A charity has been fined £30,000 after man in their care drowned in a bath.
Inspire Partnership Through Life admitted to a breach of health and safety that lead to the man’s death at a property in Aberdeen’s Abbotswell Crescent.
A post mortem found that 34-year-old Scott Krysta, who suffered from Sturge-Weber syndrome, had likely suffered from a seizure when we was left unsupervised in the bath for around 40 minutes.
The charity appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court and admitted failing to make a suitable assessment of the risks to Mr Krysta, whose condition meant he had a range of health problems including epilepsy.
It also admitted failing to provide adequate information to staff members about risks involved in leaving him unsupervised prior to the offence between October 10, 2010 and October 16,2012.
Inspire Chief Executive Karen Arthur said: “Our thoughts are with those who loved and cared for Scott.
“Having pleaded guilty to the charges under the Health and Safety at Work Act, Inspire fully accepts that as an organisation we failed in our responsibilities to Scott. For those failures we are deeply and sincerely sorry.
“Since Scott’s tragic death in 2012, Inspire has undertaken a full and rigorous review of support planning and training across the organisation and has implemented a number of changes to further improve safety.
“We hope that the lessons we have learned as a result of Scott’s death can be shared with our care sector colleagues to ensure a tragedy such as this never happens again.”
Sheriff Andrew Miller gave the charity a period of six months to pay the fine.
