The wife of the man who drowned says she now fears water following her husband's death
BBC NewsThe Health and Safety Executive said Lance Palmer was responsible for "multiple failings" following the death of Roger Clarke in Stoney Cove, Leicestershire, in June 2018.Palmer was ordered to pay £3,085, including a victim surcharge of £85, and carry out 50 hours of unpaid work.
The HSE said Mr Clarke, 55, from Stafford, took part in the dive that was planned, managed and supervised by Palmer. The father-of-two had enrolled on an entry-level Technical Diving International Closed Circuit Rebreather Course, the HSE said.Not adequately maintaining and checking students' breathing apparatus
Failing to remain in close enough proximity to monitor his student, which meant he did not notice the audible and visual alarms sounding on breathing apparatusFailing to have an adequately-qualified rescue diver in the water with him and the studentThe 59-year-old, whose business operates from Pillaton Hall Farm, in Penkridge, Staffordshire, admitted breaching section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
"He was my world. We had a good lifestyle. We had everything. I lost my world and reason to live and all I wanted to do was curl up and die and to be with my husband.The HSE called the death "a tragic and wholly avoidable incident, caused by the failure of Lance Palmer to plan, manage and conduct his diving training in accordance with the law and his training agency's rules".
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