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Joiner ordered to do community service after unsafe gas installation caused explosion

Joiner ordered to do community service after unsafe gas installation caused explosionDate:3 August 2012Release No:SCO/006/12 from the HSE.A self-employed joiner has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service after a gas cooker he illegally installed exploded, severely injuring two...

Published on 4 August 2012, 9:19 AM by AngryBird | 0 comment(s)

Builder sentenced for unsafe work after death of couple

Builder sentenced for unsafe work after death of coupleDate:20 July 2012Release No:LON/138/12 from the HSEA self-employed builder has been fined £75,000 and ordered to undertake community service after work he carried out on an elderly couple's home resulted in their death from carbon...

Published on 30 July 2012, 1:19 PM by Steele | 0 comment(s)

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Wigan landlord sentenced over gas safety risk

Wigan landlord sentenced over gas safety riskDate:13 April 2012A Wigan landlord has been prosecuted for putting the life of a tenant at risk by falsifying a gas safety document.The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) took legal action against Terence McBride after it discovered he had changed...

Published on 13 April 2012, 6:45 PM by AmyasC | 0 comment(s)

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Check an Engineer or Business on the Gas Safe Register

Published on 17 January 2012, 10:58 AM by Steele | 0 comment(s)

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Unregistered gas fitter fined after putting lives at risk

A gas fitter has been fined after he misled a customer into believing he was legally registered and then carried out work that put lives at risk.Janusz Mazur, 34, of Sunnyhill Road, Lambeth, was self-employed when he carried out work at a flat in Ritherdon Road, Tooting Bec, installing a new...

Published on 16 October 2011, 2:26 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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Call to test gas safety appliances

Call to test gas safety appliances From: http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/community/community-news/call_to_test_gas_safety_appliances_1_3044011Published on Saturday 10 September 2011 09:00 formatPubDate("Sat Sep 10 09:00:00 BST 2011"); RESIDENTS have been reminded to...

Published on 10 September 2011, 2:45 PM by Carla | 0 comment(s)

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Wiltshire man sentenced to 300 hours community service over faulty gas work

A Wiltshire man has been prosecuted for illegally carrying out gas work at a neighbour's home which could have put them at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.Graham Nicholls, 66, who was not registered as a gas installer with CORGI (see notes to editors), incorrectly fitted a flue to his...

Published on 17 June 2011, 3:24 PM by Blazer | 0 comment(s)

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