One for the WTF files...

[Gob]

An electrician was left seriously injured after he was 'inflated' by a pressurised air line which 'accidentally went up his backside'.


Gareth Durrant, 26, was wiring a caravan when he was blasted from behind. The pipe was pushing out compressed air at around 300lbs per square inch - in contrast a car's tyre pressure is usually around a tenth of that. A county court hearing, which starts tomorrow, will investigate whether the may accident happened while other workers were cleaning. He was wiring when the hose, which hangs from the ceiling, suddenly hit him in the bottom.



The father-of-one, who is suing his employers, is unsure exactly how it happened. He was working for static caravan company Willerby Holiday Homes in Hull, East Yorkshire. He suffered a six-inch tear in his bowel and severe damage to his intestines during the incident - and had to be fitted with a stoma bag to collect bodily waste. He has also not been able to work since causing huge financial strain on his young family. His wife Sarah, 25, is currently eight months pregnant, and can now only work part-time because she has to look after her husband and their three-year-old son Daniel.

After an operation he has been left unable to eat properly and suffers agonising stomach cramps as well as depression, anxiety and panic attacks. Mr Durrant said he was wiring a caravan when the air suddenly rushed in through his shorts. 'It felt like I had been blown up, it was the biggest shock of my life,' he said. 'There was air fizzing around inside my back passage and stomach, it was so weird.
'At that time I didn't feel much pain, but the doctors later explained that was the adrenaline of the moment. 'Then it kicked in and I just can't put in to words how painful it was. I lay down, they rang for an ambulance and I was taken to hospital.' He had emergency surgery following the incident on July 13 and was in hospital for a week.

He added: 'These pipes carry 300lbs of compressed air per square inch and are not to be messed about with. But there was no training into the potential dangers of them.' He did make an attempt to return to work recently but suffered a panic attack as he approached the factory. The electrician has struggled to keep his weight under control following the accident.

The Health and Safety Executive are still investigating the incident.


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[Joe Guy]

Could someone explain what this means? -

"A county court hearing, which starts tomorrow, will investigate whether the may accident happened while other workers were cleaning. He was wiring when the hose, which hangs from the ceiling, suddenly hit him in the bottom."

Other workers were cleaning what?

And what does it matter if other workers were cleaning?

He was wiring?

Wiring what & where?

A hose hangs from what ceiling?

How does a hanging hose hit you in the bottom?

And then I want to know how a dangling hose got through his pants (unless he wasn't wearing any) and blew air up his ass.

[Gob]

Joe, read the title again.

Your guess is as good as mine.

[Long Run]

My guess is hijinks gone bad or a layperson's attempt to get a cheap enema.

[Scooter]

If the pipe fell to the level of his ass, I could see air at 300 psi forcing its way into any nearby opening.

[Gob]

"Hey guys, listen to the farts I can do after this!!"

[Joe Guy]

If the pipe fell to the level of his ass, I could see air at 300 psi forcing its way into any nearby opening.

If a dangling pipe/hose was blowing 300 psi it wouldn't come at a person, it would just blow air in random directions as it swung around. So, unless someone aimed it this guys exposed anal orifice, it seems impossible that it would do what the article says it did to him.

[loCAtek]

Not an accident, a prank gone wrong;Gareth Durrant, 26, was working in a factory making static caravans when the air hose, carrying 300lbs per square inch, was allegedly blasted up his shorts and into his back passage by a colleague.

Daily Fail publishes first, asks questions later.

[The Hen]

Is this another story like that naked, curtain-hanging priest that 'fell on the potato', which is why he had it shoved up his arse?

I can understand his need to get a different story from the truth out there.

[The Hen]

But wait ... there's more.

He told the court: 'I did not expect what I got that day and I did not deserve what I got that day.'

The court was told he was wiring a caravan and was working off the ground with two colleagues below him.

He said: 'I was just concentrating on doing my job and I just felt an absolute gush of wind blow through my anus.'

The court was told Daniel Robinson was holding the pressurised air hose - which was hanging from the ceiling and is used to connect to power tools on the production line - when Mr Durrant turned to him and told him not to pass it to colleague Adam Herring.

Mr Durrant, from Hull, added: 'I said to Daniel Robinson don't pass it to him (Adam Herring).

Asked why, he replied: 'He's a bit of a prankster. He's done a lot of pranks before, but nothing so serious.'

Michael Jones, who is representing Willerby Holiday Homes, said the injuries were caused by the 'foolish act of Mr Herring acting outside the course of his employment'.

Mr Jones asked Mr Durrant: 'Mr Herring's actions must have been deliberate, not that he set out to inflict serious injury on you, but in bringing the hose to your bottom, anus area, he must have being doing that deliberately to play a prank?'

'Yes,' Mr Durrant replied.

He was asked if he thought the actions of Mr Herring were 'extremely dangerous and foolish'.

'Looking back, yes', Mr Durrant replied.

Mr Jones put it to him that there had been an 'air of joking going on' in the moments before the prank took place.

'Yes,' Mr Durrant replied.

The incident left Mr Durrant with a six-inch tear in his bowel and severe damage to his intestines, which required an emergency operation.

He spent a week in hospital before continuing his recovery at home.

Mr Durrant still suffers stomach pains and cramps as well as depression, anxiety and panic attacks.

The hearing is expected to conclude tomorrow with a reserved judgement.

[The Hen]

All in all, if his testimony he accepted, he would have been better off being raped by his colleague.

There would have been far less damage in any case.

[Sean]

Talk about tragic long term effects...

The experience seems to have turned him into Nicholas Lyndhurst!

[The Hen]

No WONDER he is looking down in the mouth!