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1. Child among those hurt by a Thermomix.
As law firm Slater and Gordon explores a class action against Thermomix it’s been reported that a child is among the many hurt. It has also been reported that the local distributor made a profit of $40 million last year.
News Limited reports that Melbourne mother Heidi Brennan was cooking in a TM31 when it started to make a “strange sound”.
When she turned it and released the lid, the Thermomix exploded – all the while she was carrying her 16-month-old daughter Caitlin on her hip.
“The lid hit the roof and the Thermomix sprayed boiling hot water all over us,” Mrs Brennan said.
Mrs Brennan, a paramedic, immediately put her daughter in the shower to lessen the damage. Mrs Brennan had deep burns to both shoulders and an eye, her little girl burnt her arm. They were taken to hospital by ambulance. The next day, after they were released, Ms Brennan contacted Thermomix.
“They didn’t really care,” she told News Limited.
The mother and daughter had three weeks of treatment in a burns clinic.
The Herald Sun reports that Melbourne-based lawyers Slater and Gordon want to help take on a class action after it was revealed 87 people have been injured by the Thermomix.
Lawyer Barrie Woollacott said he was shocked by the number of reported injuries allegedly caused by Thermomix.