electrical safety

Electrician Leon Rygol has produced a video investigating the tragic death of a 7-year-old boy named Harvey, who was fatally electrocuted at the King Harold Pub in Romford in 2018. Leon, who has over 25 years of experience in the electrical industry, speaks with Harvey’s mother Danielle about the final hours before the incident and […]

Frank Bertie, Managing Director at NAPIT, looks at the new Government campaign to raise awareness around the safe purchasing, use and charging of e-bikes and e-scooters: NAPIT supports the new Government safety campaign addressing the dangers of buying faulty and unsafe electric bikes, electric scooters and components. The Department for Business and Trade has launched […]

New guidance has launched to help provide consistency and transparency on how to conduct thorough electrical safety checks on private rentals, and how to report properly on any defects found.  Best Practice Guide 10: Electrical safety standards in the private rented sector, published by charity Electrical Safety First, is useful for electricians, landlords, letting agents and […]

Martindale Electric is urging gas engineers to take extra care when working with or around electricity. Steve Dunning, Martindale’s Managing Director, explains why: Many gas engineers can come into contact with electricity whilst carrying out seemingly innocuous tasks and, sadly, preventable deaths still occur in the workplace. We are urging all gas engineers to identify […]

Over a year on from the launch of the reporting tool for unsafe and non-compliant electrical work, following a collaboration by the Electrical Safety Roundtable (ESR) and TrustMark, the results continue to highlight electrical safety concerns in the owner-occupied sector. 70% of the electrical safety faults which have been reported over the last 12 months […]