A spokesman for the Health and
Safety Executive (HSE) said:
“In a
Ministry of Defence selection test exercise in the Brecon Beacons in July 2013,
a group of soldiers suffered heat illness and three died. MoD repeated the test
exercise the following day in similar weather conditions. There were more
casualties but no further deaths. HSE continues to investigate the
circumstances leading to the deaths jointly with the Police, who lead the
investigation.
“As a
result of early findings from the investigation, HSE served a Crown Improvement
Notice on the MoD on 25 October. This required them, in accordance with their
own guidance, to manage risks adequately by producing and acting upon exercise-specific
risk assessments. The MoD complied with the Notice and took action before the
next selection test exercise in January 2014.
“HSE is
well aware that the MoD training exercises are arduous and require endurance
and that there are good operational reasons for this. HSE did not ask the MoD
to make the tests softer, provide hot food or for soldiers to be helped over
the finish line.”
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