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First report 22 Feb 2017•Latest report 22 Feb 2017

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

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Reports
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
0%

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Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
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Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Transport for West Midlands linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Black Country

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    Mr Christopher Brookes · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Mr Christopher Brookes, aged 22, fell around 40 feet from a gate at Wolverhampton bus station after leaving through a fire exit and died from his injuries on 29 October 2017. The inquest heard that there had been a similar previous incident at the same location and that security guards failed to attend when an alarm indicated unauthorised use of the fire exit.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Transport for West Midlands; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Risk of falling to the road below at the location

    Wider context from the report

    “1. Evidence emerged during the inquest that there was a previous incident at the same location involving a member of public who narrowly escaped falling to the road below in April 2017 in similar circumstances. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Transport for West Midlands; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure of security guards to attend alarms indicating unauthorised use of the fire exit

    Wider context from the report

    “2. Evidence also emerged during the inquest that an alarm would be activated if the fire exit was used. It appears that security guards employed to deal with unauthorised use of the fire exit failed to attend. ”
    Open source report
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