Amey Community Ltd has been fined £600,000 after a prisoner contracted Legionnaires’ disease and died while serving a prison sentence at HMP Lincoln.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) opened an investigation following the death of Graham Butterworth, 71, on 5 December 2017.
Water samples from Butterworth’s cell and nearby shower blocks tested positive for legionella days after he died.
The HSE investigation found that Amey Community Ltd, an Amey subsidiary which provided facilities management services at HMP Lincoln, failed to act on a risk assessment carried out in 2016 and to put in place a written scheme for preventing and controlling legionella risks.
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