Hi all, Just after abit of advice on an incident that happened a few days ago at the local seaside fairground. 9 year old on a bungee trampoline, first went on with an adult on trampoline next to him, operator strapped them both up and left them to it, went back occasionally to change the settings on the winch/pulley but kept on walking off as he was also operating a climbing wall and simulator ride. Both tried to somersault but were unsuccessful. We went back an hour later on the way back to the car and 9 year old wanted to have another go, so we let him, he was strapped onto a different trampoline and the winch/pulley set and he walked off again, I think he changed it once them left again, the 9 year old was jumping up and down, he went slightly off centre and bounced forwards which then sent him backwards and on the next forward bounce he hit the metal pulley which was used to tense up the bungee, we had to shout for the operator to get him down as he had been hurt. The operator came over and released him, I asked how this happened and he said I told him to stay in the middle. We looked at his eye and there was a cut on his eye lid and just below is eye with a small amount of blood, I went back to the operator and asked for his details as my partner wanted to take the matter further, the operator just kept on saying why should I and that he told him to stay in the middle, the owner of the ride then appeared and willingly gave his name and address and took a picture of the 9 year olds face. I did not notice any instructions or H&S warning on not to do any somersaults/acrobatics. There was no instruction from the operator, 4 adults witnessed this, we did suggest that he try to somersault as we are under the impression that is what they are used for. The following day the 9 year old was claiming off a sore chest and we noticed that he had a graze and bruise on the side of his chest and his eye had begun to bruise, he did not want to tell us about his chest as he gets hysterical when he goes to hospital and thought we would take him. I spoke to the council H&S officer who kindly told me that it was HSE’s area, I will be speaking to HSE on Monday as I don’t seem to be able to complete the online form. I am new to the H&S world but am thinking that this would be an issue under Section 3 and also training of the operator, maintenance and service records as the winch is mechanically operated that tenses up the bungee. We have been on the manufactures website and it shows people somersaulting and says it can be used for doing acrobatics safely. Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated. 9 year old now doesn’t want to go the fair anymore. Cheers Pete

Spectators/parents are kept behind railings and the child is shown to the trampoline. I am only saying that he is scared of hospitals because it resulted in him not telling his mum that he had hurt the side of his chest. At the moment there is no thought of going down the claim route she just doesnt want it to happen to anyone elses child. I was at the Southport airshow yesterday and they had a very similar bungee trampoline, the pulley was alot further away from the trampoline area than the one in question, child were doing somersaults and got no where near it, same on the vdemonstration video on the manufactures website.