CONTRACTOR SENTENCED FOR DANGEROUS GAS PIPE

摘要

A self-employed drainage contractor has been sentenced after conducting gas work he was not registered or competent to do and leaving it in a dangerous condition. Plymouth Crown Court heard how Mark Lauder, who trades as DrainTech South West, was contracted by a landlord to repair a water leak at a tenanted property in Plymouth during May 2017. The leak was in a water pipe buried in the concrete floor of the property. As he uncovered the water pipe using power tools, he struck a live gas pipe. There was an immediate release of gas and Mr Lauder turned off the gas at the property meter.