A plumber who was suspected of having undertaken dangerous gas work while unqualified to do so was fined for failing to answer questions put to him by a Health and Safety Executive inspector. In February 2020 Luke Rodgers was alleged to have carried out unlawful gas work to replace a boiler at a house in […]
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Cracked pipe at Chemical plant leads to 400k fine
Ineos Chemicals Grangemouth Limited has been fined after ethylene, a flammable gas, was released from a cracked pipe at the KF Ethylene Plant. Falkirk Sheriff Court heard that approximately 17 tonnes of ethylene was released from the pipe. This leak precipitated the formation of a flammable gas cloud of around 65,000m³. The gas cloud was […]
Non-isolated gas supply leads to fatal explosion
An asbestos removal contractor has been fined after a worker was fatally injured and another worker seriously injured in a gas explosion. Hamilton Sheriff’s Court heard how, workers were removing a boiler and pipework, and overspraying walls to remove asbestos residue, at the former Pastoral Centre in Bonkle Road, Newmains in Wishaw. The work was […]
Employee suffers burns in a domestic gas explosion
A plumbing and heating company has been fined after an employee suffered serious burns following an explosion at a domestic property in Preesall, Lancashire. Blackpool Magistrates’ Court heard that, John Leadley Limited had been replacing a gas boiler in the hallway of a bungalow. As part of this work, an employee was soldering new water […]
Illegal gas work left a Devon home in dangerous state
A self-employed property maintenance contractor has been sentenced after arranging and being in control of gas work that his contractors were not registered or competent to do, leaving it in a dangerous condition. Exeter Crown Court heard how Nigel Borrough, the sole director of Collier Property Management Ltd, quoted for a kitchen re-fit which included […]