4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in juron

[jonahlomu]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

No pity for such kid. Hands damn bloody itchy.

 

[Microsoft]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

And de parent allow de kid 2 fuck around with de door? Shd make em pay for de damages.

 

[escher]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

Serves the brat right. He got off too lightly in my opinion. Decapitation would have been a far better outcome.

Dangle that boy!

Necklace that boy!

Especially if he is a spawn of the PAPs

 

[ykhuser]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

handwriting is on the wall.
there is nothing wrong with the glass door.

 

[lianbeng]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

Waiting for the parent of the boy to sue Westgate off..

lianbeng replies: the management can sue the boy's parents for letting the boy spoil the door ah! who sue who now?

 

[laksaboy]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

lianbeng replies: the management can sue the boy's parents for letting the boy spoil the door ah! who sue who now?

Neutralize each other.

But for the sake of good PR and because 'children are the most precious things on the planet' is the politically correct sentiment, I think Westgate will relent and agree to pay compensation.

 

[Seee3]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

The management should sue the parent and claim for damage because there is nothing wrong with the glass door. In fact it has proven that the safety feature of the laminated tempered glass door averted serious injury to the boy,

Such swing doors are hinged to the top and bottom of the door frame by 2 pivots. The boy bashed the door against the wall causing the glass to shatter. The laminations held the shattered glass pieces together but it is no longer a rigid panel. Instead it becomes like a flexible rubber sheet, causing the pivots to dislodge from the frame. The flexibility causes the centre of gravity to change as the door bend, preventing the full weight of the glass from landing on the boy or he would be crushed as that door can weigh more than 100 kg.

 

[Timerty]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

A lot of kids like to play with the HDB lifts until they spoil. At the end the other neighbours have to suffer when the lifts spoil. Best if the kids get squashed by the lift doors.

 

[Satyr]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

The management should sue the parent and claim for damage because there is nothing wrong with the glass door. In fact it has proven that the safety feature of the laminated tempered glass door averted serious injury to the boy,

Such swing doors are hinged to the top and bottom of the door frame by 2 pivots. The boy bashed the door against the wall causing the glass to shatter. The laminations held the shattered glass pieces together but it is no longer a rigid panel. Instead it becomes like a flexible rubber sheet, causing the pivots to dislodge from the frame. The flexibility causes the centre of gravity to change as the door bend, preventing the full weight of the glass from landing on the boy or he would be crushed as that door can weigh more than 100 kg.

This is an idiotic kid with idiotic parents. Nevertheless public doors must be able to take some abuse. Poor construction standards unfortunately.

 

[Seee3]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

?....Nevertheless public doors must be able to take some abuse. Poor construction standards unfortunately.

Yes, in the past, such doors came with a metal frame which would prevent such a mishap as the frame will remain rigid even when the glass shattered. Architects don't like it as the frame was considered to be not aesthetic. So, with improved material design, all glass doors become frameless and it has been so for easily 20 over years. If we look at the rate of door shattering, it is really quite rare. Hence, it is fair to say that frameless glass door can actually take reasonable abuse under normal circumstances. If I am not wrong, there is also a damping mechanism at the pivots, preventing the door from "over swinging". Once being swing pass a certain angle, the door will be locked in the open position. This is what workers do when they need to transport goods. In this incident, the abuse is really extreme as the boy capitalized on the momentum of the swinging door by running with the moving door and slamming it against the wall. It is not a "normal abuse" which is why I strongly felt that the parent should be made to pay for the damage.

 

[Sinkie]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

Better take good care of this boy......he could grow up to design better doors for the world.......

 

[greenies]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

A Westgate Mall spokesperson later told the media that the door had broken becuase the young boy had swung it open too far causing the door to hit against the frame and shatter.

Wow! the door cannot stand the weight of 4-years old boy and the swing force.
So the boy fault?
Next time, we step on staircase and the floor give way.
Building owner/ management would say we are too heavy

 

[greenies]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

Yes, in the past, such doors came with a metal frame which would prevent such a mishap as the frame will remain rigid even when the glass shattered. Architects don't like it as the frame was considered to be not aesthetic. So, with improved material design, all glass doors become frameless and it has been so for easily 20 over years. If we look at the rate of door shattering, it is really quite rare. Hence, it is fair to say that frameless glass door can actually take reasonable abuse under normal circumstances. If I am not wrong, there is also a damping mechanism at the pivots, preventing the door from "over swinging". Once being swing pass a certain angle, the door will be locked in the open position. This is what workers do when they need to transport goods. In this incident, the abuse is really extreme as the boy capitalized on the momentum of the swinging door by running with the moving door and slamming it against the wall. It is not a "normal abuse" which is why I strongly felt that the parent should be made to pay for the damage.

If the door hinge/ floor hinge and the frame cannot stand for the weight of 4-years old boy and the wing force, I could say it material and built method were not up to the acceptable standards.
To prevent the over-swing or beyond the allowable angle of the floor hinge, the builder should fit the door stopper at appropriate point.

 

[greenies]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

Watched the video.
It seems to me that the kid played quite normal with the door.

I have experience with many glass swing doors at shopping malls, hotels and hospitals.
Most of the time we adults push the door very hard, and sometimes ram into the door against the wall.
But, nothing happened before.

I think the problem lies with hinges' quality and the fitting alignment.

 

[ykhuser]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

The management should sue the parent and claim for damage because there is nothing wrong with the glass door. In fact it has proven that the safety feature of the laminated tempered glass door averted serious injury to the boy,

Such swing doors are hinged to the top and bottom of the door frame by 2 pivots. The boy bashed the door against the wall causing the glass to shatter. The laminations held the shattered glass pieces together but it is no longer a rigid panel. Instead it becomes like a flexible rubber sheet, causing the pivots to dislodge from the frame. The flexibility causes the centre of gravity to change as the door bend, preventing the full weight of the glass from landing on the boy or he would be crushed as that door can weigh more than 100 kg.

i agree with what u said.
just imagine a new Ferrari driven by an idiot.
the car crash and caught fire.
the public blame the manufacture for lousy material and poor safety.
the public say the driver is the victim.
If you abused the item that it is not designed to be abused,dont cry victim.
look for sandbag and let your punch cry victim

 

[Devil Within]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

I wonder where the hell was his mother. How could she let the child running around unattended causing havoc?

 

[Saisyu]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

holy shit! the glass door is so huge that it could have got the boy killed.

 

[Seee3]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

If the door hinge/ floor hinge and the frame cannot stand for the weight of 4-years old boy and the wing force, I could say it material and built method were not up to the acceptable standards.
To prevent the over-swing or beyond the allowable angle of the floor hinge, the builder should fit the door stopper at appropriate point.

Glass is brittle. It will shatter easily if a "point" force hit it. So a door stopper will cause a "point force" when a swinging glass door hit it and the chance of shattering is great.

If you watch the video carefully, the boy was holding to the long vertical handle bar of the door, pushing and running with it. Therefore, actually it is the handle bar on the other side of the door that hit the wall, not the glass. The glass itself did not hit anything. The impact was transmitted from the handle to the glass at the part where the handle is fastened to the glass. This transmitted force caused the door to shatter. Upon shattering, the glass pieces were held together by the "plastic" lamination (such glass panel is actually made up of 2 or more thin sheets of glass held together by special "plastic" sheet). The shattered glass door becomes flexible, folded and drop down. Glass cannot take point impact force, which is why windscreen can shatter if hit by a small stone. The best way to prevent the shattered glass panel from dropping down is to provide a metal frame around it like the good old glass doors of the past. Otherwise, no frameless door can withstand abuse like what had happened.

 

[sochi2014]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

There is a case man! Can sue Temasek Mapletree for failure in building maintenance. A four years old boy got strength to pull down a door?

The door must be flimsy installed!!

 

[cockie]

Re: 4 year old boy injured after glass door falls on top of him at westgate mall in j

Must be prc kid

Stupid FXXKING Kid need to hang by his little balls. His parent need to be hang too for allow this bloody kid to play with door.