John Wilson
PFD Report
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Ref: 2017-0445
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56-Day Deadline
6 Sep 2017
Over 2 years old — no identified published response
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Coroner's Concerns
The cause of the fire was a Beko fridgelfreezer purchased bya in 2005, and which said model was made the subject of a product recall following a death in a house fire in 2010, caused by a Beko fridgelfreezer. Mr Wilson's name was added to the database for product recall in May 2011. The evidence of Quality Manager UK and Ireland, Beko plc was that were writlen t0 on 22" July 2011 and again on 27/h September 2011 to inform (hem of the product recall There was no evidence that the letlers had been sent or that they had not delivered as they were sent standard mail rather than recorded or registered post. Wilsons did not respond. It was the evidence of the family that they did not receive any such letters and that were unaware of the product recall pertaining to the fridgelfreezer had purchased, by now almost 6 years previously. had a few years previously received notice of recall of a Hotpoint product and had responded to that: Itold the Inquest that as the Wilsons had not contacted Beko following the recall letters their details were passed to OnCall to carry out a door knocking campaign_ Beko had no record of OnCall the Wilsons address_ However_ Beko produced a record of British Gas attending on 21 June 2012, which stated that a letter was left as there was no answer_ It came to light : more could have been done to ensure that the product recall came to the attention 0 and that the additional step required to do so was not an onerous one. that no further direct attempts were made either by registered post or recorded delivery or a second door knocking campaign following the second death in 2014 been using The they they They attending the the evidence was that as the recalled products get older (he risk of each of them catching fire increases
Action Should Be Taken
In my opinion Beko, following this third death consequent lo one its faulty products, should review its position with regard to making further attempts to make contact, preferably direct, with those persons on the product recall database who have not responded to the product recall: It may well be that the person who originally purchased the fridgelfreezer no longer lives at that address or has got rid of it but with an estimated 80,000 units still in use it is likely that many are still in use at the registered property or if not the person living at that property may well be able to provide information as to what has happened to the fridge freezer registered to that property.
Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
On 19th August 2016 an investigation was commenced into the death of John Wilson who died in hospital following a house fire at his home_ on 9"h August 2016. investigation concluded with an Inquest held on 11th April 2017. Medical cause of death la Multiple injuries with burns and inhalation of products of combustion Ischaemic heart disease, lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end stage kidney disease and diabetes The conclusion of the Inquest was: Narrative: Mr Wilson died as a result of injuries sustained in a fire at his home, which was caused by a faulty component of a Beko fridge freezer produced in 2005_ The said model was subject t0 a product recall in 2011 following oe death in 2010 and a further death in 2014. Mr Wilson was unaware of the product recall and was unable to take any action:
Circumstances of the Death
Mr Wilson was born on 5'h January 1953. He was 63 years of age at his death: At about 5.00am on 9"h August 2016 Mr Wilson and his wife were woken by the alarm connecled to his home 0z Equipment alerting him to the fact that the electricity supply had gone off. opened the bedroom door to find the ground floor in flames Mr Wilson eventually made his escape by from his bedroom window; on the first floor; onto a mattress placed on the ground beneath by a neighbour: Mr Wilson was taken to hospital. He had suffered superficial or partial thickness burns over 25% of body area, predominantly over his back and upper limbs_ He had multiple vertebral fractures and fractures of his pelvis and right thigh.He died that evening. The rolling
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