Toxic to humans, carbon monoxide (or CO) is an extremely poisonous gas caused by unsafe gas appliances. Dubbed the ‘Silent Killer’ as it’s colourless, tasteless and odourless, it has claimed the lives of many thousands of people. In fact, it is estimated that around 50 people die each year from …
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What are the risks of unsafe gas appliances?
If you don't have your gas appliances serviced regularly, if your gas appliances are fitted by incompetent and untrained workers, or if you don't take steps to respond quickly to boiler breakdowns and other gas emergencies, you could pay for your mistake with your life.
There are four major dange…
Hidden dangers in a manufacturing plant
It takes a keen eye to spot all of the dangers associated with manufacturing. After all, not every hazard is obvious to the casual observer.
Because complacency in manufacturing can be deadly, workers should be well-trained and always on the lookout for hidden dangers. They should also be well equi…
Winter safety advice
Going out in the winter can be hazardous, especially if you will be driving. Then again, staying in has its risks too. Make sure you stay safe this winter with these helpful tips:
Driving in the winter is very different than at other times of the year. Adverse weather and longer periods of darkness…
Construction firm in court over major Liverpool city centre gas scare
A construction firm has appeared in court over a major gas leak which caused widespread disruption and sparked fears of an explosion in Liverpool city centre.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the area around the former Lewis's department store on 19 January 2012 after a gas supply pipe was …
Two companies prosecuted for gas mains fire in Leeds
Two major companies were responsible for a major blaze in Leeds that led to the evacuation of six homes, the closure of a major road and gas supplies being cut off, a court heard on 31 July 2013.
Leeds-based Northern Gas Networks Operations Ltd. and Morgan Sindall (Infrastructure) plc both neglec…
Three firms sentenced after man killed by rocketing gas cylinder
Three South East firms have been ordered to pay a total of £685,787.31 in fines and costs for serious safety breaches after a plumber died and six other workers were seriously injured by a barrage of flying gas cylinders.
Adam Johnston, 38, from Sutton, Surrey, was struck by one of 66 heavy cyli…
Property developer sentenced over Manchester gas explosion
A property development firm has been fined £100,000 following a major gas explosion that destroyed dozens of homes in South Manchester.
PJ Livesey Group Ltd. was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the blast at the Didsbury Gate development on 8 December 2009.
On 29 Nove…
Gas fitter's shoddy work threatened lives
A Brixham gas fitter has been fined after falsely claiming to be registered gas engineer and leaving work he carried out in a dangerous condition.
In a prosecution brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) (on 2 November), Torbay Magistrates heard that Sean Collins carried out work on …
Gas leak leads to prosecution
National Grid Gas PLC has been fined after gas leaked into a Halesowen home.
Engineers were replacing the gas supply to a property in Bromsgrove Road, Hunnington, when the leak occurred on 20 August 2010.
The existing supply was connected to a low pressure main on the opposite side of the road s…
Illegal gas fitter put lives in danger in Rochdale
A Rochdale man has been sentenced after he put lives at risk by illegally carrying out gas work at three homes in the borough.
Paul Gregory was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after he left a newly installed gas hob in a condition classified as 'immediately dangerous' at one…
Landlady fined for gas safety failings
A Staffordshire woman has been fined for failing to provide evidence that a gas safety check had been carried out at one of her tenanted properties.
Liane Dewsbury was originally asked by Lichfield District Council to produce Landlord's gas safety certificates for boilers at two properties …
Kent glazing firm fined for gas safety breach
A Kent double glazing company with three outlets in Medway towns has
been fined for safety failings after building a conservatory over a gas
flue.
Family firm Supaglazing Ltd., of Strood, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for breaching gas safety regulations - the seco…
Essex fireplace fitters fined after gas leak
An Essex fireplace installation company has been fined after their inadequate work on domestic gas pipes put a family’s life at risk in their own home.
Fireplaces by Heals, of London Rd, Leigh-on-Sea, was commissioned to install a new fireplace at a home in Leigh-On-Sea, Essex, on 28 …
Essex plumber may face prison after shoddy gas work left family in danger
An Essex plumber has received a twelve-month suspended prison
sentence and 180 hours of unpaid community service after his firm fitted
a dangerous boiler in what was to be a child’s bedroom in a house in
Clacton-On-Sea.
A joint investigation by Gas Safe and the Health & Safety Executive (…
Landlord prosecuted for endangering lives
A landlord has been handed a suspended jail sentence for endangering lives after a mother, her partner and her eight-year-old daughter were poisoned by carbon monoxide at a flat in Lewisham.
Gail Calvert, her partner Stephen Clayden and the young girl inhaled large quantities of the deadly ga…
Sheffield landlords put tenant's life at risk
Two Sheffield landlords have been handed suspended jail sentences after dangerous defects were found on every gas appliance at a house they rented out to a young woman.
During the prosecution of landlords Waheed Ahmid and Farhat Basharat, his wife, Sheffield Magistrates heard the defects were…
Paisley joiner ordered to do community service after unsafe gas installation caused explosion
A self-employed joiner has been sentenced to 300 hours of community
service after a gas cooker he illegally installed exploded, severely
injuring two householders and causing more than £580,000 worth of damage
to four properties.
Alex Irvine was hired by John and Emily Reid to cut out a kitc…
Staffordshire man prosecuted for illegal gas work
A Staffordshire man has been prosecuted for pretending to be Gas Safe
registered, putting tenants at risk from dangerous gas work and for
breaching a legal Notice which prohibited him from carrying out gas
work.
Mark David Austin, of Riceyman Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, who trades as APS, w…
Gas fitter prosecuted for illegal inspections
A bogus gas fitter and the company he owns have been prosecuted for
carrying out illegal inspections on mobile catering units in Suffolk.
Antony George Hewitt, trading as Hewitt Plumbing Solutions Ltd., unlawfully issued gas safety records under the names of legitimate Gas Safe registere…
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