Snow blower Safety equipment does not work in cases The Consumer Affairs Agency calls for attention November 14, 6:41

The Consumer Affairs Agency calls attention before the full-fledged snow season, as accidents that cause injury such as being caught in a snowplow every winter are repeated.

According to the Consumer Affairs Agency, there were 54 accidents in the country last year that were caught in a snowplow that was pushed by a household hand, and 2 of them died and 22 were large. I was injured.

Many hand-push snowplows have a safety device that stops automatically when the handle lever is released, but accidents are old snowplows that do not have a safety device or do not stop automatically. There were many cases where the safety device did not work, such as tying the lever with a string.

In addition, there were cases where the snowblower died between the snowplow and the wall, so the Consumer Affairs Agency pays close attention to the surrounding people and obstacles when using the snowplow even if a safety device is attached. I am calling you.

“I want you to check the snowplow before the full-fledged snow season and make sure that the safety device is working,” said Yoshifumi Serizawa, General Manager of the Consumer Affairs and Consumer Safety Division. It was.