Accident Garage Door Spring Injury

A 32 year old male lumber yardman died after being struck by a 1 200 pound steel commercial garage door.

Accident garage door spring injury.

Now that garages use torsion springs people very rarely get injured. I ve been hurt working on them once. Download pdf of this article here. Lost income from missed work.

Lacerations from door hardware or tracks. The victim was closing the garage door at the time of the incident and was standing directly beneath the door. Over the past 15 years i have been involved in over 100 residential garage door injury cases and i am generally retained as the door expert almost equally by plaintiff and defense. Lacerations americans affected.

Half of these were fingers caught between rollers and tracks. Person working on a door. 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. Only about 100 of these are caused by personal negligence like a child or pet trying to dash.

To get injured by them you need to be up close and working on them. A personal injury lawsuit involving a garage door accident can provide damages to compensate the victim for. Lacerations from garage door window glass. About 800 americans will suffer lacerations when the window glass in their garage doors breaks.

I thought both springs were broken on a two car garage. The major and the most dangerous component of the overhead door is the garage door spring or springs depending on the design which supports the entire weight of the door. By michael panish door expert witness. Miscellaneous injuries due to doors needing repairs.

If someone is injured by a garage door accident the victim can file a lawsuit to get compensated for his or her injuries injuries in garage door accidents can range from minor to serious and can even be fatal.