Unstable mirrors reflect poorly on clothing store safety inspections
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Foxtown Mall in Xuhui District has removed 12 mirrors which were leaning on walls after a fatal accident over the weekend when a mirror fell over and claimed the life of a 6-year-old girl.
According to Qiu, manager of the mall, all mirrors in all shops were being examined.
“No mirrors will be allowed to lean on the wall,” said Qiu. “For those fixed on walls, we have asked shops to double and triple check that they are absolutely firm.”
In Esprit on the second floor, two mirrors were removed, both more than 2 meters high. Workers removing them said each weighed more than 50 kilograms.
“Though fixed to the wall, we removed them anyway,” said Qiu. “We will await instructions from the authorities before we put them back.”
Zhu, manager of I.T Apparel, owners of the store where the tragedy occurred, said the company was doing everything it could for the bereaved family and had arranged for a counsellor to support the girl’s mother. “Her physical condition is stable, but she still refuses to leave home.”
Zhu said that the company will not attempt to evade any responsibility for the accident. Zhu also claimed that after the incident, he and Qiu went to the hospital immediately but were reluctant to approach the girl’s family because they “did not know what do or say to in front of the heartbroken family.”
However, Xu, aunt of the little girl, said the family saw no one in the hospital. She said no one helped out nor did anyone reach out to the family until Sunday night, more than 24 hours after the incident.
“Even if they did come, what’s the point standing there doing nothing?” said an obviously distressed Xu on the phone with Shanghai Daily yesterday.
She said that first and foremost, the family wants a sincere apology.
In another I.T outlet in Xintiandi plaza, a clerk told Shanghai Daily that following an inspection on Sunday a mirror had been removed.
“It took us five hours to finally take it down,” he said. “It was fixed on a sliding door.”
How the mirror in Foxtown Mall was attached to the wall and why it collapsed is still under investigation, said Tian Jun, head of Xuhui emergency management department. The spot where the mirror collapsed was not covered by surveillance cameras.
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