07.12.07 - Landlords reminded of their duties to maintain and service gas appliances under Health and Safety Law
The HSE warned landlords that they are required by law to have their tenants’ gas appliances and flues maintained and annual safety checks carried out by a CORGI registered gas installer. The warning follows the sentencing today of a Grimsby landlady, who ignored an improvement notice served on her by the HSE and was sentenced to 200 hours community service, and ordered to pay costs of £500.
28.11.07 - Advice for landlords on gas safety
The HSE is warning landlords to make sure that their gas safety checks for tenants are up to date and their gas appliances maintained in a safe condition. At the Landlord Show, the HSE inspectors and gas officers will be on hand to advise landlords of their legal obligations, highlighting areas of health and safety that they need to be aware of and how to address them.
13.11.07 - HSE reminds gas installers of need for vigilance after fire was left in dangerous condition
"This is an unusual case as it involves a CORGI-registered installer, who should have known better. One of the HSE’s roles is to hold all installers to account for their actions, or in this case lack of actions, in order to protect the safety of consumers. There was no excuse for this fire to have been wrongly fitted which put this family at unnecessary risk."
08.11.07 - Consumers urged to check gas fitters' registration after North Wales prosecution
"We will prosecute people who work on gas appliances without the proper accreditation…
The law requires that only trained, competent people work on gas appliances, and the only accreditation currently recognised by the HSE is membership of CORGI. If you are having gas work done, always check the fitter’s CORGI identity card before you let them start work."
16.10.07 - Bangor students given gas safety advice for Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week
For many students, going to University means they will be renting their own home for the first time. Marking the beginning of Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, students at Bangor University have been getting advice from the HSE on gas appliance safety at rented properties and the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.
15.10.07 - Beware of the silent killer, HSE's reminder during CO Awareness week
The HSE today lent its support to CO Awareness Week, organised by campaign group CO Awareness, by reminding homeowners and landlords of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Last year research commissioned by the HSE, as part of its wider gas safety review, revealed that 45% of households were unaware of the dangers of CO poisoning from gas appliances, which killed 16 people in 2005/06.
11.10.07 - Carbon Monoxide awareness national tour starts in Runcorn
A Runcorn mother of four whose family have all suffered from the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning is leading a campaign to raise awareness of the danger. Lynn Griffiths will be guest of honour at the launch on Monday 15 October at the House of Lords attended by the HSE’s Chief Executive, Geoffrey Podger.
01.10.07 - Gas fitter fined £1,500 after water heater failure poisons 14 Bolton family members
"This is an exceptional case on which the HSE has felt it necessary to take action but the HSE still recommends that you ensure that any work carried out in relation to gas appliances in domestic or commercial premises is to be undertaken by a CORGI-registered installer, competent in that area of work – all of which reflects the seriousness of the error."
05.09.07 - Students warned about gas safety
Students have a lot to think about when finding somewhere to live for the new term. But the HSE is warning them not to forget to check that their gas appliances have received their annual safety check - to prevent them suffering carbon monoxide poisoning.
30.07.07 - Cynon Valley man jailed for carrying out unauthorised gas work
The HSE is warning anyone having gas appliances fitted or serviced to ensure the engineer they are using is competent and CORGI registered. The warning comes after a Cynon Valley man was jailed for four months for carrying out work in breach of a prohibition notice issued by the HSE.
27.07.07 - Gas installer registration scheme
The core recommendation resulting from the HSE's review of domestic gas safety in 2006 is to seek to ensure improved consumer gas safety through a new scheme. To that end the HSE is inviting expressions of interest to run a new gas installer registration scheme through an announcement in the Official Journal of the European Union planned for 27 July 2007.
30.05.07 - Safety first for Merthyr Council on gas testing
The HSE and gas trainer Building Services Training (BST) are working with Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council to make sure all staff dealing with gas appliances are up to speed on gas safety issues. The council asked for help from the HSE and BST, part of Connaught PLC, to ensure all their staff and contractors working with gas are aware of current regulations.
The HSE inspectors from the Plymouth office will attend a presentation ceremony at Liskeard Community Hospital on Friday, 18 May 2007, at which a CO monitor will be presented to the staff by local MP and active gas safety campaigner, Colin Breed.
24.04.07 - HSE issues gas fitter warning after Barrow heating company fined over faulty boiler installation
The HSE warned Cumbrian businesses and residents to check that gas workers are appropriately accredited by CORGI before allowing them to carry out gas fitting or repair work. The warning comes after a Barrow heating company was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £2,732.00 costs after pleading guilty at Barrow Magistrates Court to two criminal charges brought by the HSE over the faulty installation of a boiler at a property in Barrow by an employee who was not registered with CORGI.
17.04.07 Gas explosion in Blyth
The HSE confirmed that it is participating in the investigation into the gas explosion at Twentieth Avenue in Blyth.
03.04.07 - HSE warns of carbon monoxide threat in pheasant sheds and similar buildings
The HSE reminded owners and users of gas-fired poultry brooder heaters of the potential health risks associated with their use. The warning followed an investigation into the tragic death of part-time beater 37-year-old Lindsay George Redpath in 2006. Mr Redpath died at Balbirnie Estates, Fife, when sleeping overnight in a pheasant-rearing shed occasionally used as a bothy. Carbon monoxide from the gas-fired heater accumulated in the shed and Mr Redpath was overcome as he slept.
07.03.07 - Ministerial Announcement on the Review of Domestic Gas Safety
"Complacency on gas safety is not an option. New research suggests that nearly half of all households using gas had received no information about the dangers it can pose. While the number of gas related fatalities has reduced over recent years, tragic incidents still occur. The new scheme is designed to ensure industry works together to raise public awareness and so further reduce deaths and incidents caused by ignorance of gas safety risks and especially CO poisoning."
08.02.07 - Carbon monoxide – it’s a deadly responsibility - straight talking for Calderdale's landlords
You might hand over the keys to your property but you don’t hand over responsibility for your tenants’ safety, especially when it comes to gas and carbon monoxide poisoning. That’s the clear message to be delivered to local landlords via one of the free sessions being offered by the HSE and Calderdale Council as part of their groundbreaking new initiative - Calderdale Safer Working Communities – (26 February to 2 March 2007).
