Accident in gym, pretty annoyed 😕

[Mermaid27]

Bit of a rant, a few weeks ago at our local DL club, my husband suffered a dislocated shoulder. My daughter was having her gym induction and being shown how to use the treadmill, with the gym instructor on the other side. The man using the treadmill on the other side of her stepped off and took his water bottle with him so my husband went to step on his treadmill to be next to my daughter, only the complete twat left his treadmill on level 14!!! My husband basically flew off, spun round and landed smack down on his shoulder.

all of this in front on my 12 year old daughter. He somehow managed to hobble down the stairs, where they tried to call him an ambulance, only there was a 6 hour wait so I took him up instead. He was treated relatively quickly (3 hours) and had his shoulder reset and sent home with pain meds.

My hubby had a meeting with the manager to discuss a gesture for the incident and he’s offered…2 months free membership for my husband and 3 free PT sessions.

part of me is insulted by this, it’s something that should never have happened and quite a serious incident that happened in there club. Did the member who left the treadmill on have an induction telling him how to use the equipment correctly etc? Everyone who knows thinks it’s awful what’s happened and David Lloyd should be taking more accountability for what’s happened.

the other part of me thinks I should pipe down and this isn’t the USA where everyone’s dues everyone 😂 I have looked online and a no win no fee case could be between £2k-£48k so I kind of feel David Lloyd aren’t taking it that seriously ☹️ my hubbies going to have up pay for lots of physio now

I’m a gym goer. I’m also quite a good runner.
I’d never just jump on a random treadmill doing 14… and if I did I’d hang on to the sides until I got settled.

I am quoting the OP directly from the fourth paragraph. Unless you are the OP, you have no better idea than me what she meant, except I am reading the actual words she has written.

So the OP hasn't returned after the initial post but MNHQ bumped it up despite nobody saying it wasn't real...only posts saying that the DH was an idiot not to have checked the treadmill speed first.

Not the gym's fault, but most definitely the DHs fault. I'm very surprised any of them do think it's the gym's fault

£48k!
Give over.
If you are slammed into by another driver, need time off work and private physio you don’t even get triple figures these days.
WTH should someone who is injured due to their own idiocy get anything?

Yes, it doesn't matter what speed someone had it on before, if you turn it off, it resets to zero. It's absurd to suggest it goes from 0-14.

So clearly the guy left it running (which is selfish and annoying admittedly but hardly the gym's fault) and the OP's husband was trying to show off and made an absolute tit of himself.

Well if that was what happened David Lloyd are definitely liable as that's extremely dangerous. That's not what the OP says though.

I was coming to wish you luck with this thread but I see that ship has sailed.

I can't get over the previous guy stepping off a really fast moving treadmill. I think it I tried that I'd be flung across the room!

In the nicest possible way OP DL are not to blame.
It's DH's responsibility not to step onto a running treadmill
DH did not need to be right next to your daughter
There was no need to call for an ambulance they have emergency calls to attend

Pocketfullofdogtreats, because it can't happen. He'd have to jump to the sides of the treadmill and hop off from there.

David Lloyd is national and as poor as I personally think they are, they wouldn't buy in gym equipment that defies every safety mechanism installed.

I think the OP is mistaken and also has her eye on a payout that her husband is not entitled to.

You DH stepped onto a fully running treadmill?

ENTIRELY his own fault... like stepping out in front of a bus without looking, its not automatically the busses fault if they cant stop in time when you weren't being careful and its the same here. You have to exercise basic awareness, caution and common sense.

It might be excusable for a child, someone with severe learning difficulties or a dementia patient but an adult 'sound minded' enough to be in charge of a child theres not really any blaming the gym.

This needs a 'Me, now.' face caption in 'Chat' or 'Take a Break' or such.

@KimMumsnet Wasnt this thread deleted at the time? Why has it been resurrected for a pile on?

Completely your husbands fault, he should be embarrassed not looking to gain financially from his error.

You can't turn a treadmill off and leave it on 14!
Does your car go straight to 120mp/h?

Your husband should have noticed the treadmill was moving if he had his wits about him. And he must have approached it the wrong way if he didnt notice.

DL will offer you free PT sessions for anything. The same as guest passes. 2 months free membership is definitely more than they usually offer. I expect it's more of a 'first 2 months free" deal.

I've fallen off a treadmill at DL. Totally my own fault.

I've also seen people running on dynamic mode on a 15 incline, which is an accident waiting to happen.

Without clarity on exactly what happened, it's difficult to say if DL are liable. From the wording in the OP, the DH hopped onto a moving treadmill. I find it hard to believe anyone would do that (unless like an aforementioned circuit). If that's not the case then what did happen?

I have never been on a treadmill that stays on the previous setting once stopped, pretty sure that once you stop and get off it needs to be reset again or started at a slow speed, it’s a safety feature on all treadmills surely?

I don’t see how it’s anyone’s fault, I don’t even see how it actually happened.

Sorry I think your husband was a muppet to step on treadmill eihtout looking. Part of being in a gym is being aware of your surroundings

How do you even get off a treadmill on level 14? It's not like a smooth step off, youd have to jump your feet on the sides and then jump off? And its not like treadmills arr quiet

Your DH is an idiot. It's not DL fault. If I tried to board a moving train that's my own stupid fault not the train company. P

I can't believe you seriously resurrected this thread from two and a half weeks ago that had completely died a death just to tell people this. I mean has anyone even looked into this preposterous thread? I know I reported it at the time, I'm sure lots of other people did too.

The Gym are not responsible and the fact they offered that is amazing!
Instead maybe the Gym can speak to the gentleman and have him pay to retrain.
Buuuut your aprtner shouldn't just step on. He is also responsible for checking the equipment before using it.

What kind of fool gets on a treadmill without looking down? Impossible to miss that it is still running. 🤔

Is someone seeing pound signs here?

I don’t know if I’m more embarrassed for you that you think you should sue the gym….. or that you called an ambulance for a dislocated shoulder.

The OP has ££££ signs in her eyes! Who Google’s how much compo you can expect? I bet he swaggered up to the machine trying to show off in front of his daughter! Who calls an ambulance for a dislocated shoulder?