Kmart urged to fast-track safety improvements after boy’s injury

Kirsty Colbert was shopping with her four-year-old son Alexander at Kmart’s Delacombe store last Tuesday when the incident happened.

“We were walking along through the main aisle and Alex was holding my hand when he looked back to look at a pair of slippers and one of the clothing rack hooks had hooked onto his face,” she told NCA NewsWire.Kirsty Colbert’s son Alexander was left with a mild ear infection after sustaining a trauma pressure tear behind the ear drum when he walked into a clothing rack hook.

“They’re right up at eye-level so it’s not something young children would see until they’re right up close to it – but by then it’s too late,” she said.Ms Colbert said she had noticed rounded plastic covers had been installed onto the ends of the clothing racks at the Delacombe store.Ms Colbert said her son was left with a mild ear infection after sustaining a trauma pressure tear behind the ear drum as a result of Tuesday’s incident.

“Other children are going to get hurt – the hooks shouldn’t be left there knowing the damage they cause, and this was in one of the store’s main shopping aisles, not just down some side aisle.”Kmart had promised to rollout the safety improvements last year following multiple reports of children being injured by the hooks.“Trials have shown these to significantly reduce the risk of injury or laceration if someone accidentally hits the apparel arm,” the spokesman said.

The hook, which was pointing upwards, pierced the little girl’s eye socket when she lost her balance and fell onto a metal clothes rack.Kmart was contacted for comment about the latest incident but did not respond by deadline.

I did that myself on a jutting out lever thingy holding socks I think it was, years go and scraped my arm needing a band aide.

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