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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]
HSE takes legal action against landlords who disregard gas safety(11/03/2009)
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning tenants and landlords about potentially unsafe gas installations in tenanted properties. This warning follows the prosecution of Shahid Hussain, who manages a family business that owns and rents-out a number of properties in Burton-on-Trent. HSE started an investigation into the management of gas appliances in those rented properties after a single man, who lived alone, died from carbon monoxide po... [more]
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