Health and Safety Executive

Category: Gas

Work instruction for LPG pipework replacement inspection campaign

Friday, November 20, 2009

The aim of this inspection campaign is to obtain assurance that LPG users (and suppliers) are undertaking sensible and proportionate management of the risks arising from small and medium-sized bulk vessel LPG installations, including the replacement or ongoing inspection of buried metallic pipework.

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Carbon monoxide awareness week warning to rogue gas fitters

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Rogue gas fitters are being warned that they will be taken to task over shoddy jobs that risk lives.

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Suspended prison sentence for gas fraud plumber

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

A plumber from Mansfield has been given two suspended prison sentences and 100 hours community service for endangering homeowners’ lives in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

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Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week

Monday, November 16, 2009

HSE is pleased to back Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week by raising awareness that ‘Cowboys and Gas don’t mix’ – If you use an unregistered gas engineer you could be putting your life at risk.

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HSE warns of dangers of using unregistered gas fitters

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The HSE has warned of the dangers of using unregistered gas fitters after a Lincolnshire plumber carried out work which posed a risk to public safety.

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Asbestos: The Hidden Killer - HSE Podcast

Monday, November 9, 2009

In this episode: HSE’s Steve Coldrick talks about the Asbestos - the Hidden Killer campaign.

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HSE warns illegal gas fitters will be punished in court

Monday, November 9, 2009

HSE is warning illegal gas fitters that their dangerous and potentially life threatening behaviour will not be tolerated.

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Podcast - Asbestos: The Hidden Killer

Friday, October 30, 2009

In the October podcast, HSE’s Steve Coldrick talks about the Asbestos - the Hidden Killer campaign.

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Landlord fined for failing to protect tenant

Friday, October 30, 2009

HSE is warning landlords to be extra vigilant in ensuring the properties they own contain safe gas appliances that are correctly checked and certified.

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Construction Infonet - October 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Construction Infonet is a free e-Bulletin from HSE to provide a regular update on health and safety issues for all in the construction industry.

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Health and safety statistics 2008/09

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The latest statistics on work-related health and safety - work-related ill-health, injuries, dangerous occurrences,

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Development of sites at which natural gas is stored in depleted/partially depleted reservoirs

Friday, October 23, 2009

This SPC provides guidance on the application of Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) and Pipelines Safety regulations (PSR)

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HSE Newsletter (October/November)

Friday, October 23, 2009

Subscribe to HSE’s Health and Safety Newsletter and you’ll find out the best ways to tackle today’s key health and safety issues.

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Comparing subsurface migration of LPG with natural gas

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

A programme of experiments assessed differences in behaviour between leaks of natural gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from buried pipes,

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Gas Safe Register - gas and cowboys don’t mix TV advert

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Illegal gas workers put your life at risk, Watch the new Gas Safe Register TV advert and spread the word that ‘gas and cowboys don’t mix’.

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Cambridgeshire landlord jailed for 16 months for breaking gas safety laws

Monday, October 12, 2009

A Cambridgeshire landlord has been jailed for 16 months after he admitted perverting the course of justice

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HSE prosecution prompts warning to landlords

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

HSE is warning landlords to be extra vigilant in ensuring the properties they own contain safe gas appliances that are correctly checked and certified.

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Cowboys and Gas don’t mix

Monday, September 21, 2009

If you use an unregistered gas engineers you could be putting your life at risk. Anyone employed to work on gas

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Gas and Cowboys don’t mix

Friday, September 18, 2009

New Gas Safe Register campaign warns that illegal gas workers put your life at risk.

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Gas pipelines replacement programme

Thursday, September 17, 2009

HSE has approved industry replacement programmes for the year April 2009 – end March 2010.

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