Man has foot amputated after latest China escalator incident

Credit: CCTV

A man has had his foot amputated after it became stuck in a shopping centre escalator in China at the weekend.

The incident in Shanghai comes a week after a woman died after being dragged into an escalator at a shopping centre in Jingzhou, central China.

Cleaner Zhang Shisheng, was mopping the escalator at Shanghai's Cloud Nine Shopping Mall on Saturday evening when the mop head suddenly became stuck.

As he stried to free the mop from the step and the platform, the metal step flipped up and pulled his leg inside.

The moment Shisheng's foot is pulled in is caught on CCTV Credit: CCTV

The quick-thinking 35-year-old hit the red emergency button and was rescued by firefighters around 20 minutes later.

He was sent to a local hospital where his foot was amputated.

The 35-year-old, still holding onto his mop, pushes the red emergency button Credit: CCTV

"I fell forward, and the escalator was running. It suddenly pulled my feet inside. As I work with escalators, I knew to press the red button," said Zhang, who had started his job less than three months earlier.

A team of firefighters free the cleaner around 20 minutes later Credit: CCTV

The escalator was produced in 2004 and had passed its latest safety check this June, according to the shopping centre.

Shisheng is now recovering in hospital after his left foot had to be amputated Credit: CCTV

"We reached the scene as quickly as possible," said Li Hui, an officer from Market Monitoring Bureau of Shanghai's Changning District.

"We conducted an on-site investigation on the escalator and its maintenance. We also looked the video of the escalator and its documentation. It has been condoned off right now. The accident is still under investigation."

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