A care homes negligence led to a disabled girl dying when she was lowered into a bath of scalding water.

Charges have been brought following the care homes negligence which resulted in the care provider in Oxford being hit with a heavy fine.

Lifeways Community Care Ltd was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay costs of £45,000 at Oxford Crown Court after pleading guilty to a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Yelena Hasselberg-Langley, aged 18, who was registered blind, paraplegic, had epilepsy and needed 24-hour care, died after suffering severe burns in the accident in August 2007.

The court heard that a Health and Safety Executive investigation found that although the bath in the care home had been fitted with a special valve to prevent scalding, the valve had never been set and staff had received no training in the risks of scalding.

HSE Inspector, Nina Judkins, said: “It is difficult to imagine a more vulnerable resident than Yelena. The risk of scalding to people who are so vulnerable that they cannot prevent harm to themselves is a well-known danger in the care industry. The consequences of scalding can, in addition to causing excruciating pain, be fatal - as so shockingly seen in this case.”

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