New HSE PAT guidance
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently launched revised guidance on maintaining portable appliances in low risk environments. The revised advice has been made in response to the earlier Löfstedt report published on health and safety legislation which said that the legal requirements concerning the maintenance of electrical appliances was applied ‘too widely and
ESC reminds landlords of their responsibilities
As the number of people becoming landlords soars, with 13% of UK adults considering leasing out a property in the near future, research from the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) has found that misunderstandings between landlords and tenants over responsibilities for safety are exposing millions of people to life-threatening electrical dangers.
Electricity kills at least one person every week in
ESC says basic electrical blunders are risking lives
A new study from the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) finds that millions of people in the UK expose themselves and their families to potentially fatal accidents in the home through simple electrical blunders because of an alarming lack of knowledge about the real danger of electricity.
At least one person in the UK dies each week from an electrical accident and nearly 1,000 are injured