A 14-year-old accidentally hung himself with an electric hoist as he played with the dangerous piece of equipment. The incident occurred at an equipment rental company where the boy worked, helping customers load and unload equipment with the hoist.

The victim and two co-workers were loading and unloading equipment from customers’ vehicles and servicing returned equipment.

The three had just unloaded a vibrating plate tamper from a truck when one worker left to use the washroom and the other went to the office. […]