Garage door openers are a convenience that many people take for granted. With the simple press of a button, your garage door can open or close itself. While convenient, however, this can also be dangerous. The mechanization of anything must have safety features to keep the dangers at bay.
With garage door openers, there is generally a laser that runs along the bottom of the door way. This prevents anything from getting crushed when the door closes. If the path of the laser is ever broken, the garage door stops closing and goes back up.
Unfortunately, the safety features that are meant to keep us safe can sometimes malfunction. If the laser sensor ever malfunctions, the garage door is able to close whether there is something under it or not. This is how injuries occur.
When garage doors are converted to automatic, they are constantly in a locked position. This is done so that you do not have to lock and unlock your garage door every time you use it. On a manual door, the lock prevents people from opening the door when they should not. However, this lock would break on the automatic door. This is why automatic doors are always locked.
Unfortunately, because of the lock, people can be trapped under these automatic garage doors. If there is nobody around to help, a person can be trapped and crushed to death. Even when there is somebody to help, serious injury can still occur.
Speak with a Minneapolis Personal Injury Lawyer
If you or someone you know has been injured by a garage door, contact the Minneapolis personal injury lawyers of Terry, Slane & Ruohonen at 612-362-0000.
