Car lifts, bowling alleys unsafe

Car lifts, bowling alleys, stable screens and machinery that cleans plant cloths from greenhouses are often unsafe, states a report by the Inspectorate of Social Affairs and Employment.Last year, the inspection checked 31 importers of lifts. More than half of the importers had to stop selling the machines. The lifts used in garages were unsafe, because cars could roll off. Mechanics were also at risk of getting their feet stuck when the bridge was placed in the lowest position. Bowlingball
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Wikimedia commons 80 percent of the bowling lanes that were checked also turned out to be unsafe. The staff risks getting pinched or crushed by the installation which picks up the cones and sets them up again. The system transporting the bowling balls back is often not safe either. Only recently a worker was seriously injured after being crushed by a machine, according to the inspection. After two fatal accidents with stable retractable screens, the inspection performed additional checks last year. Two children were suffocated. They had become trapped in the screens that automatically roll up. Of the seventeen manufacturers and importers who were checked, sixteen were selling unsafe screens. The screens replace the walls in open stables. In good weather, they're rolled up, in bad weather they act as a wall. Cloth cleaners used in greenhouses suffer many shortcomings as well. Last year there were three serious accidents involving these machines. In the Netherlands there are thirteen machines in use that clean ground cloths. Twelve were so unsafe they may no longer be used. The Social Affairs Inspectorate primarily focused on companies who are known to ignore safety regulations.