Consumer dispute flares after woman cut by knife left in washing machine

Consumer dispute flares after woman cut by knife left in washing machine

2025-11-24

A woman in New Taipei’s Sanchong District recently accused the owner of a laundromat of neglecting safety, after she was cut and her clothing destroyed by a blade that was left in one of the washing machines. To protest his innocence, the owner posted CCTV footage of the machine in question showing the previous customer using it without incident, and suggesting that the customer forgot the blade in one of her pockets.

Inside this laundromat, a woman wearing a white coat is about to take her clean clothes out of the washer. But she suddenly jumps back, realizing that her finger is bleeding.

How could you get cut from a pile of clothes? She looks back into the washer to find a 5cm-long blade inside.

Hung Chiao-hsuan
FTV reporter
The woman was here at this laundromat. She went to take her clothes out of the washer, only to find that they were cut into pieces. Even her finger got sliced.

The incident happened at a laundromat in New Taipei’s Sanchong District. The woman accused the owner of failing to keep the machines safe, but the owner posted CCTV footage to proclaim his innocence.

Voice of laundromat owner
I’m not shirking responsibility, but the customer below should have checked. This is a laundromat after all. There isn’t an attendant. The previous customer didn’t have an issue. I’m getting blamed for something I didn’t have anything to do with.

Voice of customer (altered)
He’s trying to completely shirk all responsibility, saying it’s all the users’ problem. There’s a risk of infection here.

Wang Chih-yu
New Taipei chief ombudsman
In this case, of course the owner will advocate for himself and say he didn’t put the blade there and wasn’t negligent. The customer can still request compensation. If the laundromat has public liability insurance, they can still mitigate risk through their insurance after paying compensation.

This customer got injured while just trying to do her laundry, but the owner also feels wronged. Seems like the takeaway is just to remember to check your clothes and the machine for dangerous items. A little caution can prevent a lot of trouble.

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#laundromat #washingmachine #danger #liability #consumerprotection #Sanchong #NewTaipei #accusation #accident

驚魂! 自助洗衣機藏刀片女客人手指濺血.衣物被割破

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洗衣服，洗到濺血！新北市有一名女子，指控三重一間自助洗衣店，沒有做好安全把關，在自住的洗衣機裡頭，竟然藏有刀片，害她的衣服都被割破，手指也被劃傷，業者也PO出監視器喊冤，同一台洗衣機，上一個客人使用時，明明都沒有問題，推測可能是有客人把刀片放在口袋，忘記拿出來，才造成意外。

自助洗衣店裡，穿著白色外套的女客人，正準備把洗好的衣物拿出來，但就在這時，她身體突然抖了一下，回過神來，食指已經鮮血直流。

拿個衣服怎麼會突然被刺傷，往洗衣機裡頭一看，原來造成意外的，是一根大約5公分長的刀片。

[[民視記者洪巧璇]]
"當時女子就是在這間自助洗衣店，洗完衣服之後要把衣物拿出，只是沒有想到，他卻發現他的衣服被割破，就連自己的手指也被劃傷"

事發在新北市三重的一間自助洗衣店，受傷的女客人指控，業者沒有把關好洗衣機的使用安全，但業者po出監視器畫面喊冤。

[[聲源:當事自助洗衣店業者]]
"我不是推卸責任，下面一個客人洗，是不是應該檢查一下，因為畢竟我這裡自助洗衣店，沒有人管理的，就上一個人完全沒事，那碰到你有事，然後你就說我"

[[聲源:受傷女客人(變音處理)]]
"他就是把責任都推得一乾二淨，說都是使用者的問題，(刀片割傷)會有傳染性疾病的風險"

[[新北市主任消保官王治宇]]
"在這個案子裡面，業者當然會主張說，這個刀片不是他放進去的，他並沒有過失，消費者向業者還是可以求償，在自助洗衣店有投保公共意外責任險的話，那業者賠了消費者之後，還是可以透過保險來分散風險"

洗衣服洗到濺血，但業者也覺得很冤枉，只能說下次恐怕得先看看自己的衣褲還有洗衣機裡，有沒有危險物品，多一分留意，少一分意外。

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