Brisbane teen in critical condition after trying to bench press about 100kg, becoming trapped under bar 
 
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 A 15-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being found pinned to a weightlifting bench with a bar across his neck after trying to lift 100 kilograms in a Brisbane gym on Tuesday evening. 
 
 The ABC understands Ben Shaw was working out on the bench press, attempting to lift more than his body weight, at the Pine Rivers PCYC gym, north of Brisbane, when the weightlifting accident happened. 
 
 But it was not until some time later that he was found by a staff member with the bar across his upper neck and throat, pinning him to the bench. 
 
 It is not clear how long he was trapped. 
 
 PCYC gym and fitness centre rules state that children under 16 years of age are not permitted to use weights equipment without proper supervision. 
 
 It also states members use the equipment at their own risk and management assumes no responsibility for any injury that may occur. 
 
 Ben was taken to the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in a critical condition, and has family by his side. 
 
 Workplace Health and Safety is now investigating and will scrutinise CCTV footage to determine exactly what happened. 
 
 PCYC chief executive Phil Schultz said the organisation was cooperating fully with the investigation. 
 
 "At this stage at PCYC Queensland our focus and our thoughts are with the person in question," he said. 
 
 "This is a terrible incident and everyone here at PCYC Qld has been impacted by it. 
 
 "This kind of news is always extremely distressing. 
 
 "Our hearts go out to his family and friends and the wider community." 
 
 Pine Rivers PCYC remains closed. 
 
 Gyms have duty of care, industry association says 
 
 Pine Rivers PCYC is a member of Fitness Australia, the peak industry association. 
 
 A Fitness Australia spokeswoman said the organisation would not be providing specific comment on the accident. 
 
 "We want to allow the relevant authorities to conduct their investigations, without our speculation," she said. 
 
 "All fitness businesses have a duty of care to prevent harm which could reasonably be expected to occur whilst a consumer is using the service provided by the business. 
 
 "Professional standards and guidelines developed by Fitness Australia assist fitness business members in mitigating risk and exercising duty of care. 
 
 "Our thoughts are with the young man and his family." 
 
 Topics: accidents, exercise-and-fitness, weightlifting, strathpine-4500, brisbane-4000 
 
 First posted ||||| A 15-year-old boy who was critically injured when he was pinned by weightlifting equipment while working out at a Brisbane gym has died. 
 
 Ben Shaw's neck was reportedly crushed under a 98kg bar for at least half an hour last Tuesday at the Pine Rivers PCYC. 
 
 He was taken to Lady Cilento Children's Hospital where he was placed on life support, but died there on Saturday, his football club said on Facebook. 
 
 Sharon Hickey, president of the Pine Central Holy Spirit Hornets rugby league club, passed on the club's condolences to the Shaw family. 
 
 "Yesterday afternoon they lost their beautiful Ben and has (sic) been able to leave a legacy by donating his tissue and organs to enable recipients have their lives saved and changed forever as a result," she said in the post. 
 
 Club staff administered first aid before the 15-year-old was rushed to hospital. 
 
 PCYC Queensland chief Phil Schultz said last week the organisation was "deeply saddened" by the incident. 
 
 "Our thoughts are with the family and friends of this teenager during this difficult time," he said. 
 
 Worksafe Queensland has launched an investigation and the Pine Rivers PCYC has been closed until further notice.
– An Australian teen who was crushed while lifting weights has died, the BBC reports. Ben Shaw, 15, was bench-pressing about 215 pounds at a Brisbane gym last Tuesday when the bar he was pumping slipped, pinning him and crushing his neck. The critically injured teen was rushed to a children's hospital and placed on life support, 7News reports. He died on Saturday. The boy was trapped under the bar for at least 30 minutes, per News.com.au. A gym member who was about to begin his workout rushed to save Ben. "There was nobody around," the man's wife says. "He looked over and saw the 15-year-old boy just lying on the bench with a bar right across his neck. … He grabbed the bar off his neck and yelled for help," she says. Two others performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Workplace safety officials are looking into the accident at the Police-Citizens Youth Club. Gym rules say members under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Club chief Phil Schultz tells ABC Australia they're cooperating with authorities. "This is a terrible incident and everyone here at PCYC Queensland has been impacted by it," he says. Friends posted tributes to Ben on his rugby team's Facebook page. The Pine Central Holy Spirit Hornets writes that Ben's family donated his tissues and organs to save others. "As a club we will be assisting to see the world through Ben's eyes and ensure his legacy lives on in support of his [parents] and family," the post says. (Parents of a teen found dead in a gym mat were ordered to pay nearly $300,000 in others' legal fees.)