Garage Door Fatalities

The door in the photo was adjusted and repaired by a garage door technician after the incident.

Garage door fatalities. The overhead door that was involved in the fatal incident. Pay close attention to his arms. Employee trips and falls over door sill fractures multiple. 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.

Commercial garage door falls fatally crushing worker. On the day of the incident the victim and a co worker arrived at the cargo terminal building around. The company had a written safety program and a designated safety officer. Overhead garage doors should be routinely checked.

This is jameson running for his life while impersonating a muppet. A standard lift steel insulated door with six inch lift drums. The garage door is the gateway to your home. Only about 100 of these are caused by personal negligence like a child or pet trying to dash.

As previously stated the more complex a door system is the more frequently it should be observed for proper operation. Owner s manuals provided by manufacturers generally suggest that an electric garage operator and door system be inspected monthly. Now that garages use torsion springs people very rarely get injured. Overhead door residential garage doors.

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. I thought both springs were broken on a two car garage. Product consumer safety commission reports that the vast majority of these injuries are to fingers and hands. By choosing an overhead door residential garage door you are doing more than making a home improvement investment you are making us a part of your daily life and relying on us for safety security and dependable operation.

Employee crushes finger when door closes. This was the first occupational fatality in the history of the company. The safety officer performed other primary duties and was not present at the site at the time of the incident. Employee is killed after striking head on metal rolling door.

Garage doors have caused multiple deaths per year commonly to children. I ve been hurt working on them once. Furthermore they lead to approximately 20 000 injuries annually not including those incidents that are not reported or treated in medical facilities.