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Commercial garage door falls, fatally crushing worker.

Nebraska Department of Labor

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 94NE039, 1995 Feb; :1-4

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/stateface/ne/94ne039.html

20027825

A 32 year-old male lumber yardman died after being struck by a 1,200 pound steel commercial garage door. The victim was closing the garage door at the time of the incident and was standing directly beneath the door. Shortly after he activated the door, the door free-fell and crushed him. The Nebraska Department of Labor evaluator concluded that to prevent future similar occurrences, employers and overhead door manufacturers/installers should: 1. Ensure that operating controls for overhead doors are designed and located to prevent workers from hazards of malfunctioning doors. 2. Develop, implement and enforce a comprehensive safety program that includes, but is not limited to, training in hazard recognition. 3. Consider developing commercial overhead door regulations/industry standards which would provide minimum standards for safe operation.

Region-7; Accident-analysis; Accident-prevention; Accidents; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Traumatic-injuries; Work-operations; Work-analysis; Work-areas; Work-performance; Work-practices; Safety-education; Safety-equipment; Safety-measures; Safety-monitoring; Protective-measures; Training; Machine-guarding; Machine-operation; Machine-operators; Safety-programs; Lumber-industry; Lumber-industry-workers

19950222

Field Studies; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation

Cooperative Agreement

1995

PB2012-111902

A01

FACE-94NE039; Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U60-CCU-709864

NAICS-44

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NE; WV

Nebraska Department of Labor