Bouncy castles to be made safer
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THE city’s quality watchdog is drafting a standard for the quality, operation and management of small amusement facilities at public venues following two incidents involving bouncy castles earlier this month.
The document will cover the requirements of products, their operation and supervision, said Shen Weimin, deputy director of the Shanghai Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau.
A number of technical institutions will be designated to conduct testing work in the area, he said.
Several rounds of discussions have been conducted and a preliminary draft has been formed, but details such as how to implement the standard have yet to be finalized as numerous parties are involved, he said.
China currently has no standards for the operation of small-scale amusement facilities, or the products — like bouncy castles and coin-operated rides — they use, Shen said.
On October 5, 13 children and an adult were hurt when a bouncy castle that had been erected outside a shopping center in Yangpu District was blown over in high winds.
A week later, a 3-year-old girl suffered a broken bone when the bouncy castle she was playing on in Qingpu District was blown over.
In 2012, an 18-month-old boy lost three fingers after putting his hand into a hole in a coin-operated ride outside a supermarket in the Pudong New Area.
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