Blaming systemic failures for the death of a tenant in The Bronx caused by an elevator malfunction, Housing Authority officials said April 21 that they would change the agency’s culture, streamline emergency-response procedures and discipline a half-dozen employees.
On Christmas Eve, 84-year-old Olegario Pabon suffered fatal injuries when he fell backwards after the elevator lurched upwards and trapped him in the doors. The incident occurred even though a tenant reported erratic behavior by the Bronx lift 90 minutes earlier. That followed an injury earlier in December when a resident’s foot was trapped in an elevator at another complex for more than an hour before he was rescued by the FDNY.
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