Incident date: 2020-07-10
NAICS industry code: 423610

An employee was working to free a stuck overhead door. While trying to get a roller back into the track, a bottom plate which was under tension, came loose, and sprung up striking the employee in the forehead. The employee sustained a forehead laceration and possible skull fracture in the frontal lobe area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Garage doors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate