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Health and Safety Executive brings rogue gas fitters to justice(18/11/2009)
HSE successfully prosecuted 28 people for breaching gas legislation in 2008/09, covering 66 separate offences. 173 enforcement notices were also served during this period. (see notes to editors). A number of these cases involved engineers found carrying out gas work without being registered or working outside their competency - doing jobs which they are not formally qualified for. The Health and Safety Executive is using Carbon Monoxide Aware... [more]
DIY gas work can kill(15/04/2009)
Research for Gas Safe Register found that regular servicing of gas appliances is not a priority in far too many households. Almost a fifth (19.05%) of households with a gas boiler had not had it serviced for at least three years and an alarming 13% of households had never had their boiler serviced or would only do so if there was a problem. The figures for maintaining gas fires were even worse. Almost 1 in 3 (29%) never serviced their gas fire, o... [more]
Gas Safe Register replaces the CORGI gas registration scheme(31/03/2009)
From 1 April 2009, Gas Safe RegisterTM replaces the CORGI gas registration scheme in Great Britain and launches a campaign to make the nation gas safe. From 1 April, all work on gas installations or appliances must only be carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer. New research from Gas Safe Register reveals that when it comes to gas safety, Brits are far too trusting. Alarmingly, over half of Great Britain’s population said they took it... [more]
The regular servicing of all your fuel-burning appliances is a matter of life and death(31/03/2009)
Figures from the Health and Safety Executive show that 14 people died from CO poisoning from gas appliances in Britain in 2007/08, with a further 234 suffering health problems as a result of CO exposure. As a new gas registration scheme comes into effect, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is reminding homeowners to have their fuel-burning appliances serviced regularly to reduce the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon mono... [more]
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