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Coin-operated self-service car wash is neglected, be careful to hide the crisis! A 16-year-old girl named Ye in Pingtung accompanied her friend to the car wash to wash the Gogoro motorcycle. When the friend finished washing the car, he took the air gun (also known as an air gun) to spray excess water droplets on the body. Unexpectedly, air pressure sprayed onto the rearview mirror. The lens exploded instantly, and the shards of the mirror that shattered looked like “drops of blood.” They shot the girl in the eyes on the spot. The left eyeball was still broken. After being taken to Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for 5 hours, part of her vision was saved. The girl’s family believed that such a terrible accident occurred because the car’s rear view mirror was defective.
The experts judged, based on this car wash accident surveillance scene, that it was possible that the wind pressure from the spray gun was pouring into the lens holder from the rear view mirror space, and the pressure could not be released. , which caused the lens to explode.
In response to this accident, Gogoro Public Relations stated that after receiving feedback from consumers, the company immediately raised concerns and reviewed the car wash video. Consumers should be reminded not to hold the air gun directly to the rear view mirror drain hole as this action can cause excessive pressure in an instant and lead to unexpected situations.
This accident happened on October 2 of this year. Over two months ago, the girl surnamed Ye’s eyesight did not fully recover. The sight of the left and right eyes was 1.0 from before the accident, and was reduced to 0.4 and 0.8 respectively. Can they recover? And long-term follow-up is required.
When he accepted an interview with Apple News on the 3rd of this month, he still had lingering fears. She said that on the day of the incident, she accompanied her friend to the self-service car wash to wash the car. The friend first washed the car with a squirt gun and then sprayed the drops of water on the body with an air gun. He leaned in with a rag to help: “At this point (fragment of the rear view mirror) It suddenly came out and my face was covered in blood on the spot.”
It can be seen from the car wash monitor screen that when the girl’s friend started spraying with an air gun on the surface of the rear view mirror, there was nothing unusual, but when he sprayed with the air gun towards the space between the mirror surface and the base, The mirror surface suddenly sprouted, and the shards quickly hit the girl’s face and eyes. The girl was so in pain that she squatted on the ground holding her face, and even the base of the rear view mirror broke. It can be seen that the force of the airgun was so powerful that the process was quite terrifying.
The young woman surnamed Ye was rushed to the local hospital in Pingtung and later transferred to Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for emergency treatment by ambulance.
Wu Peichang, a professor at the Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Department of Ophthalmology, who admitted the girl, said the girl’s face was covered in blood at the time. After the examination, the eyeball of the left eye was broken and the vitreous body and the iridescence of the eye had been shed; There were many puncture wounds around the skin and an operation was arranged immediately, hyaluronic acid and saline solution was injected to prop up the flat left eyeball and suture multiple wounds, the operation lasted 5 hours to finish.
Wu Peichang said that when the girl surnamed Ye arrived at the hospital, visual acuity in both eyes was less than 0.1. After surgery and medication, the visual acuity of the left and right eyes was restored to 0.4 and 0.8 respectively. However, if the original visual acuity of 1.0 can be restored, long-term follow-up is required. The impact of structural damage caused by puncture injuries to the eye is sometimes delayed and traumatic cataracts can occur later, resulting in decreased vision.
The girl surnamed Ye said that she had accompanied her friends to wash the motorcycle earlier. Never before has something so terrible happened. When the lens flew into her eyes, her eyes suddenly clouded, “I am very afraid of going blind.” Even after the operation, she still could not go to school for two weeks, “I think I will never dare to go to school. car wash again. “
Father Ye said that every day in the car wash, customers use air guns, and none of the motorcycles have been sprayed with a broken rear view mirror. He suspected that his daughter’s friend’s rear view mirror was faulty and that such a terrible accident had occurred. . However, locomotive manufacturer Gogoro was informed that it should take care to avoid similar accidents. He just expected compliments from the other party, and if he was sincere, he would donate money to charity. But the other party just dodges that his daughter has student safety insurance, which makes him feel awful.
“Apple” went to the car wash site where the girl named Ye was shot with a wind gun. Only the nozzle and tubing were seen. The pipe was inside the partition. The source of the air compressor could not be seen, and the relevant brand and pressure level could not be known. .
The reporter looked at the head of the air pistol and found that the air pistol could not be adjusted in force. As long as you throw 20 yuan, you can press it to blow high pressure air.
The car wash is self-service, there is no on-site service staff and no contact number. “Apple” left a message to the industry through Facebook, but the industry has not responded so far.
Jiang Shangmeng, owner of a Tanzi self-service car wash shop in Taichung City, said the structures of the air gun nozzles used by self-service car washers are almost the same. The focus is on the air compressor. The general pressure value is set to approximately 7 kg. The manufacturer also cautions against this. Adjust the pressure value at will, otherwise there will be safety concerns about the safety of the machine or public use.
Lin Baiqing, Kaohsiung Changtai Motor Co., Ltd.’s head of “Gas and Electric Double Repair”, said Gogoro’s rear view mirrors and ordinary locomotives have the same structure, regardless of make and specifications. As for the wind gun breaking the rear view mirror, he thinks it is possible; Because there are gaps in the edge of the mirror, if you fill in the wind and water from here, the pressure won’t release and it will shoot out from behind, causing the lens to crack and explode. Outside, squirt guns and air guns can cause similar accidents. He had similar accidents while washing the car.
He also took out the air gun to repair the car and demonstrated spraying it in the space between the rear view mirror and the base of the locomotive. Although the lens did not break and scatter in place, the lens in the joint was obviously shaking.
Huang Xuanyi, the owner of Gogoro, said that she often washes the car herself, but has never blown up her rear view mirror, nor has she heard of other car owners.
Professor Jiang Jinlong from the Department of Environmental Engineering and Safety and Health of Hongguang University of Science and Technology analyzed that the case may be that the glass of the rear view mirror was already in a vulnerable stage and broke when the air gun was impacted by a pressure of 6 or 7 kg; but the product was defective and the air gun was not working properly. , It may also be the cause of the air gun breaking the rear view mirror.
Wu Peichang recalled that when there is a puncture wound or impact to the eye, do not try to press to stop the bleeding, but do not touch the eye as much as possible. You can put a paper cup to the eye or wear glasses to protect the eye quickly. Seek medical attention. (Reported by Wu Huifen, Chen Hongming, Yang Shiwu / Kaohsiung, Pingtung)
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