Woman rescued after falling glass halts lift in Supreme Court building
Glass fragments landed on the roof of the lift car, halting the lift.
There was a minor scare for a member of the Supreme Court staff yesterday (July 22) when she was trapped in a lift after a glass panel from the building's facade fell.
A loud crash was heard in the lift lobby area at about 2pm when the loose panel hit a secondary glass roof, and glass fragments landed on the roof of the lift car she was in, triggering a safety mechanism that halted the lift.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for assistance at 2.40pm. The woman, who was evacuated from the lift by a lift technician, was assessed for injuries but declined to go to hospital.
A Supreme Court spokesperson told The New Paper that the woman was uninjured and returned to work. Court operations were not disrupted, though the affected area was cordoned off while inspections within the building were made.
The Supreme Court building was built between 2002 and 2005 and started operations on June 20, 2005 - just over 20 years ago. The liberal use of glass in the building is said to signify the ideal of transparency in the law.