Accidents from Doors
LEE W. BASS M.D.
The screen door shown in the Figure is the cause of frequent preventable accidents occurring especially during the summer months. The accident usually involves a young child who is running out the doorway and as the door slams shut, puts a hand out to stop it. If enough force is exerted, the hand, arm or possibly head and neck will crash through the thin glass. The results may be either mild or severe lacerations of the arm; most of the trauma may be incurred when the child withdraws the arm back across the jagged glass. Laceration of the neck area may be life threatening.
The doors are built with two or three sections and the sections are filled with either glass or screen fillers.
