Product related deaths
PFD Category
Reports: 131
Areas: 54
Earliest: Oct 2013
Latest: 5 Aug 2025
77% response rate (above 62% average). 34% of classified responses show concrete action taken. Reports rose 150% from 6 (2023) to 15 (2024).
PFD Reports
80 resultsSophie Allen
All Responded
2014-0256
5 Jun 2014
Sunderland
Department for Business Innovation and …
Concerns summary
Looped blind cords continue to pose a serious strangulation risk to young children, with existing installations in homes lacking the improved safety features of new standards.
Anthony Lapping
All Responded
2014-0214
8 May 2014
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Indesit Company
Concerns summary
Highly flammable insulation material in a Hotpoint fridge freezer caused rapid fire spread, severely reducing escape opportunities and highlighting an urgent need for manufacturing review.
Judith Marshall
All Responded
2014-0039
27 Jan 2014
York
Department of Health and Social Care
General Pharmaceutical Council
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great B…
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Concerns summary
The pharmacy showed unpoliced drug errors and dispensing mistakes despite checks. Concerns include lack of alert software, mandatory read-back procedures, and a central error database.
Action taken summary
The General Pharmaceutical Council outlines its regulatory standards and inspection processes, stating it will continue to monitor pharmacies and take action where standards are not met. They are cons
Robert Wilkinson
All Responded
2013-0269
21 Oct 2013
County Durham & Darlington
Durham Constabulary
Concerns summary
The firearms certificate revocation process was inadequate, lacking a face-to-face meeting and personal service of the revocation letter, which contributed to the deceased retaining access to weapons.
Action taken summary
Durham Constabulary states that face-to-face meetings will now be undertaken when they add value to firearms license reviews. They are also addressing weaknesses in record keeping by converting all ce
Michael Joseph Hirrell
All Responded
2013-0247
1 Oct 2013
Leicester City and South Leicestershire
Energy UK
Ofgem
Npower
Concerns summary
Npower failed to recognise a clearly vulnerable person, disconnecting their power despite staff concerns. Systemic failures in consumer protection and inadequate industry-wide changes risk future deaths.
Action taken summary
Ofgem proposes that the Safety Net wording be made more explicit regarding vulnerable domestic consumers with non-domestic supplies, including a commitment for suppliers to maintain an audit trail. Of