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Worker prosecuted over gas failings
The Health and Safety Executive has prosecuted a man from Wrexham for carrying out work on a house without being Corgi-registered. Nigel Paul Chadwick, of Benjamin Road, Wrexham, repaired a leak on a gas cooker but failed to identify another leak in the system. The Health and Safety Executive has prosecuted a man from Wrexham for carrying out work on a house without being Corgi-registered.
Nigel Paul Chadwick, of Benjamin Road, Wrexham, repaired a leak on a gas cooker but failed to identify another leak in the system.
The HSE said his oversight "greatly increased the risk of fire or explosion". The leak was later noticed by the householder.
Chadwick was fined a total of £1,000 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after pleading guilty to a breaches of gas safety regulations at Wrexham Magistrates' Court.
HSE inspector Barbara Francis said: "We will prosecute people who work on gas appliances without the proper accreditation.
"Improperly maintained appliances can also give rise to carbon monoxide, which is potentially lethal.
"You cannot see, smell or taste carbon monoxide fumes, leaving anyone exposed feeling unwell. In the worst situations, carbon monoxide can kill without warning in just hours.
"The law requires that only trained, competent people work on gas appliances, and the only accreditation currently recognised by HSE is membership of Corgi."
Sent: 12/11/2007
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