Garage Door Fatalities

In other cases body parts have been severed and amputated when door safety devices were improperly positioned not functioning correctly or simply removed after the original installation.

Garage door fatalities. The nebraska department of labor was notified by telephone on august 19 1994 by the local police department that responded to the incident scene. 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. Employee is caught between hanger doors and is killed. On august 19 1994 a 32 year old lumber yardman died when a commercial garage door fell on him.

All of that being said however there are some things to know when you are in the situation where you or someone else has hit your garage door. Furthermore they lead to approximately 20 000 injuries annually not including those incidents that are not reported or treated in medical facilities. Employee is killed after striking head on metal rolling door. Garage doors have caused multiple deaths per year commonly to children.

Employee fractures femur in fall from bus. Only about 100 of these are caused by personal negligence like a child or pet trying to dash under a closing door. The face evaluator accompanied an osha investigator to the incident site on august 22 and 23 1994 and interviewed the employer witnesses to the incident the police officer responding to the incident and the county coroner. 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.

The garage door is often one of the first casualties of inexperienced drivers and in many ways is a much better casualty than real people or drivers out on the road. My garage door s bottom weather seal was damaged in a minor accident so i called urban garage door to fix it. Employee trips and falls over door sill fractures multiple. 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.