A hospital IT worker died following a workout after he dropped a 60kg barbell on to his stomach when his bench equipment collapsed, an inquest heard.
IT analyst Babatunde Plumptre, 39, suffered lacerations to his liver and spleen in the incident.
He told fellow gym-users the bench had collapsed and said he didn’t need an ambulance before going to the changing rooms.
He was later found there rolling on the floor in agony.
Staff were alerted and medics performed open heart surgery after being called to the Better Gym in Bexleyheath, London, at 6.50am on September 6, 2017.
The jury in the five-day inquest into his death was told that Londoner Babatunde, who worked at New Charing Cross Hospital, was rushed to A&E but was pronounced dead that afternoon.
