Toddler killed by cut off plug

Mar 16, 2011 103 Replies

I see your problem.

Using Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari as the browser, you have a scroll-bar along the bottom of the screen. Problem solved.

Using Internet Explorer, there isn't one. And changing the zoom or the text size doesn't help. At this time of night, I can't see the immediate fix! [But there must be one.]

I just copied and pasted intoWord.

But yes IE does not give the scroll bar at the bottom on the screen when viewing this link.

Cheers

MNAAW. Seems to be very oddly formatted.

From the page header:

So that explains that!

CTRL+A, CTRL+C, open editor of choice, CTRL+V

;-)

You make it sound so easy

Owain gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

in to a spare socket in another room...

In IE8 switching to "No Style" (View menu, then Style).

Seems as if he also managed to get hold of each wire in each hand. Even a simple straight cut cable would probably have saved him from this - he'd have had a shock, but unlikely to be fatal.

Andy Dingley gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

'course, he could just as easily have picked up a chisel or something else sharp - or even just fallen down the stairs.

Sounds to me like the symptom's being blamed, not the cause - the failure of the mother to properly supervise her kid.

In message , Adrian writes

Completely unfair. Sounds to me like Mother took reasonable steps to safeguard her child, but I defy any parent to say that their children have NEVER been out of sight of a parent.

The report says that Mother asked Liam's brother where Liam was three minutes after she had last seen him. Three minutes? Hardly a failure to supervise her child - but plenty of time for the child to die.

Very sad story.

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Have you ever looked after a toddler? I'm sure the mother wishes she = could have been more watchful but the tradesman effectively left a = loaded gun lying around. He should have known better.

Tim

The cable came out of the new cooker with bared wires (of course). If Mr Rough had thought "hang on, that's dangerous", I'm sure he would have safely disposed of it, or removed the cable from the plug - not just made it less dangerous.

"There, but for the grace of God, go I" (and I don't believe in God)

I'm quite careful about mains leads with plugs on, but I'm sure there are other things I do which could and will bite in the wrong circumstances.

As you say - there but for the grace of $DEITY.

Anyone who thinks that something like this couldn't happen to them is kidding themselves.

A little harsh... I defy anyone to predict every eventuality every time and defend against them with 100% effectiveness. Even assuming one could, the kid would grow up unable to function independently!

Indeed. No guarantee that an RCD would help there either. (although one presumes he grabbed one wire before the other - so grabbing the live first might have given an RCD chance to act).

Yup.

I think most kids end up in A&E at some time in their life as they were not under constant supervision.

If the new cooker hadn't come with a fitted plug the cable would have been safe.

Owain

In message , Skipweasel writes

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*I really do wish people would not use obscure acronyms and abbreviations.

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