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Store swing barrier held by wood Store's park barrier held by wood
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A store has been criticised by a father for having its car park swing barrier fixed in place with a piece of wood. A store has been criticised by a father for having its car park barrier fixed in place with a piece of wood.
Keith Mills was with his two-year-old son when he returned to his car at the Aldi store in Ebbw Vale to find the barrier had swung over the windscreen. Keith Mills was with his two-year-old son when he returned to his car at the Aldi store in Ebbw Vale to find the barrier on the windscreen.
Last week supermarket giant Asda was fined £225,000 for health and safety breaches after a Cardiff customer was killed by an unsecured swing barrier. Last week supermarket giant Asda was fined £225,000 for health and safety breaches after a Cardiff customer was killed by an unsecured barrier.
Aldi has been asked to comment but no-one has been available. Aldi will comment later but has asked Mr Mills to contact the store directly.
Mr Mills, 32, said he parked alongside the barrier on Saturday on a trip out with his toddler son Tomos-Lloyd.Mr Mills, 32, said he parked alongside the barrier on Saturday on a trip out with his toddler son Tomos-Lloyd.
When the pair returned, the barrier had been moved or had blown over the front of his Fiat Bravo car, denting the bodywork, he told the BBC.When the pair returned, the barrier had been moved or had blown over the front of his Fiat Bravo car, denting the bodywork, he told the BBC.
He said: "If I had parked at a different angle, it would have hit the window.He said: "If I had parked at a different angle, it would have hit the window.
"That could have come through the back window and that's where my baby car seat is.""That could have come through the back window and that's where my baby car seat is."
The barrier fixed in place with a piece of wood at the Aldi storeThe barrier fixed in place with a piece of wood at the Aldi store
Mr Mills said he remembered reading about the court case in which Asda was fined over the death of Kenneth Farr at its Cardiff store.Mr Mills said he remembered reading about the court case in which Asda was fined over the death of Kenneth Farr at its Cardiff store.
Mr Farr, 37, of Penarth, died in May 2002, after an unsecured barrier smashed through his car windscreen at the Asda store in Cardiff Bay.Mr Farr, 37, of Penarth, died in May 2002, after an unsecured barrier smashed through his car windscreen at the Asda store in Cardiff Bay.
Newport Crown Court heard the two-week inquest into his death was told the barrier, which was difficult to close, should have been locked in place with a padlock, but was not secured on the day Mr Farr died.Newport Crown Court heard the two-week inquest into his death was told the barrier, which was difficult to close, should have been locked in place with a padlock, but was not secured on the day Mr Farr died.
Mr Mills said: "If that could happened there, it could happen elsewhere. Every store should have checked its barrier."Mr Mills said: "If that could happened there, it could happen elsewhere. Every store should have checked its barrier."
He said after moving the barrier off his car and back in to place, he found a strip of plastic cord on the ground under the barrier and used that to tie it in place.He said after moving the barrier off his car and back in to place, he found a strip of plastic cord on the ground under the barrier and used that to tie it in place.
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"It did cross my mind to go in to Aldi and complain but my son was crying so I just re-attached the plastic cord and went home," he added."It did cross my mind to go in to Aldi and complain but my son was crying so I just re-attached the plastic cord and went home," he added.
He said he returned the following day and found the cord had been replaced by what he described as "twig".He said he returned the following day and found the cord had been replaced by what he described as "twig".
He said: "I can't imagine kids putting a twig in there."He said: "I can't imagine kids putting a twig in there."
Blaenau Gwent Council is making inquiries after being sent photographs of the barrier by BBC Wales. Blaenau Gwent Council is investigating after being sent photographs of the barrier by BBC Wales.