on 11th December 2000 and got disabled for more than 50%. I had a fall from height of about 10.0 mtrs and was under medical treatment for an year. Medical expenses were covered under UAE Govt�s health card system and for the disability , company settled as per UAE Govt�s labour policy which is an amount less than $4000/-(US Dollar four thousand only) Now I am a legal permanent resident of US immigrant and wish to get some advice, how to approach Otis HQ for a suitable relocation as well as for a suitable compensation for being disabled. I wish to get some expert legal advice for approachng Otis HQ farmington for putting up my case for suitable disability compensation and health care. Sincerely Senny +1-832-472-2804(C) pothensenny@hotmail.com

 

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