Legionella inquest: total shambles over health and safety at Barrow Council

Barrow Borough Council was heavily criticised today by the coroner at the inquest into the deaths during the 2002 Barrow-in-Furness Legionnaires’ disease outbreak. The outbreak, which occurred when a faulty air-conditioning unit at the council-run building Forum 28 sent legionella bacteria into an adjoining alleyway.

Coroner Ian Smith described the situation at the Council, including the general health and safety situation, the maintenance contract, and the state of the plant itself,&... (289 more words)

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