Garage Door Deaths 2017

This type of garage door injury is becoming less and less common as older doors with regular glass are replaced with new doors that feature shatter resistant glass.

Garage door deaths 2017. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Address 1331 harvest bend lasalle on n9h 2b5 tel. Social worker heidi chalkley 40 pictured was pulled into the mechanism of the metal shutters in an underground car park in ruth bagnall court cambridge after she took hold of it with her arms. Garage doors have caused multiple deaths per year commonly to children.

This type of glass is similar to the glass used in car windows so when it breaks it creates small dull chunks rather than wicked shards. Social worker heidi chalkley 40 was pulled into the rolling metal shutter which she. The woman horrifically crushed to death by an automatic garage door has been named as a mother of one. Employee trips and falls over door sill fractures multiple.

Employee crushes finger when door closes. A 32 year old male lumber yardman died after being struck by a 1 200 pound steel commercial garage door. The watchdog tells the story of yes doors an area company whose name is stolen by gds to cause confusion and steal its customers. Employee is killed after striking head on metal rolling door.

Shortly after he activated the door the door free fell and crushed him. The victim was closing the garage door at the time of the incident and was standing directly beneath the door. Only about 100 of these are caused by personal negligence like a child or pet trying to dash. The national electronic injury surveillance system neiss has reported statistics on garage door accidents showing that more than 2 000 people per year are crushed by garage doors and more than 7 500 people are pinched during garage door operation.