Common types of elevator accidents include: falling down elevator shafts, elevator or elevator platforms collapsing, getting caught in or between moving elevator doors or parts, getting hurt by an elevator because of poor or inadequate elevator maintenance, and injured by mis-leveling (which occurs when an elevator car is not aligned with the floor of a building). Elevator accident cases can result in serious injuries. Common elevator accident injuries include: head and brain injury, amputated limbs, back and spinal injury, broken bones, and lacerations.