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Category: Gas
Consultation on proposals to review HSE’s ACOPs – Analysis of responses received
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
This is a summary report of the outcome of HSE’s consultation on proposals to review its Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs).
Illegal gas fitter faces prison threat for unsafe work
Monday, January 21, 2013
An unregistered gas fitter has received a nine month suspended prison sentence for illegally carrying out sub-standard gas work at two chip shops in South Wales.
Chester landlord ignored gas safety warnings
Thursday, January 17, 2013
A Chester landlord has been fined after ignoring repeated warnings about gas safety at a property she rented out in the city.
Gas fitter may face prison after illegal work in Essex
Thursday, January 17, 2013
An unregistered gas fitter has received a suspended prison sentence for illegally carrying out sub-standard gas work at a property in Essex.
Unregistered gas fitter fined for dangerous defects
Monday, January 14, 2013
An unregistered gas fitter from Morden has been fined for endangering a Tooting family after he illegally and unsafely fitted a new boiler at their home.
Gas safety
Friday, January 11, 2013
Ensure gas appliances are properly installed and maintained to avoid danger of fire, explosion, gas leaks and carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
Swindon parish councillor fined for illegal boiler work
Monday, January 7, 2013
An unregistered gas fitter has appeared in court in Swindon for carrying out unsafe work on a boiler leaving a householder at risk.
Coronation Street carbon monoxide storyline
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Gas Safe Register (GSR) has been working with the production team of popular TV soap Coronation Street on a storyline showing the risks posed by unregistered and unqualified people working on gas appliances and the danger from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning which can result. The storyline, which will run between Christmas and New Year, is a timely [...]
Family put at risk by Bradford landlord
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
A private landlord in Bradford has appeared in court after he repeatedly failed to produce a gas safety record for a property in Heaton where a mother lived with her two children.
Firm fined after residents are poisoned by carbon monoxide
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
One of the UK’s largest property service organisations has been ordered to pay more than £300,000 in fines, costs and compensation after seven people were hospitalised when carbon monoxide (CO) fumes escaped into their homes.
Illegal gas work left elderly woman in danger
Friday, December 14, 2012
A South Yorkshire man has been fined for carrying out illegal gas work at a house in Sheffield, leaving an elderly woman at risk from deadly carbon monoxide poisoning.
Council fined after putting tenant at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Chesterfield Borough Council has been fined after carbon monoxide fed back into one of its properties, putting the tenant at risk of poisoning.
Property developer sentenced over Manchester gas explosion
Thursday, November 29, 2012
A property development firm has been fined £100,000 following a major gas explosion that destroyed dozens of homes in South Manchester.
Landlord handed suspended jail sentence after forging gas safety document
Thursday, November 22, 2012
A Cambridge landlord risked the health of his tenants by failing to ensure gas appliances were safe to use and then produced a fake certificate to give the impression they were, a court has heard.
Cross Government Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Awareness – Annual Report 2011/12
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Gas safety and more broadly carbon monoxide awareness is a truly cross government issue with the majority of Government departments, the devolved administrations and other governmental bodies having an interest from their particular perspective. This report provides a summary of the work carried out by all members of the Cross Government Group on Gas Safety [...]
Carbon monoxide – Are you at risk from poisoning?
Monday, November 19, 2012
You can’t see it, taste it or smell it, but it can kill quickly without warning – Carbon monoxide awareness your frequently asked questions.
RR945 – Potential for leaks of LPG from underground pipes into caravans and park homes
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
This report considers ventilation requirements for caravans and park homes which have a skirt installed to enclose the volume underneath them. Ventilation is considered in relation to the possibility of LPG leaking into the space under the caravan / park home due to corrosion of any underground LPG service pipe which rises under it.
North Devon plumber fraudulently claimed to be registered gas fitter
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
A North Devon plumber who fraudulently claimed to be a registered gas fitter has received a suspended prison sentence and tagging order preventing him from leaving his home after 8pm.
Gas fitter’s shoddy work threatened lives
Friday, November 2, 2012
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.
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