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Horror Stories

While it would appear to be common sense for companies to adhere to health and safety regulations, it is sadly common to see news reports where they have failed to fulfil their duty of care, which can result in death or injury to an employee or to a member of the public.

Here you will see just a few incidences of just those types of situations. Thankfully, the majority of companies ensure that their appliances are on a programme of electrical safety but if you have any doubts about your organisation then please do contact us for a no-obligation discussion about how we can help.

To view News reports on failure to fulfil duty - click here

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Two appliances wired into one plug top Fuse replaced by paper clip Plug overloaded, reslting in socket cover melting Plug cover detached result in exposed live conductors Badly wired plug top with conductor exposed Paperclip soldered on to fuse Damage to cable Damage to cable Damage to cable Cable pulled out of appliance Socket detached from transformer case Severed cable bound together with tape Neutral/Earth reverse in trailing socket Cable chewed by rodents Plug cracked Fuse wrapped in foil Extension lead without an earth protective conductor Cable not secured in anchorage, pulling earth out of terminal
niceic registered

"An inquest jury decided Mark was unlawfully killed.....11 out of 58 electrical appliances in the restaurant were found to be faulty !"

Bare wires showing from a power tool

Brian Pemberton was killed by a 75,000 volt shock, when he opened a machine...The inquest heard the machine had a fault on its isolator switch and that Mr Pemberton may have thought the machine was switched off.