Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-10	Miami	Fl	Raircon Corp.	Multiple body parts	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Employees were demolishing a garage door. The torsion spring broke and struck and employee in the face, chest, and arms, causing lacerations.
2021-11-09	Kansas City	Mo	InsCo Industries	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was power-washing a fire station from a scissor lift. The power washer triggered the garage door, which opened and caused the scissor lift to tip. The employee fell and was hospitalized, requiring surgery for an upper thigh fracture.
2021-10-26	Hanover	Pa	CHI OVERHEAD DOOR, INC.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was unloading garage door sections inside a trailer. As he pulled one garage door section using a plastic banding strap, the strap broke and he fell out of the trailer to the ground approximately 6 feet to 6.5 feet below, resulting in a fractured left ankle.
2021-10-07	Grand Island	Ne	OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a piece of garage door in a warehouse. The employee fell to the floor and suffered a broken right hip.
2021-08-31	Bedford	Ma	North Shore Mechanical Contractors Inc	Ankle(s)	Other jump to lower level
An employee was on a ladder, putting ceiling tiles back in the grid in a loading dock area. The loading dock's garage door then opened, and the employee jumped from the ladder to avoid being struck by the door. He suffered a broken ankle.
2021-05-06	New London	Wi	Welter Forest Products, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was writing information on a pack of lumber as it was moving down the chain and was caught between a lumber pack and the garage door rail. The employee was hospitalized for a traumatic injury to the abdomen.
2021-05-05	Sabina	Oh	Sabina Farmers Exchange	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder while trying to repair a broken overhead garage door. The employee landed on the ground and suffered a broken wrist, a broken orbital bone, contusions, and scrapes.
2021-02-24	Conroe	Tx	ARS Rescue Rooter	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
An employee was replacing an electrical breaker for a garage door at a residential site. The employee suffered a 120-volt shock to the right hand.
2021-01-26	Athens	Me	Linkletter & Sons, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
The employee was working from a scissor lift to fix an overhead garage door. A trailer backed into the scissor lift and knocked it over. The employee struck the concrete garage floor and suffered three or four fractured vertebrae.
2021-01-25	Ipswich	Ma	DOOR SYSTEMS, INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell off a ladder while working on a garage door. The employee landed on the ground and suffered broken ribs, a pelvis injury, and a shoulder contusion.
2021-01-21	Dixon	Il	Raynor Mfg. Co.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was loading garage doors on a flatbed truck. A stack of garage door sections (about 7 feet high) fell onto the employee, causing three fractures in the leg and ankle.
2021-01-16	Grandview Heights	Oh	Nationwide Realty Management	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was inspecting a non-functioning garage door. The employee pulled the emergency garage door release pull cord while standing on the third step of a ladder; the cord snapped back and the employee fell to the concrete floor, his left side striking a box that contained a pointed object. He suffered seven broken ribs, a broken scapula, and a collapsed lung.
2020-10-17	Hesston	Ks	ABM - Facility Services	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was operating a forklift and was attempting to push the button to open a garage door. The employee's ring finger was caught between the forklift and a pole resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
2020-09-30	Sioux Falls	Sd	Electronic Systems, Inc.	Brain	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee opened an overhead garage door on a dock. As the employee was looking for IT cables on the outside of the building, he fell off the dock and hit his head on the concrete about 4 feet below. He suffered a skull fracture and brain bleeding.
2020-09-28	Short Hills	Nj	JP1 LLC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was closing the garage doors on a new construction project. Two of his fingers were caught in the door/rails, and the fingertips were amputated.
2020-09-11	Kenton	Oh	Sekisui Plastics U.S.A., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
On September 11, 2020, an employee was hospitalized after their right ring finger was caught in a jammed garage door near the compactor as it was being forced closed with the forks of a forklift. The finger was lacerated.
2020-07-02	Houston	Texas	Vortex Industries	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working on a garage door from an A-frame ladder when a motion detector sensor was engaged, causing the door to start to come down. The door struck the employee's head, causing him to fall off the ladder and hit his head on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with injury to his head.
2020-05-22	Reading	Pennsylvania	Wyomissing Rehabilitation and Nursing Center	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was closing a garage door when the employee's fingers were pinched between the closing door panels, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingertips.
2020-05-13	Orlando	Florida	SPICE WORLD, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working on a roll-up door in the maintenance shop when he noticed that the chain was loose on top, so he placed a ladder next to the door to climb up and fix it. The ladder was placed on the bottom lip of the garage door. The employee asked another employee to push the button to have the door roll up so he could monitor the movement of the door/chain. As the door rolled up, it pushed on the ladder, causing the employee to fall. He struck the ladder, a nearby object, and the concr
2020-04-30	Kenosha	Wisconsin	Menard, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was attempting to manually open an overhead garage door when the cables on which the door ran, snapped, causing the door to come down on his hand. He suffered a broken hand, requiring surgery.
2020-03-11	Lubbock	Texas	Overhead Door of Lubbock	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was repairing a garage door opener while standing on an adjustable A-frame ladder. A cable snapped and the employee fell to ground. The employee suffered a fractured wrist and leg.
2020-02-27	Brentford	South Dakota	Kramp Enterprises, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was releasing the emergency release on a garage door. The door swung up, catching the employee's collar and pulling the employee off a telehandler basket. The employee fell 10-15 feet to the ground, suffering broken vertebrae.
2020-02-05	Wall	South Dakota	Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working on an overhead garage door opener, reprogramming the controller. He was approximately 5 to 6 feet up on a 10-foot A-frame ladder when the door was opened. He reached for the door and lost his balance on the ladder, falling to the concrete floor. He suffered a broken right tibia and fibula and a right shoulder rotator injury.
2020-02-01	Lake Charles	Louisiana	GOLDEN NUGGET LAKE CHARLES, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was unloading concert equipment using an automatic loader. The garage door on a ramp would not open; while the employee was trying to open it automatically, the automatic loader slipped, catching his right foot between the ramp and the I-beam underneath the garage door. His right second toe was medically amputated.
2020-01-26	Dallas	Texas	Turner Sign Systems, Inc.	Pelvis	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was working inside an enclosure on the overhead roll-up garage door. The power to the door was turned on and the employee was crushed between the door and a wall, suffering four broken pelvic bones. The door had been turned off but not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
2019-09-21	Twin Falls	Idaho	Commercial Tire	Fingertip(s)	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was aligning the wheels of an automobile on an alignment lift. The car rolled off the lift and into the garage door frame. The employee's left hand was caught between the automobile and the door frame; the ring finger and the tip of the little finger were amputated.
2019-09-16	Clinton	New York	C2C Construction Solutions LLC	Arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee removed or loosened the coil spring of an overhead garage door and was struck by the assembly, suffering a fractured arm.
2019-07-20	Cary	Illinois	Kelgor Constructions Services, Inc.	Multiple head locations	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
On July 20, 2019, an employee was on a lift making a pipe connection inside of a garage door when the garage door opened and pushed the lift over. The employee fell and sustained face and head injuries.
2019-05-28	Parker	Colorado	DH Pace Denver	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was standing on a ladder working on a garage door when the employee's left index finger was caught in the garage door opener chain and sprocket, resulting in a finger amputation.
2019-05-21	Cincinnati	Ohio	The Archiable Electric Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was shutting a garage door while carrying supplies when the employee's little finger was caught between door panels, resulting in a smashed finger and a possible amputation.
2019-05-20	Fort Myers	Florida	Lamberts Cable Splicing Company, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was fixing a garage door from an extension ladder when the employee fell approximately 14 feet to the ground, suffering wrist, ankle, and rib fractures.
2019-05-11	Papillion	Nebraska	Omaha Door & Window Co	Brain	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
Two employees were arguing over a method to fix an overhead garage door. Employee 1 lunged at Employee 2 with a box cutter. Employee 2 struck Employee 1 on the head with a cordless impact wrench. Employee 2 was rendered unconscious and was hospitalized with a head injury.
2019-05-03	Ramona	South Dakota	Prairie Ridge Dairies, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
The injured employee was holding an overhead garage door while a second employee was making repairs. While working on the door, the cable support broke. The door came down and the injured employee's finger was caught in the door track and amputated.
2019-04-30	Fort Myers	Florida	Sullivan Home Services Inc.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending an 8-foot stepladder after doing a paint touch-up above a garage door when he missed the last step and fell to the floor, fracturing his hip.
2019-04-15	Cleveland	Ohio	Greater Cleveland Habitate for Humanity	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on an A-frame ladder, trying to unjam a garage door, when he slipped and fell backwards, landing about 4 feet below on his back. He suffered a broken pelvis.
2019-03-21	Monroe	Ohio	Joe Morgan Honda	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an 8-foot ladder, helping repair a service bay garage door that would not roll up and down. The top three glass door panels fell, causing the employee to fall to the concrete driveway. The employee sustained a punctured lung and a cut on the head from the broken glass.
2019-03-14	Greeley	Colorado	Mountain States Rosen	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was repairing a garage door when it slipped. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the closing panels, and the tip was amputated.
2019-02-14	Port Charlotte	Florida	Raymond Building Supply Corporation	Eye(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was removing an old garage door and installing a new one. A piece of the door struck him in the right eye. He was hospitalized.
2019-02-12	Opa Locka	Florida	J.B. Garage Doors, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was servicing a garage door at a commercial establishment from an extension ladder approximately 15 feet in height. The ladder slid out from under him and the employee fell to the ground, breaking his right arm and spraining an ankle. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his arm.
2019-01-22	Barron	Wisconsin	JENNIE-O TURKEY STORE, INC.	Lower leg(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was moving pallets with a stand-up rider pallet jack. He was entering a large garage door style opening with his pallet jack when he hit the side of the opening. He lost his balance and overcorrected. His leg was then caught between the pallet jack structure and the guardrail, breaking his lower leg.
2019-01-09	Cody	Wyoming	U. S. Postal Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was conducting maintenance work on an overhead garage door when the employee's thumb was caught in the overhead door's chain drive, resulting in a partial left thumb amputation.
2018-09-13	West Palm Beach	Florida	Lets Work USA Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c.
A temporary employee was removing a garage door coil spring from recycling equipment. The spring retracted, lacerating the employee's left hand and breaking two of his fingers.
2018-08-31	Morrison	Colorado	Powers Product Company	Multiple body parts	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was installing a garage door counterbalance. The spring action lifted the employee 6 to 8 feet into the air, causing fractures to the hip and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.
2018-08-17	Monticello	Arkansas	Drew Foam Companies Inc.	Hand(s) and wrist(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a feeder that laminates Styrofoam panels to produce garage door insulation. She was feeding the Styrofoam panels and sheets of film into the feeder when her glove was caught and her right hand was pulled into the machine. She suffered contusions and swelling of the hand and wrist.
2018-07-18	Cumming	Georgia	LD Painting, LLC	Hand(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was working from a stepladder when it broke. In falling, he grabbed the steel rail of a garage door and his right hand was lacerated.
2018-07-18	Fort Worth	Texas	W.R Meadows of Texas	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was working on an overhead garage door opener. The employee's left index finger was caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation to the fingertip.
2018-06-19	Bozeman	Montana	Western Insulation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working from an A-frame ladder while installing cardboard baffles in a garage's roof truss seals when he lost his balance. He grabbed the garage door track to try and regain balance, and the sharp track partially amputated his right ring finger.
2018-03-14	Lancaster	Pennsylvania	Lancaster Mold, Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was servicing an overhead garage door system and operated the door via remote. The door struck the ladder, causing him to fall approximately 15 feet to the floor. He fractured his left ankle.
2018-01-31	Lincoln	Nebraska	Motorcars of Lincoln, LLC	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
A maintenance employee was using a scissor lift to access and clean the interior windows on a garage door when another employee activated the door from the outside of the facility, knocking the lift over. The employee hit the floor and suffered a fractured pelvis.
2018-01-19	Niagara Falls	New York	North American Services Group, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
While raising a garage door, an employee was caught between the garage door frame and a power wash trailer that was being towed out of the building. The employee suffered broken ribs and a possible punctured lung.
2018-01-09	Elkhorn	Nebraska	Omaha Door and Window	Cheek(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was replacing the bottom seal on a garage door. When he removed a roller, tension on the door caused it to fling up. The bottom section of the door struck his face, fracturing his cheekbone.
2017-09-22	Madison	Wisconsin	Badger Bus Lines, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee had repaired garage door rollers and was descending from mobile scaffolding when the scaffolding became unbalanced and tipped over. The employee fell to the concrete garage floor, landing on and fracturing both of his feet. He was hospitalized.
2017-09-18	Coshocton	Ohio	McWane Ductile	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On September 18, 2017, an employee was holding a bar that loosened tension on the spring of the garage door with his left hand. While he was loosening set screws with his right hand, something let loose and caused the bar to swing around and smash the left middle finger between the bar and the metal structure.
2017-07-28	Mount Pleasant Mills	Pennsylvania	Heister House Millworks, Incorporated	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was backing a forklift into the building. A finger was caught between the forklift and the garage door track resulting in a crushing injury that required amputation of the finger during surgery.
2017-05-16	Fayetteville	North Caroli	Marvin Allan Door Company, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee had just repaired an overhead door chain in an ambulance garage and was climbing down a 12-foot A-frame ladder. His left hand was resting on the chain he just repaired when a paramedic came in and activated the switch to raise the garage door. His hand was caught between the chain and sprocket to the garage motor, amputating both middle fingertips.
2017-05-10	Seward	Nebraska	Capital Overhead Door	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a ladder, removing a vice grip from a garage door to open it. When the vice grip came off, the door rolled open and knocked him off the ladder. His right thumb was pinched and amputated between the door and the track.
2017-04-12	The Villages	Florida	Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was tightening the tension on a garage door spring when the winding bar slipped off the cone causing the spring to unwind. The employee was hospitalized for a laceration and fractures to his left thumb.
2017-03-31	Cincinnati	Ohio	The Larson Group, Inc.	Arm(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working from an extension ladder to repair an overhead garage door when the bottom of the ladder, which was positioned on a dry floor area, slid outward. The employee fell approximately 9 to 10 feet with the ladder, suffering fractures to the right and left arms.
2017-01-31	Mount Hope	Ohio	Overhead Door	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was operating the shaper that bevels the edges of small pieces angled to fit into a garage door and contacted the shaper blade amputating a fingertip.
2017-01-18	Olathe	Kansas	Haz-Mat Response, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working on an overhead garage door. He was in the bucket of a fork truck when he lost his balance and shifted his weight to the right side. The bucket's screws popped out and the bucket came apart. The employee fell 10 feet to the concrete floor, cracking his ribs and puncturing his lung. He was hospitalized.
2016-08-22	Oxford	Mississippi	Lifestyle Homes, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was standing on a ladder plugging in the garage door opener motor. He began to fall and grabbed the metal frame that holds the motor to the ceiling. When his hand contacted the metal, he sustained a laceration to the first knuckle of his left ring finger and his pinky finger was amputated.
2016-07-15	Bertrand	Nebraska	Overhead Door Corporation	Shoulder(s) and arm(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was installing a replacement garage door at a commercial business. During the installation, the crew released the tension off the last of three overhead springs. The spring caught the employee in the shoulder and upper right arm causing a severe laceration and pulling the employee into the side of the structure.
2016-06-24	Pewaukee	Wisconsin	VJS Construction Services, Inc.	Face	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on a step ladder and reprogramming an overhead garage door in the company shop when the garage door opened and knocked him off of the ladder to the concrete floor. He suffered a facial fracture and right arm laceration.
2016-06-08	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	The Overhead Door Co. of Chester and Delaware Countries	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On June 8, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee sustained an electric shock while he was repairing an overhead garage door operator. He then fell from the third rung of an 8-foot ladder, fracturing his vertebra and requiring overnight hospitalization.
2016-04-11	Akron	Ohio	Installed Building Products	Hand(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working from a portable ladder when the employee slipped and fell. The employee's hand became caught on the metal garage door and was lacerated.
2016-03-18	Jonesboro	Arkansas	Focus, Inc.	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee walked outside to get the client's newspaper and slipped in the client's garage. She fell and hit her face on the tracks of the garage door, suffering a nasal septal fracture and upper lip lacerations.
2016-02-27	West Haven	Connecticut	Eder Bros., Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee broke his middle finger while attempting to recoil a garage door cable.
2016-01-23	Beech Bottom	West Virgini	Ally Equipment, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working on the jammed chain drive of a rollup garage door mechanism when a coworker pulled on the chain. The employee's hand was pulled into the chain drive gear, breaking and cutting his right little finger.
2015-12-18	Sidney	Ohio	ROSS ALUMINUM CASTINGS, LLC	Brain	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was opening the garage door to the warehouse to pick up materials. The employee tripped over the rope to the garage door and fell. He was hospitalized with a concussion.
2015-09-02	Oshkosh	Wisconsin	Northern Concrete Construction Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On September 2, 2015, an employee was setting up garage door headers using a hand trowel when he began to experience cramping. He was hospitalized overnight due to heat exhaustion and dehydration.
2015-08-12	Wernersville	Pennsylvania	Rowens Enterprises	Hand(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was working from a ladder putting up the angle iron at the garage door of a new home when the angle iron fell and struck the hose used for the spray painting operation performed by a different contractor on site. The employee came down off the ladder and attempted to stop the leaking paint which resulted in a laceration and latex paint being injected into his hand.
2015-07-27	Omaha	Nebraska	MIDLAND GARAGE DOOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee had his hand on a spring he was building for a garage door. He pushed the lever to lock the clamp in its place, and his hand got caught under the clamp. He pulled his hand away, amputating his left thumb tip in the process. He was hospitalized and had thumb surgery.
2015-07-15	North Little Rock	Arkansas	ADESA Arkansas, LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was lowering an automobile garage door when the wind caught the door and pulled it loose. The garage door struck the employee on the head and shoulder. The employee was hospitalized for injuries.
2015-06-03	New Salem	Pennsylvania	Nelson Wire and Steel	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was treated at the hospital after falling approximately 5 feet to the concrete floor below while descending nine-foot portable stairs. The employee tore his rotator cuff and received stitches to his left elbow. The employee was attempting to dislodge a chain attached to an overhead crane at the time of the incident. The employee was unloading wire mesh from a delivery truck in the Blue Building garage door area.
2015-01-16	Omaha	Nebraska	Richdale Group, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
Employee was performing a garage audit. The garage door wasn't closing properly due to a chain malfunction. Employee's finger was caught in the door bin.