14 Year old killed by a swimming pool pump :(
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A 14-year-old schoolboy from the Isle of Man has died while on holiday in Thailand after being sucked into a swimming pool pumping system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8147032.st...
A 14-year-old schoolboy from the Isle of Man has died while on holiday in Thailand after being sucked into a swimming pool pumping system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8147032.st...
Read this in the Metro this morning. Apparently the management wouldn't listen to them at first and it took 30 minutes before they would even check the pipe, at which point his body came out of it.
It also mentioned that the father got charged and fined £450 after he attacked someone who was trying to film his son's dead body with a mobile phone.
Horrific experience I imagine.
It also mentioned that the father got charged and fined £450 after he attacked someone who was trying to film his son's dead body with a mobile phone.
Horrific experience I imagine.
I know where most people are coming from but is it really a Darwin moment?
I mean, the kid was swimming to the bottom of the pool to retrieve his goggles. It's not like he was swimming into the pipe as a dare. Shirley there should have been some kind of safety vent on the intake, a cover that is screwed in or something?
I mean, the kid was swimming to the bottom of the pool to retrieve his goggles. It's not like he was swimming into the pipe as a dare. Shirley there should have been some kind of safety vent on the intake, a cover that is screwed in or something?
M3CHA-MONK3Y said:
I know where most people are coming from but is it really a Darwin moment?
I mean, the kid was swimming to the bottom of the pool to retrieve his goggles. It's not like he was swimming into the pipe as a dare. Shirley there should have been some kind of safety vent on the intake, a cover that is screwed in or something?
There was, and he took it off. Silly thing to do, but the kind of thing 14 year olds are prone to do.I mean, the kid was swimming to the bottom of the pool to retrieve his goggles. It's not like he was swimming into the pipe as a dare. Shirley there should have been some kind of safety vent on the intake, a cover that is screwed in or something?
Neil_H said:
M3CHA-MONK3Y said:
I know where most people are coming from but is it really a Darwin moment?
I mean, the kid was swimming to the bottom of the pool to retrieve his goggles. It's not like he was swimming into the pipe as a dare. Shirley there should have been some kind of safety vent on the intake, a cover that is screwed in or something?
There was, and he took it off. Silly thing to do, but the kind of thing 14 year olds are prone to do.I mean, the kid was swimming to the bottom of the pool to retrieve his goggles. It's not like he was swimming into the pipe as a dare. Shirley there should have been some kind of safety vent on the intake, a cover that is screwed in or something?
johnnywgk said:
The cover should've been locked.
A message for anyone going to a country like thailand is
BEWARE, THEY HAVE NO HEALTH AND SAFTY.
Eh? You think this is a Health and Safety issue? I've been paranoid about gratings in swimimg pools since someone in a pool I used to go to thought it would be a good idea to stick his fingers into the grate at the bottom of the deep end, got finger stuck and was fortunate no to drown. It was a stupid thing to do, but he got away with it. This as others have said on the thread is about common sense. Health and Safety won't protect you if you don't have any.A message for anyone going to a country like thailand is
BEWARE, THEY HAVE NO HEALTH AND SAFTY.
Incredible Sulk said:
johnnywgk said:
The cover should've been locked.
A message for anyone going to a country like thailand is
BEWARE, THEY HAVE NO HEALTH AND SAFTY.
Eh? You think this is a Health and Safety issue? I've been paranoid about gratings in swimimg pools since someone in a pool I used to go to thought it would be a good idea to stick his fingers into the grate at the bottom of the deep end, got finger stuck and was fortunate no to drown. It was a stupid thing to do, but he got away with it. This as others have said on the thread is about common sense. Health and Safety won't protect you if you don't have any.A message for anyone going to a country like thailand is
BEWARE, THEY HAVE NO HEALTH AND SAFTY.
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