The Health & Safety Executive has issued a warning on the dangers of electric storage heaters following a death in Scarborough.
A tenant died from carbon monoxide poisoning after an electrician shorted out a safety device in a faulty electric storage heater with a cast iron core.
The HSE found that the ducted air unit had overheated and reached excessively high temperatures, causing the release of carbon monoxide from the core.
A charge of involuntary manslaughter against the electrician was dropped, the judge ruling that the danger could not have been foreseen.
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Electrical and Mechanical Contractor
