When it comes to preparing for changing weather, the focus is often on extreme conditions. However, research has found that prolonged exposure to moderately cold temperatures actually kills more people than extreme heat or freezing spells. In fact, data collected in 384 locations shows that …
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Be CO safe at work
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 …
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…
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 …
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 (…
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…
Illegal gas fitter's "incompetence exposed homeowner to serious risk"
A Barnsley plumber, who left a householder in danger after posing as a
qualified gas engineer and badly fitting a new boiler at their home,
has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Self-employed trader Mark Dixon of Royston, Barnsley, charged the homeowner £1,200 to carry out the work at t…
Illegal gas fitter prosecuted for endangering lives
An illegal gas fitter has been prosecuted for endangering lives by
undertaking potentially lethal work at a property in Colchester.
Kevin Cook, 55, trading as Team Electric, installed a gas fire at a house in Rowhedge, Colchester, in August 2010, although he was not registered to undertake ga…
Wakefield landlord in court for flouting gas safety
A Wakefield landlord has been fined after ignoring repeated warnings to have gas appliances at his rented property checked for safety.
Mohammed Hanif was contacted by both Wakefield Council and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) instructing him to employ a registered gas engineer to undert…
TV ‘Rogue Trader’ in court again for botched gas work
A convicted plumber who left a series of householders at risk from
his illegal gas work was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today for
putting more lives in danger.
Brian Lloyd from Ossett, near Wakefield, was exposed for carrying out illegal gas work by the TV programme ‘Rogue Traders’ back in…
Illegal North Somerset gasman lied about credentials
A Clevedon man has been prosecuted for illegally installing a gas
boiler and flue at a property at Severn Beach, Bristol, while not
registered with CORGI, the then industry body.
CORGI was superseded by the Gas Safe Register in April 2009.
North Avon Magistrates’ Court was told that Jeff…
Illegal gas fitter prosecuted for endangering lives
An illegal gas fitter has been prosecuted for endangering lives at a property in Surrey with shoddy and unsafe work.
Michael Gill, 66, installed a new gas boiler and flue at a house in Kingsmead Park, Elstead, on 5 March 2008, both of which were left in a dangerous condition.
Guildford Magistr…
Unregistered gas installer prosecuted
An unregistered gas installer was caught illegally carrying out work on a house in Newark.
Mr Phillip Birchmore, trading as PSB Plumbing and Heating, capped off a gas supply at the property in August 2010. He then removed one boiler and hung a replacement boiler on the wall. Concerns were rais…
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