Bob the Builder type accidents

I was promted to write the previous article on Bob the Builder after seeing just 3 properties down a kid riding on the guard of a tractor with his dad driving and a slasher trailing behind, just last week. It should be noted that the Queensland Workplace Health and Safety Inspectorate is corrupt and they don't hire people with qualifications and experience as they will know too much. So this sort of thing goes on all around here. The accident scene. Picture: Trevor Pinder

Above is the scene of an accident where a 13 year old died while operating an excavator!

But worse still this relates directly with the Bob the Builder show and the unsafe practices depicted to our kids, who then think machinery is somehow friendly, when in fact it is deadly. This show should take more care with our children and highlight the safe ways to operate equipment not have Bob hanging off the side all the time.


Boy, 13, dies helping dad

Shannon McRae

February 16, 2007 12:00am
Article from: Herald-Sun

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy died when a mini-excavator he was driving overturned and crushed him yesterday.
The state's safety watchdog said Mt Evelyn boy Blake Aartsen should not have been driving the Mini Kanga excavator in the front yard of his home.

WorkSafe said his death was a tragedy and warned parents not to let children operate machinery.

Blake was killed instantly when the excavator tipped over about 7.30am, while he was helping to landscape the family's garden by shifting piles of gravel.

His father was working just metres away.

Ambulance officers rushed to the West Hill Drive home but could do nothing to save the boy.

Michael Birt, of WorkSafe, said children and machinery were a dangerous mix.

"Every year in Victoria there are many cases where children are seriously hurt working with machinery," he said.

"This is a cautionary tale for all parents. Children and machinery should be kept apart."