A school academy trust has been fined £300,000 after a teenager with Pica died from choking on a paper towel.
Owen Garnett, a 19-year-old student at Welcombe Hills special needs school, died two days after choking on a paper towel. Garnett had a condition called Pica , which caused him to eat non-nutritional items. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stated that Garnett should have been closely supervised, especially after a near miss just days before. Unity MAT (multi-academy trust), the school academy trust, pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws at Coventry Magistrates' Court.
They were fined £300,000 and ordered to pay £10,750 in costs. An HSE investigation revealed that none of the staff in Garnett's class team had received specific training on managing safety risks associated with Pica. Despite individual risk assessments identifying the choking risk, Garnett was unsupervised when he choked on the paper towel. Emergency services retrieved the paper towel, but Garnett had been deprived of oxygen for too long and died in the hospital
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