School governors fined after pupil is injured by shot put

摘要

The governors of a boys' school in Tonbridge, Kent have been prosecuted after a 14-year-old pupil was severely injured when he was hit by a shot put thrown by another boy. The pupil suffered life-threatening injuries and needed emergency brain surgery on a fractured skull. The incident happened during a routine multi-sport PE lesson at the Judd School in Tonbridge on 20 June 2014. The pupil had left a triple jump area and was standing on the edge of the shot put landing zone to check a friend's throw when he was struck on the back of his head by a shot. HSE investigated and identified the school had not adopted measures in its own risk assessment and PE guidance on multi-event lessons had not been followed.