Garage Door Spring Deaths

Now that garages use torsion springs people very rarely get injured.

Garage door spring deaths.

If they don t make it across the door can pin them to the ground or crush them. Do not attempt to install springs or hardware yourself unless you have the proper tools reasonable mechanical aptitude and experience and upper arm strength. Torsion springs extension springs and other garage door hardware can cause serious injury or death if not handled and installed properly. I thought both springs were broken on a two car garage.

The nebraska department of labor was notified by telephone on august 19 1994 by the local police department that responded to the incident scene. I ve been hurt working on them once. Fatigue is the most common reason for garage door spring failure. Several deaths each year are reported by the u s.

Replacing garage door springs is dangerous because of the torque in a wound torsion spring or the stretch in an extended extension spring. Professional installation is recommended. Too many people try to perform diy garage spring replacements with a socket wrench or screwdriver when fixing broken garage door springs. In the latter case that might mean disfigurement severe injury or even death.

This way you can avoid getting taken by surprise by issues like broken garage door springs that could cause the door to drop suddenly. Consumer product safety commission from this behavior even from garage doors that do contain an automatic reverse feature. About 800 americans will suffer lacerations when the window glass in their garage doors breaks. Furthermore they lead to approximately 20 000 injuries annually not including those incidents that are not reported or treated in medical facilities.

On august 19 1994 a 32 year old lumber yardman died when a commercial garage door fell on him. An error here can result in multiple broken bones in the hand or worse the spring snapping back with rapid force. To get injured by them you need to be up close and working on them. Garage doors have caused multiple deaths per year commonly to children.

Most springs were designed to last for 10 000 cycles approximately 7 years if you use your garage door 4 times a day.