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GRUESOME footage shows the moment a worker was crushed after a lift malfunctioned and shot upwards, trapping him upside down between two floors.

The man was installing the faulty lift in a residential tower block when an error caused it to move upwards suddenly, lodging his body in the lift shaft.

A man was trapped upside down in a lift shaft after it malfunctioned
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A man was trapped upside down in a lift shaft after it malfunctioned
Shocking footage shows the bloodied and bruised man appearing to lose consciousness
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Shocking footage shows the bloodied and bruised man appearing to lose consciousness

Rescuers found the man hanging upside down from the open lift doors, his body stuck in a narrow gap.

Upsetting footage shows the bloodied and bruised man appearing to lose consciousness as emergency services workers battled to free him.

Rescuers found the man hanging upside down from the open lift doors, his body stuck between the lift car and the lift shaft
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Rescuers found the man hanging upside down from the open lift doors, his body stuck between the lift car and the lift shaft

He cut his arm during the freak accident at the block of flats in Chongqing Municipality's Wulong District, in south-western China, authorities said.

Paramedics said the man lost consciousness while being treated as a result of his injuries.

Rescuers used hydraulic tools to expand the metal structure and create a gap.

The man was then lift out and placed on a stretcher.

He was rushed to hospital and is expected to survive the horrific ordeal.

Rescuers using hydraulic tools created a gap and lifted the man out
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Rescuers using hydraulic tools created a gap and lifted the man out
He was put on a stretcher and taken to hospital in an ambulance
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He was put on a stretcher and taken to hospital in an ambulance


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