Removalist sues his boss after he lost a testicle when an 80kg mattress fell on him during a solo move, leaving him in agony for eight painful MONTHS

• Ryan Collin, 35, from Brisbane, had 80kg mattress fall on his groin during move
• The removalist was left in agony for eight months before testicle was removed
• He is now suing his employer for forcing him to move heavy loads by himself

A removalist is suing his employer after he lost a testicle when an 80kg mattress fell on him as he tried to move it by himself.

Ryan Collin, 35, from Brisbane, was unloading the ‘bloody heavy’ mattress from a truck when he slipped, causing the box to land painfully between his legs.

He says he endured eight months of ‘intense pain’ after the incident and had to undergo the drastic surgery last November.

Mr Collin blames his employer for the accident and accused Hunter Express of breaching its duty of care by making him move the mattress and other large items alone.

Ryan Collin blames his employer for the accident and accused Hunter Express of breaching its duty of care

Mr Collin said he felt an ‘immense pain’ when the mattress fell on him which lasted for months until he had the damaged testicle surgically removed. 

‘Every day felt like I’d been kicked in the n***. It was bloody s***house,’ Mr Collin told the Courier Mail.

‘Ninety-nine per cent of the time I was holed up in bed. It hurt to walk and the painkillers I was on really knocked me out.

‘Single truck crews should not be delivering items over 40kg. It clearly states on all the boxes that it’s a team lift, but I’ve never seen a truck with two people. 

‘It’s ridiculous and it needs to change.’

Mr Collin said Hunter Express did not advise him to fill out any workplace injury forms and that he had to drive himself to the doctor after the accident.

‘My supervisor put me on light duties but his version of light duties was to dig holes in the mud,’ he said.

He was unloading the mattress off a truck when he slipped, with the box landing between his legs

‘They need to change.’

His lawyers, Shine Lawyers’ North Lakes senior associate Cecelia Simpson, said it should ‘never be a one-person job’.

‘The injury to our client is too high a price to pay to learn this lesson,’ Ms Simpson said.

‘People’s ability to work directly impacts on the profitability of the businesses they work for and, particularly when there is a shortage of skilled workers, we need to keep them safe.’

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