June is Garage Door Safety Month

June is "Garage Door Safety Month" and it's a good time to remind everyone that Garage doors are Dangerous!

I know - sounds like the bogey man - but seriously, Reports from the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission indicate that every year 30,000 people are injured by faulty garage door systems.It’s also important to note that these statistics count only those injuries that required medical attention while many other injuries go unreported.

Your garage door is essentially a movable wall and when combined with an automatic garage door opener, it is the largest and perhaps the most dangerous moving object in your home. Consider that a garage door can weigh over 400 pounds, and can be potentially lethal.  That's not a fair fight, especially when kids are involved.
An improperly adjusted garage door or automatic opener can exert deadly force when the door closes. This could lead to serious injury or death from being hit by a closing garage door or from being trapped under the door.

So, what do you do? The proper installation, maintenance and testing of these two pieces of equipment are necessary to provide responsible homeowners with safe, trouble-free operation. Take a few minutes to inspect and test your garage door system and make that inspection and testing a part of your regular routine. Safety is everyone's business. If anything is suspected to be unsafe or in need of attention, contact your Precision Garage Door Service professional ASAP.

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