Martin Vaughan was working on the Ffordd Amazon web site in Swansea when he collapsed mid-shift
The household of an Amazon employee who died in hospital after collapsing throughout his shift at its warehouse in Swansea have relived the second they found the tragic information, and their two-year lengthy battle to seek out out the reality of what occurred to him.
Martin Vaughan, was working on the Ffordd Amazon web site off Fabian Method on September 20, 2023, when he collapsed mid-shift. He was taken to Morriston Hospital, the place he tragically died the next day. The 52-year-old, from of Water Avenue in Neath, had two youngsters, Rhys and Caitlin, and maintained a very good relationship along with his ex-partner Claire Williams.
The previous Cefn Hengoed College pupil was as soon as a UPS worker, earlier than he started working for Amazon as a warehouse affiliate, a job he held for round seven years and loved, because it suited his way of life, and allowed him to spend extra time occurring walks along with his beloved canine, Lola. By no means miss a Swansea story by signing as much as our publication right here.
Recalling the day Mr Vaughan died, Ms Williams mentioned: “We might spoken to Martin at round teatime. Our daughter had discovered she was pregnant two days earlier than. He was doing extra time, and I mentioned to him ‘You’d greatest do extra time, as a result of the pram that she’s going to need it going to be costly’, and we have been laughing and joking about that, and he was like ‘Do not inform me, I do know, I do know’.
“At that time he was positive, completely positive, and I might seen him the day earlier than and he appeared regular to me, completely regular.
“Within the night, somebody tried contacting our daughter on Fb to say ‘Your dad is unwell’ and that he had been taken to Morriston Hospital. The subsequent factor I do know, Morriston Hospital had known as Caitlin and mentioned that she wanted to return, and to deliver the household together with her, as a result of Martin was unwell.”
Caitlin, who was in Merthyr on the time, instantly known as her mum, screaming in worry, to relay the information. Miss Williams and Rhys made their option to Morriston Hospital as shortly as they may.
“As I received there and walked in, they checked out me and took me down the hall, and I simply thought, ‘This isn’t good’,” Miss Williams mentioned.
“That is once they informed us he had died.
“It was completely devastating. Though we weren’t nonetheless collectively, he was my go-to if I wanted to moan, or he’d ring me if he wanted one thing.
“I waited for Caitlin to reach, and I informed her that he had handed away. Telling the youngsters was one of many worst issues I’ve ever needed to do in my life. Caitlin was pregnant on the time, and upset, crying, and I informed her, clearly, it was terrible, however that she must keep calm, as a result of she was pregnant. My son saved asking me, ‘why, why’, and I simply could not reply it.”
Ms Williams described how her household would “by no means recover from” shedding Mr Vaughan.
She mentioned: “He is left an enormous gap in our hearts, as a result of he was such an enormous character.
“There’s not a day that goes by the place we do not discuss him, or one of many children will do one thing and it is going to be like: ‘That is your father, that’s’. I do not suppose we’ll ever recover from shedding Martin.”
Reeling from the sudden, tragic information, Mr Vaughan’s household have been in full confusion as to what had occurred.
“We simply didn’t know at that time,” she mentioned.
It was a report on WalesOnline telling of a ‘thorough investigation’ on the web site that led Miss Williams to dig deeper into the circumstances of what occurred to him.
She mentioned: “When that got here out, we received maintain of Amazon and mentioned it wanted to be mentioned. We went down there and we have been informed that he had collapsed and there have been a lot of totally different tales – he had been clutching his chest, clutching his facet, he had been sick, however we did not actually know what had occurred.
“On the finish of the day, the youngsters simply needed the reality to know why their father died, and we would have liked to know why he wasn’t with us. I questioned all the pieces.
Earlier this month, a seven-day jury inquest was held at Swansea’s Guildhall to ascertain the circumstances into Mr Vaughan’s demise. It heard witness statements that he had “gave the impression to be positive”, however then instantly collapsed, having suffered a cardiac arrest.
There had been a 14 minute delay earlier than somebody found him, which was adopted by a 32-minute delay in an ambulance reaching him, having initially arrived on the web site’s lorry park. Safety guards had helped make the 999 name.
Mr Vaughan’s medical reason behind demise was given as ventricular cardiac arrhythmia brought on by coronary heart hypertrophy. The jury was requested whether or not there had been a delay in a ‘crimson precedence response’ ambulance service name, to which it responded ‘sure’, however when requested whether or not it felt the delay contributed towards his demise, the jury returned the decision: ‘no’.
The conclusion was given as demise by pure causes.
Ms Williams mentioned: “I questioned all of the witness statements, each one was totally different. There was a delay within the ambulance, a delay in somebody discovering him – it took 14 minutes for somebody to seek out him – after which they have been phoning an ambulance between safety and stuff, when there was 4 first aiders with him.
“Though we all know what occurred, as a result of now we have seen CCTV, the questions the jury was requested have been nothing to do with what occurred at Amazon.
“We have come away from the inquest feeling indignant nonetheless. Sure, now we have a reason behind demise for Martin, however possibly if we hadn’t had a jury, the coroner would have dominated totally different.
“I intend to hunt authorized recommendation. I’ve a intestine feeling that we do not have the total info. I would like somebody to inform me that ‘there’s nothing else they may have finished’, however till I hear that from somebody skilled, apart from Amazon, I’ll take the decision, and the youngsters will take it.”
Paying tribute to Martin, Ms Williams described him as a “folks’s individual” who would speak to anyone.
She mentioned: “He received on with everyone and was such a loveable character. All over the place we would go he would discover somebody to speak to.
“He was a superb sense of humour and was a little bit of a joker.
“He was a superb father. We had two youngsters collectively, twins, Rhys and Caitlin. He additionally liked his canine, a husky named Lola, they usually’d stroll miles. It was him and the canine each time.
“We have got a beautiful little grandson now. He would have made a unbelievable granddad.
“We simply take issues daily. You attempt to get on along with your life as I do know he’d not have needed his children to mope round, but it surely’s onerous with little issues like Roman being born, and one other one on its approach now, he is lacking all of this, and he was so younger. That is the terrible factor about it. He had a lot to reside for.”
A spokesman for Amazon mentioned: “We’re deeply saddened by this tragic incident and our ideas stay with Martin’s household and mates.
“We’re persevering with to help colleagues with something they want.”
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