Elderly, children under the age of 5 at greatest risk for severe scald injuries
Emil Malaniak, a resident in a senior living facility, was showering when the warm water suddenly spiked to a scalding temperature. Unable to manipulate the shower valve, he attempted to shield himself...
View ArticleCare worker sentenced in death of client who he put in hot bath
A British Columbia home-care worker who put a client in a scalding hot bath and failed to get the man medical attention has been sentenced to three years in prison for the client’s eventual death....
View ArticleElderly resident scalded with 1st degree burns
There was no thermo-static mixing valve! A company which runs a nursing home in Essex has today been fined after an elderly man was lowered into a bath filled with water possibly as hot as 72°C....
View Article94-year-old man dies after falling into empty bathtub and hitting hot water tap
Willard Wilson began his morning like any other, making his way to his bathroom for a shave in a senior’s residence in Pierrefonds, near Montreal in Quebec, Canada. While he was getting ready to...
View ArticleElderly woman dies after falling into scalding hot bath
By Alan O’Keeffe, Wednesday August 31 2011 From: The Evening Herald (herald.ie) An elderly woman unable to get out of a very hot bath died from severe burns. Evelyn Attwell (78) was trapped in the...
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