Toddler left covered in blood after washing machine exploded in his face

A toddler ‘easily could have died’ after a washing machine exploded in his face, his mum has said.

Brodie Davis was hit in the face, neck, arms, hands and feet with ‘massive’ shards shards of glass during the freak incident at home in Liverpool last week.

Terrified mum Amie McCarthy said she ‘nearly fainted’ at the sight of her 15-month-old son, with shocking photos showing him with blood all over his face.

She rushed in to the utility room after hearing a loud bang shortly after filling the machine with a half-sized load of washing.

Amie, a mum of five, said: ‘I started clearing up as I normally do, put a wash on, I walked into the kitchen and Brodie followed me into the kitchen.

‘The washing machine is in like a mini conservatory separate to the kitchen. I was only a few feet away but around the corner. He never normally watches the washing machine.

‘The machine must’ve only gone round about two or three times when I heard the glass shatter dead loud. It sounded like it was a window.

‘I turned around, Brodie was to my left, and he was covered in blood. It was dripping all over him. He was screaming and crying.

‘I thought there was a bit of glass stuck in his finger, but it was actually skin. And that’s when I nearly fainted.

‘As I picked him up, that’s when I saw the glass all over the floor. The whole door was completely smashed.’

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 tip of his finger was hanging on by a thread.

‘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.’

Amie claimed the machine, which was ‘only 16 months old’, was neither overloaded nor overheated and insisted Brodie had not touched it before the accident.

She called for the manufacturer, whom she did not name, to investigate it to prevent future incidents.

Amie said: ‘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 her, 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 the go near the washing machine.’

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