Commercial Fixed Wing
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft
Cargo door counter-balance inop and deferred. Makeshift wooden rod used to support door. Door could drop at any given time during the operation and injure an employee. The rod was a broken broom handle.
Air carrier ground employee reported a dangerous condition existed with a cargo door propped open with a broom handle because of an inoperative door counter-balance mechanism.