A child surnamed Zhou was scratched on the face by a steel cable supporting a tree while crossing a flower garden in the Taichung Software Park.

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[Reporter Lin Minzhen/Taichung Report] A child surnamed Zhou in the third grade of Taichung City Elementary School was scratched on the face by the steel cables supporting the trees while crossing the flower garden when he was naughty and active when he and his family went to buy dinner near the Taichung Software Park in the evening.

The operator in charge of environmental maintenance and management said that immediately after the incident, the installation of steel cable reflectors was strengthened, and condolences to the injured schoolchildren and their families apologized. In the future, patrols will be strengthened and relevant reminders will be set up to prevent accidents from happening again.

Parents surnamed Zhou complained to City Councilor Li Tiansheng. At the time of the incident, the child got out of the car and rushed across the flower garden to the curry shop. Because of the poor sight in the evening, he was scratched by the steel cable supporting the tree halfway, and there was an obvious scar on his face, which caused great pain. Shouting, scared the grandma half to death, hurriedly took the grandson home to apply medicine, but fortunately the injury did not deteriorate further.

Parents surnamed Zhou complained that because of the narrow pedestrian walkway in the store, although children were naughty and active, they accidentally stepped into the turf area and were injured. However, the flower garden is a public space, and people often pass through it. The steel cables supporting the trees are not obvious. If you don’t pay attention, it is easy to be scratched. If you hurt your eyes or neck, it will be more serious. It is recommended to wrap the steel cable with colored foam for obvious isolation and protection, so as to avoid similar incidents from happening again.

Taichung Software Park, a processing and export zone of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, was informed and asked the building management committee to make improvements. The operators in charge of environmental maintenance and management have wrapped the steel cables with tapes of different colors to increase the degree of warning and remind the public to be careful and take a detour to avoid accident.

The operators in charge of the management have wrapped the steel cables with tapes of different colors to increase the degree of warning.

(Photo by reporter Lin Minzhen)

The cables are currently wrapped with tapes of different colours.

(Photo by reporter Lin Minzhen)