A FATHER has issued an urgent warning after his 11-year-old son was left bleeding in a horror trampoline accident.
Dave O’Leary heard his son Cam cry out in agony and rushed over to find blood soaking into his t-shirt at their home in Lowestoft, Suffolk on April 29.
The horrified dad believes the spring came loose and the pressure catapulted it towards Cam, with the broken side spearing into his body.
Dave said: “Cam yelped and I looked over to see him holding his back and glaring at his brother Axl – as Cam had assumed his younger brother had accidentally hit him with the tennis racket he was playing with.
“It was then that I saw blood coming through his t-shirt. Upon lifting his shirt it was clear he had been struck by something.
“It only then became apparent the spring had snapped and fired at him.”
Blood can be seen covering the white shirt Cam was wearing at the time, reports MailOnline.
The family had only purchased the 10-foot trampoline on May 28 in 2018 – making it less than five-years-old.
Upon further inspection, Dave concluded that the trampoline’s spring had developed a fracture and repeated pressure caused it to come loose, embedding itself in his son’s skin.
The dad said that he would now be inspecting every spring regularly in the future.
He said: “Once the spring broke loose it must have rotated in the air 180 degrees as the razor-sharp fractured end is clearly what hit him.
“To prevent this from ever happening again I will inspect every spring regularly and replace any worn springs.
“I would encourage everyone to do the same as I would hate to read of another child being harmed in this way.”
He reiterated his warning in a post on Facebook on April 29.
Dave wrote: “Please check all your trampoline springs!
“Today while my child was bouncing on our six year old trampoline one of the springs worn through so much it snapped and rocketed into the back of him at high speed.
“It caused a fair bit of damage and there was blood everywhere – it could’ve been so much worse so now we’re ordering a new set of springs.
“It caused a fair bit of damage and there was blood everywhere – it could’ve been so much worse so now we’re ordering a new set of springs.”
The trampoline firm has been contacted for comment.
