A South Korean man narrowly avoided being maimed or even killed when he tripped inside a dodgy elevator that continued its ascent with the doors wide open. <br /> <br />The incident took place in Uijeongbu in northern Gyeonggi Province on April 25, South Korean news service SBS reports. <br /> <br />Footage taken from inside the lift shows a man looking down at his phone and crashing into the rising elevator, stumbling inside as it continues its ascent. <br /> <br />The doors close on the man and then retract with the guillotine-like gap between him and the opening in the wall continuing to narrow. <br /> <br />With catastrophic injury seemingly imminent the man manages to slide out of the lift and remove his arms just before they are ripped off in a scene that could have been reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1990 action blockbuster Total Recall. <br /> <br />A law that came into effect in 2000 requires all lifts to have a sensor that will stop the elevator from moving with the doors open. <br /> <br />However, the lift in this particular building was installed in 1999 and appears not to have the required safety device.
