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HSE prosecutes Gas Safe engineer who left tenants at risk of CO poisoning (30 August 2016)
Date: 30/08/2016
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a Gas Safe-registered engineer from Middlesex for carrying out unsafe work, which put the residents of a house at risk of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
Self-employed gas engineer Michael Efthymiou carried out an unsafe installation of a gas combination boiler and flue at a domestic property in Crossfield Road, Clacton-on-Sea in Essex.
HSE investigators found that, on 7 February 2015, Efthymiou left the boiler in place with significant failings, leaving the tenants at risk of exposure to dangerous products of combustion.
At Chelsmford Magistrates’ Court on Monday 23 August, Efthymiou – of Nursery Gardens, Enfield in Middlesex – was found guilty of breaching Section 3(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and Regulation 27(1) of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
He was fined £2,460.00 and ordered to pay £6,722.37 in costs.
Carbon monoxide is an odourless, colourless gas which can be emitted from boilers, cooking appliances and water heaters, which are incorrectly installed or have poorly fitted flues.
The effects of CO poisoning include headache, nausea, sleepiness and eventually lack of consciousness – and even brain injury or death.
Signs of CO include a sooty “mourning card” ring around the edge of a ceiling or at the top of a wall – or dense, sooty deposits above a heating appliance or boiler.
Rooms where there are such appliances should be fitted with a well- maintained carbon monoxide detector – and gas appliances should be checked regularly by a Gas Safe engineer.
If carbon monoxide is suspected, appliances should be turned off, ventilation to the room should be increased by opening a window or door – and a Gas Safe engineer and/or the emergency services should be called immediately.
Duncan Lewis Personal Injury Solicitors – No win no fee Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Claims
Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors can advise those who have suffered injury as a result of CO poisoning caused by negligence on how to make a no win no fee claim for compensation, including claims relating to faulty gas work, faulty equipment in holiday apartments, poorly maintained appliances in rented accommodation, or a failure in landlords’ obligations under the Housing Act 2004.
CO claims have to be made within three years of injury or diagnosis of injury – children can claim compensation for CO poisoning up to the age of 21.
Duncan Lewis also offers supportive legal advice to bereaved families whose loved one has lost their life as a result of CO poisoning caused by negligence and who wish to make a claim for compensation.
For expert legal advice on no win no fee Carbon Monoxide Claims, call Duncan Lewis personal injury solicitors on 0333 772 0409.