Legionnaires Disease at Nottingham Prison
AN inmate at Nottingham Prison contracted Legionnaires Disease after health and safety regulations were not properly followed.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found high levels of legionella bacteria in the hot and cold water system at the prison's Health Unit.
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High levels of the bacteria were found in the water system
The executive conducted an investigation after the inmate was diagnosed with Legionnaires Disease on March 8, 2006.
It found the approved code of practice for controlling legionella bacteria in water systems had not been followed, which breached the Health and Safety at Work Act.
HM Prison Service attended a formal Crown Censure Hearing at the HSE's Nottingham Office yesterday.
It accepted the Crown Censure after detailing the action it had taken to prevent a recurrence at Nottingham Prison and its other prisons.
Comments
by Paul, Nottingham
Saturday, June 13 2009, 7:02AM
“The HSE must be pleased that their investigation (2006) has so quickley been actioned !.So whats the outcome? Let them all out?”