People Are Sharing Terrifying Experiences They Didn’t Realize Were Dangerous Until Years Later

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“I was foolishly attempting to adjust the spring tension on an overhead garage door. The tension tool popped out, and the door crashed to the ground. It sounded like a plane crash. I didn’t die or lose any appendages, but many people suffer serious injuries or worse when dealing with garage door tension springs.”

—GotMyOrangeCrush

“At work, the door for the warehouse got stuck open somehow. None of us wanted to tell the boss that the door was stuck open, so we just tried to work the switches to get it shut. 

It seemed like it was working, then a piece of steel, maybe one or two pounds in mass, came whizzing past the three of us, and we realized how stupid we were.

That metal bit could have cracked our skulls like an egg if it had made contact. At the time, it just seemed like a hassle. Looking back on it now, that thing could easily have maimed us if it had just launched a little bit to the left or right.”

—Far-Government5469