There's a hidden hazard on a modern convenience we all take for granted the automatic door. CBS News Consumer Correspondent Herb Weisbaum reports on the injuries that can occur when things go wrong. They really don't look dangerous. But accidents involving automatic doors happen more often than you might think. The risk of being hurt this way depends a lot on who you are and what you're wearing.
Automatic doors are everywhere.
They are so common at stores, schools, hospitals and hotels we barely notice them. In fact, Americans pass through these electronic doors a billion times a week, almost always safely. But don't tell that to Margaret Courts. Her encounter with a department store door in Minnesota left her with a broken hip, broken arm and bruises visible weeks later. Kathy Block became trapped in the doors of a membership warehouse store in California.