On July 31, 1954, a 31-year-old elevator operator lost her left foot in an elevator-related injury at 11 West Monument Ave. Helen Johnson forced the shaftway door open on the 8th floor, thinking she had left the elevator there. She then fell from the 8th floor all the way down to the 4th, only stopping when her foot was caught by the counterweight. She recovered at Miami Valley Hospital.

Source: Elevator Victim Reported “Fair”, Dayton Daily News, August 2, 1954, Page 4