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Tenants failing to allow access for annual gas safety checks

HSE receives many letters from letting agents each year “reporting” tenants for failing to allow access to properties so that annual gas safety checks can be carried out.

Suspended sentence was given to unregistered gas worker

A man has been fined and given a suspended sentence after working on a number of boilers without being Gas Safe registered.

Company fined after the unsafe removal of asbestos material

A Hertfordshire-based home improvement company has been fined after the unsafe removal of asbestos material from a domestic property.

Gas Fitter and Company prosecuted

An illegal gas fitter and the company that hired him have both been prosecuted after work was left in a dangerous condition at a home in Torquay.

Gas Engineer puts tenants at risk

James Wilkinson was Gas Safe- registered for some types of gas appliances, but had been carrying out work for which he was not competent.

Landlord given Twelve Month Suspended Sentence

A landlord was given an twelve month suspended sentence for gas safety failings.
Exeter plumber left gas work in dangerous state

An Exeter plumber called Colin Jones aged 59 had left a gas meter and gas pipe in a dangerous state in a customer’s house.

Sash Restoration Company Dorset LTD

The company director of a Sash Restoration Company Dorset LTD have been fined for safety failings because a worker fell three metres through an unprotected skylight.