• Man loses toe in escalator
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[QUOTE][B]A man has lost a toe after his foot was trapped in a shopping centre escalator in Nottingham.[/B]The man was taken to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre for treatment after the accident on Thursday, East Midlands Ambulance Service said. Nottingham City Council's Environmental Health section has closed down the escalator at the West End Arcade and started an investigation. An eyewitness said the man was "screaming in agony". [B]'Lost blood'[/B]Record shop owner David Rose said the man was trapped for about 25 minutes. He said: "I realised he was in a lot of pain - he was trapped and people were trying to cut him free." Nuri Zeglm, owner of Safari Shoes, said: "We heard some screaming for help - and we saw a man on the escalator with about three people trying to help him." Mr Zeglm said the man was in his 20s and someone was holding his hand to comfort him. "Somebody had stopped it but he couldn't get his foot out. He was screaming in agony," he added. A Nottingham City Council spokesman said the area around the escalator at the arcade on Upper Parliament Street would remain cordoned off until the investigation was finished. A fire service spokesman said: "The firefighters did not release him, but they did help to stabilise him until the paramedics arrived. "He had lost quite a lot of blood so he was given first aid to help stop the bleeding." Eyewitness Troy Bartholomew, who works at a barber shop in the arcade, said: "He was screaming - and a friend of mine went to help him. He added: "The escalator is well maintained - they come at least once a month to maintain it."[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-17402519[/URL] posted because i know how much facepunch likes escalator injuries :wink: seriously though, these things are lethal
Death sentence for the escalator
so the stories my parents told me were true shit :tinfoil:
yet I'm still way more terrified of elevators...
YrurhsdhghghghghshfhshsS[b]FUCK[/b] that sounds painful.
slowly, sensationalist headlines builds my fear of escalators trust no moving stairs of any kind
Should have taken the stairs...
He should have watched this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirp59zm1qE[/media] First thing I thought of when I read this.
[QUOTE=Elgar;35165505]He should have watched this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirp59zm1qE[/media] First thing I thought of when I read this.[/QUOTE] Oh god. I'm not keeping my feet by the sides ever again.
It's the worst when you go to a place that has no way of going to a different floor other than escalators
Not nearly as bad as the two previous stories I read about escalators a while ago, where the victims lost their life.
[QUOTE=imMonkeyGOD;35165552]Oh god. I'm not keeping my feet by the sides ever again.[/QUOTE] Oh god when that boot got crushed... I felt that.
I feel more safe in an elevator. Worst case is it falls and you either die straight away or survive with injuries. Escalators fucking suck you in and grind you to pieces.
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;35165643]Not nearly as bad as the two previous stories I read about escalators a while ago, where the victims lost their life.[/QUOTE] I'm having trouble imagining how you can kill yourself with an escalator other than jumping over the side.
I live in Nottingham, now I can never use an escalator again.
[QUOTE=Elgar;35165505]He should have watched this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zirp59zm1qE[/media] First thing I thought of when I read this.[/QUOTE] Oh god i always put one shoe on the side fucking around with the brush.
[QUOTE=sami-pso;35165842]Oh god i always put one shoe on the side fucking around with the brush.[/QUOTE] no more free shoe cleanings for me i guess
I'm getting more and more scared of escalator every day now, same with elevators...
brb never using escalators again
[QUOTE]Nuri Zeglm, owner of Safari Shoes,[/QUOTE] if only he went there first and got a decent pair of shoes
[QUOTE=Medevilae;35166290][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6_unTyGZ3k"]Here! (NSFW)[/URL][/QUOTE] mother of god i will never touch another escalator again
protip: tie your shoes. I got my laces stuck in an escalator once. Luckily someone pushed me forward and got them un-stuck.
holy fuck I just looked up some of the bad shit that can happen on an escalator never setting foot on one of those ever again [i]ever[/i]
Haha shit. I use that escalator all the time.
[IMG]http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/Jessica%20Colwell/escalator-death%20trap.jpg[/IMG]
i won't stop brushing my shoes on them though
[video=youtube;5gwGcP8QbH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gwGcP8QbH8[/video]
oh no now i have to use the STAIRS! gosh darn it now i'm going to be healthy
im taking the stairs next time
[QUOTE=meppers;35167271]oh no now i have to use the STAIRS! gosh darn it now i'm going to be healthy[/QUOTE] I'd do this but my local mall removed all of the stairs in favor for escalators and a single elevator. :v:
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