21 July 2004 - New HSE Report on Carbon Monoxide Incidents
A new
report, published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - RR238: A
Review of Carbon Monoxide Incident Information for 2002/03, was set up
in order to identify common causes of carbon monoxide incidents, in a bid to
improve customer safety, targeting expenditure on prevention of carbon
monoxide accidents and requirements of future research work.
The report was taken from the financial report of 2002/03, with post codes
being the descriptive factor for anonymity purposes.
Results from the researchers showed there had been 39 domestic piped natural
gas incidents, 2 incidents involving liquefied petroleum gas and 1
non-domestic incident.
The non-domestic incident involved two employees within a tea-room, both
were ladies and in their sixties, in which both were hurt.
The offending boiler had been inspected by a CORGI Registered Installer
called in for breakdown purposes, prior to researchers visit.
The following points were found at the time of the investigation:
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Appliance was producing high levels of carbon monoxide
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Boiler case screws removed and missing
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Inadequate flue box seal
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White deposits on heat exchanger
The report - RR238: A Review of Carbon Monoxide Incident Information for 2002/03 can be found by clicking here.
Article by Alexandra Johnston
