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15/01/2009
Company fined for risking lives |
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The HSE has warned companies that they may be prosecuted for not using competent, registered gas fitters when performing alterations.
This advice comes after a double glazing firm Supaglazing was fined £4,500 and ordered to pay costs of £4500.00 for breaching regulation 8(1) of the Gas Safety Installation and Use Regulations 1998.
It was claimed that the Stroud-based company endangered the lives of a young boy and his mother by putting them at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning when the work they carried out affected the safety of the gas fitting.
Lisa Skinner, HSE inspector, said that the executive is pleased that "justice has been done", adding that it is "essential that companies who carry out work on homes that affect existing gas fittings adhere to the guidance given".
In related news, Nattasha Freeman, president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, has warned that companies which do not take health and safety seriously could "find it tough to survive".
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