Man Electrocuted In M&s Today

[betty swollocks]

Just heard it on news, basic report says member of staff died as result of electrocution

No further news as yet but will be interesting to understand what/how it happened

 

[Sharpend]

See here. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20192856

 

[Manator]

it is still under investigation, the Police are treating it as a suspicious death at the moment.

 

[betty swollocks]

A contractor has died after being electrocuted in a shopping centre.

Kent Police said they believed the man died after suffering an electric shock in a Marks and Spencer (M&S) store in the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre in Tunbridge Wells.

Police said the death was being treated as suspicious while officers worked out the full circumstances of what happened.

The store was not evacuated as the scene was not in a public area of the shop, said a spokeswoman. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council have been advised of the incident and their health and safety officer will be liaising with police.

The spokeswoman said: "We were called just before 3.30pm to the store in Calverley Road.

"It is believed a man suffered an electric shock. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The air ambulance also attended. It is being treated as a suspicious death until the full circumstances are known."

The spokeswoman said police were called by paramedics from the South East Coast ambulance service who arrived at the scene first.

An M&S spokeswoman confirmed that a "tragic incident" had taken place.

She said: "There has been a tragic incident at the store today and our thoughts are with the family concerned. We are now concentrating on doing all we can to assist the emergency services with their investigation and as such are unable to comment any further at this stage."

 

[welshwizard]

Man 'electrocuted' in Tunbridge Wells M&S store

19 minutes ago

The incident happened at a Kent M&S store

The death of a man who is believed to have been electrocuted at a Marks and Spencer store in Kent was work-related, police have said.

The incident happened at the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre in Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells.

Kent Police and an air ambulance were called just after 15:30 GMT but the man, who has not yet been named, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the death was no longer being treated as suspicious.

The force stressed that the cause of death had not yet been confirmed.

A Kent Police spokeswoman said officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the death.

The force had initially been treating the incident as suspicious while officers worked out the full circumstances.

'Tragic incident'

His next of kin have not yet been informed, she said.

Police have not disclosed the man's age. They said he was not a member of the public.

Police said they were called by paramedics from the South East Coast ambulance service who arrived at the scene first.

The store was not evacuated as the scene was not in a public area of the shop, police said.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has been told of the incident and its health and safety officer will be liaising with police.

A spokeswoman for M&S said: "There has been a tragic incident at the store today and our thoughts are with the family concerned.

"We are now concentrating on doing all we can to assist the emergency services with their investigation and as such are unable to comment any further at this stage."

She said the M&S store was closed when the incident happened.

The Royal Victoria Place shopping centre declined to comment on the incident.

 

[Revved Up Sparky]

My sincere condolences to the family of the man. I look forward to receiving more information before commenting further.

 

[SPECIAL LOCATION]

According to the radio this morning, the man was a contractor working at the store....

Another tragic reminder to all of us of the importance to work safely....

 

[ProDave]

I would love to know what really happened.

the bit about it being treated as suspicious puzzles me.

 

[ProDave]

He was a "contractor" we don't yet even know what he was doing. He could have been a plumber, carpenter, builder etc, we don't even know if he was an electrician doing electrical work or not.

 

[batty]

True Dave we just will have to wait for the news of what actually happened which may take a lot of time.

 

[batty]

Just had a look at the Telegraph website it says he was an electrician but a contractor. It does say store was closed which was different to what they said yesterday.

 

[slimsim60]

This is worrying, it's my neck of the woods i hope it's not someone i know. Condolences to the family tho. Will be interesting to know what has happened tho, i have worked for M+S and they are hot on health and safety or where.

 

[OnOff]

Local to me this. I read that he was a contractor called in to repair equipment (think I read "appliance" somewhere) and that it happened in a non public area of the store. As always there will be a fair bit of conjecture before the FACTS are known. Whatever the poor guy is no longer with us. Thoughts to his family.

 

[Sharpend]

I see they have named the gentleman as Mr Phillip Dodd aged 62. Post mortem later this week to establish Cause of Death.