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Garage door spring accidents.
Now that garages use torsion springs people very rarely get injured.
To get injured by them you need to be up close and working on them.
The overhead garage door is usually the largest mechanical thing around your house.
The victim was closing the garage door at the time of the incident and was standing directly beneath the door.
A 32 year old male lumber yardman died after being struck by a 1 200 pound steel commercial garage door.
The major garage safety issue 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 panels sometimes over 400 pounds and helps you to lift lower the entire door assembly.
Shortly after he activated the door the door free fell and crushed him.