Mum's washing machine warning to parents after explosion | Worcester News

Oct 19, 2024

A mum is warning parents not to let their children 'watch' the washing machine - after her's 'exploded' and left her son dripping in blood.

Amie McCarthy nearly collapsed when she turned her head to find her 15-month-old toddler covered in blood last Wednesday [October 9th].

The 29-year-old says she had just filled her washing machine with a half load of dirty clothes when she heard a loud bang from the other room.

The mum-of-five, who lives in Liverpool, claims she rushed to her utility room to discover her washing machine's glass door had 'exploded' - sending pieces of glass flying across the room.

The stay-at-home mum admits she nearly passed out herself (Image: Kennedy News and Media)

Amie was horrified to find her one-year-old son Brodie Davis had been cut multiple times by the glass - suffering injuries to his eye, neck, arms, hands and feet.

Shocking photographs show the baby covered in blood moments after allegedly being hit with shards of glass.

The stay-at-home mum admits she nearly passed out herself when she spotted Brodie's left index finger was 'hanging on by a thread' after the accident.

Amie rushed her injured tot to Alder Hey Hospital where he underwent an operation to reattach the tip of his finger - which may require a skin graft in the future.

Brodie suffered injuries to his eye, neck, arms, hands and feet - as well as a significant cut to his left index finger that required emergency surgery to reattach the punctured skin.

Amie said: "The skin had started dying by then so they were trying to save the skin. They reattached the finger. And we still don't know if he might need another operation for a skin graft.

"The tip of his finger was hanging on by a thread. They don't know if the skin will carry on dying and he would need a skin graft where they would take skin from his thigh.

"The consultant told us it could've been a lot worse because of the size of the glass pieces. Imagine if that had gone into his jugular.

"The tip of his finger will be numb for the rest of his life now."

Amie claims her washing machine was not overloaded or overheating - and is calling on the manufacturers to investigate the machine to prevent further incidents.

Amie said: "The machine is only 16 months old - we've had no issues in the past. My mothering instinct kicked in and I thought I do not want this to happen to anyone else.

"My nan bought the machine for me so she let [the company] know the situation. They know what happened and I haven't had an apology or anything.

"The load didn't have anything metal in it, I didn't overload it, I didn't touch it and the baby didn't touch it, it wasn't too hot because it was a quick wash so there must've been something wrong with the glass.

"I think it could be a fault with that washing machine. [The company] need to look into it, it can't be safe. You never think your washing machine is going to do that.

"I've got a five-month-old as well and if the glass had gone away near here, she would've had no chance.

"They were massive shards of glass. I thought a washing machine would have safety glass but these were massive bits of glass. Brodie easily could've died that day.

"I've told everyone with kids don't let go near the washing machine."

The manufacturer said they were very sorry for the distress the incident had caused and that one of their engineers will visit the property to inspect the machine and they will contact the customer once they have the report.

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