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RYAN JAMES PETTENGELL · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 4 Mar 2014•Norfolk

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Concerns
3

Raised in this report

Recipients
4

Named on the report

Responses found
0

Of 4 recipients

Stated actions
0

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised3

  1. Failure to maintain existing safety signage
  2. Lack of signage prohibiting swimming around the lake
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate warnings about location-specific hazards at public waterside locations
  3. Failure to prevent public access to the officially closed site
    Part of recurring concern: Failure to prevent public access to closed or restricted hazardous sites
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Failure to maintain existing safety signage

Wider context from the report

“(6) Some of the existing signage is damaged and/or has been removed. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Lack of signage prohibiting swimming around the lake

Wider context from the report

“(5)There is no signage around the lake prohibiting swimming in the area where Mr Pettengell entered the water; ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate warnings about location-specific hazards at public waterside locations.

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How this individual concern was interpreted

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Failure to prevent public access to the officially closed site

Wider context from the report

“(1) The site has been officially closed since this incident (and another drowning on the same day) whilst meetings are ongoing with the community as to the best way to provide recreational facilities to the public whilst having regard to the public’s safety; (2) Recommendations were put forward by the King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council on 20 August 2013 with regard to increasing safety at the site; (3) Six months later, no action has been taken with regard to increasing safety at the site; (4) Evidence was given at the inquest that the public are still gaining access to the site; ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure to prevent public access to closed or restricted hazardous sites.

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