Walter Gordon Powley
4 Oct 2013 · Coroner Donald Coutts-Wood · Leicester City & South Leicestershire
The coroner's concerns
1. uncovered radiator pipes and valves
“1.Neither the pipes that he fell against nor the valves that connected those pipes to the radiator, were covered. HSE published guidance indicated that the maximum temperature of such pipes should be 43 degrees centigrade. Readings taken from uncovered pipes both in Mr [name redacted] room and other rooms in the Home indicated that the temperatures ranged between 60 degrees centigrade and more than 70 degrees centigrade. Evidence was given at the Inquest that a number of other residential homes in this”