I was helping my nephew install a new exterior door that
would serve a future second-floor deck. To save time and money, we decided to
work off ladders instead of erecting scaffolding.
As we struggled to control the heavy door and secure it in
the rough opening we’d cut, it slipped from our grasp and fell 14 ft.,
onto his brand new pickup truck below. After ordering a new door and fixing the
truck, we did it right. We raised a scaffold tower and installed the next door
without incident.
