A HEALTH and safety expert needed stitches in his arm after testing the controversial water flume at a new leisure pool, it was revealed today.
Blackburn Council health and safety officer Alan Haworth flew out of the flume with blood pouring from a cut in his arm.
Days later the flume was opened to the public who flocked to the pool with disastrous results. More than a dozen people needed treatment after being injured.
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