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There are large gaps above and below, plus the hinges are plastic and the walls are plastic covered chipboard (or something similar.

The bench lifting is part of the system - you can't leave rubbish or water on the bench.

You could solve a safety access issue by having the bench corner removed and replaced with a breakable component; but I'd speculate the materials are such the hinges already serve that purpose and changing the corners would lead to a lot of accidental breakage.