A Chinese engineer has been saved after getting himself trapped between a lift and the lift shaft.
The man, who remains unidentified, had been installing the lift in a residential building in Chongqing, China, on September 11, according to a local news website.
As he worked on the elevator, he made a mistake which caused the lift to go up suddenly, leaving him trapped between floors.
According to a video of the accident posted by The Paper, the workers' legs were stuck and he was hanging upside down from the shaft.
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