Kyle, a 7 year old boy from the U.K. Kyle is no longer able to go out and play football with his friends or be able to drive when he gets older. This freak accident happened at Kyle's school. His friend and Kyle were making rainbow loom bracelets. One of the bracelets needed to stretch over his friends wrist, while he was doing that it slipped out of his fingers and shot it into Kyle's eye.
Kyle has permanent eye damage his left eye, it will always look like his left eye is fully dilated compared to his right eye. His family said it has been very hard for Kyle over the past summer because he is not able to play outside or do fun activities. The doctors at Children's hospital said he can not play with any games that have any balls to it. That could cause additional eye injury. Kyle's eye can only see shadows and someone has to hold his hand when you walk with him.
I Think that the company should have warning labels on the packages and that maybe 7 year olds shouldn't make them unless an adult is their to help them.
Do you think that the loom band company should have warning labels on the packages, not to stretch them? why or why not?
Sources:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/511147/Loom-ban-boy-eye-damage-accident
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Well done but be sure to comment more frequently as you only replied once. Also, hyplerlink your source correctly.
I doubt this happens very often at all and it was all a complete accident. They might need to add a warning label just in case but kids never read those anyway so what's the point.
I think this was just a freak accident. If this happens more frequently then not then yes they should put higher age restrictions on them.
After this, ya, I would think so. There are probably multiple people who do this though. They should at least have a warning not to stretch it or aim it more or less.
I really think its ok, it was a weird probably one time thing. I dont think theres gunna be a lot of these types of things happening to kids.
No, I think it is unneccesary for them to have warning labels. This situation was an accident. Not everyone is going to strtch the band out. Also not everyones is long enough for the band to come and hit you in the eye.
No, I don't think they need them. Accidents happen. I'm sure it's not the first time an accident has happened with the loom band. He is 7 years old so he is old enough to know what to do. He didn't do anything wrong it was just an accident.
No, because it wasn't their fault that the child stretched the band and it slipped off his fingers. While it's very sad that this happened to him and that he probably didn't think that he could lose vision in an eye if he wasn't careful with the band, this was ultimately a freak accident that nobody should be at fault for. If the band wasn't faulty, the company has no reason to take responsibility for this. Furthermore, we can't put warning labels on everything because of a freak accident. If I accidentally fall into a sharp table corner and I lose my vision when my eye is impaled, are we going to put a warning label that says it may cause blindness?
Putting a warning label would help with liability, but I doubt it will happen any less. This is a freak accident and nothing could have prevented it, not even an adult present.
They should have warning labels for kids under certain ages. Things like this wouldn't happen as often.
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