Shopfitter died after falling from giant bucket of mayonnaise and stabbing himself in the heart with electric drill

A man died after falling off a bucket of mayonnaise and stabbing himself in the heart with an electric drill.



Araz Saleh, 23, was balancing on the industrial-sized bucket while drilling a hole in a wall when he slipped, accidentally driving the power tool into his chest.



An inquest at Oxford Coroner's Court heard the 23-year-old was fixing metal panels to the side of a friend's fast food kiosk when he lost his footing.

Araz Saleh was standing on a bucket to drill a hole in a wall when he slipped at the shop in Gloucester Green, Oxford, pictured

He had been balancing with one foot on the bucket and the other on a table.



As he fell his left shoulder hit a wall and the drill, which was in his hand, was pressed into his chest.

His friend Salam Kiras said: 'Then I saw blood gushing out.'

He told how he tried desperately to stem the blood flow before running to a nearby kebab shop to get help.

Mr Saleh was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, pictured, where he died the following day, December 1, 2010

Staff in the kebab shop raised the alarm with paramedics who rushed to the scene, in Gloucester Green, Oxford.

Mr Saleh, of Greater Leys, Oxford, was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital where he died the following day, December 1, 2010.

Detective Inspector Suzette Allcorn told the inquest at Oxford: 'It was an incredibly unusual injury.

'But there was no evidence of any foul play, and the police conclusion was that this was a tragic accident.'

