{"id":9673,"date":"2020-07-29T10:53:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbosafetyservices.co.uk\/staging\/?p=9673"},"modified":"2020-07-29T10:53:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T10:53:26","slug":"plumbing-and-heating-company-fined-after-employee-suffered-burns-in-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbosafetyservices.co.uk\/staging\/plumbing-and-heating-company-fined-after-employee-suffered-burns-in-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Plumbing and heating company fined after employee suffered burns in explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>A plumbing and heating company has been fined after an employee suffered serious burns following an explosion at a domestic property.<\/p>\n<p>The Magistrates Court heard that on 13 March 2019, the Company had been replacing a gas boiler in the hallway of a bungalow. As part of this work, an employee was soldering new water pipes when there was a sudden explosion, which caused serious burn injuries. The homeowners were in the property at the time of the explosion and were also put at risk of serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that a flammable atmosphere had developed within the hallway of the property, which was subsequently ignited by a blow torch. A gas supply pipe has been cut prior to installation of the new boiler, but the open end of that pipe had not been sealed with an appropriate fitting. It was also identified that the gas supply had not been correctly isolated from the property, allowing gas to pass through the open-ended pipe into the hallway, creating the flammable atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>The company pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) and Section 3(1) of the Health &amp; Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and was fined \u00a35,000 and ordered to pay costs of \u00a34,756.35.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the hearing, the HSE Inspector said: \u201cThe injuries sustained to this employee could so easily have been avoided, simply by the company carrying out the correct control measures and safe working practices.<br \/>\n\u201cEmployers, and others, should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action against those that fall below the required standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Information provided from HSE.\u00a0https:\/\/press.hse.gov.uk\/2020\/07\/22\/plumbing-and-heating-company-fined-after-employee-suffered-burns-in-explosion\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plumbing and heating company has been fined after an employee suffered serious burns following an explosion at a domestic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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