Boy Impaled While Working On Farm
In another example of how dangerous a work environment can be for young inexperienced employees. A teenager who was engaged in his first work experience position met with a tragic accident becoming impaled by a metal fence post.
The 15-year-old boy was working at Field House Farm outside of Hartlepool when he was impaled through his knee by a post several feet long. The boy who is a pupil at Hartlepool’s Brierton School was airlifted by helicopter to North Tees University Hospital.
The boy had been working with bales of straw in a barn where he remained in agony for nearly half an hour until emergency services reached the relatively remote location.
Paramedics at the air ambulance station said that the teenager had been extremely lucky that this had not been a far more serious incident.
The Health and Safety Executive have launched a full investigation into how the boy ended up with his nasty injuries. The headmaster of his school said that they were also working with the HSE in an attempt to understand how the accident occurred.
It is also not known what safety checks were made by the school before allowing the vocational visit by the boy.
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