Tragic story

[brspark]

Just read this in the local news.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-14844903

Someone has to sleep with this on their conscience .

 

[paturback]

Sounds like a simple yet tragic case of MURDER I hope they get the B*strd responsible, although I think making the assumption that one of the four electricians reported to have worked at the site is responsible is IMHO a bit harsh to say the least. Unless of course its proved beyond doubt.

 

[alarm man]

Sounds like a simple yet tragic case of MURDER I hope they get the B*strd responsible, although I think making the assumption that one of the four electricians reported to have worked at the site is responsible is IMHO a bit harsh to say the least. Unless of course its proved beyond doubt.

murder!! how..manslaughter through incompetence maybe

 

[Kamikaze]

In this case, regardless of who connected up the socket. The testing of the installation would have highlighted the fault. There are two scenarios,
1: No testing was carried out prior to when they energized the circuit. Someone must have switched it on.
Or
2: The testing had allegedly been done which is doubtful as this would have highlighted the fault. Someone didn’t test the circuit properly.

I suppose all four will have been like the three wise monkeys when it came to that one in the inquest.

 

[Mark_Burgess]

The person who signed the EIC off is ultimately responsible, once taken to court and up for manslaughter, I bet a name will come up!!

 

[alarm man]

a google of this company/name reveals a different story,dodgy to say the least,

 

[brspark]

When reading the story in the paper the electrician who signed the eic said the reason it happened is that the socket in question was at the end of a fused spur and this would not show up on his tests. Plus when they tested the installation the kitchen was still an office and full of rubbish so the socket got missed.

As MB says i thought if you sign the form it's down to you.

 

[paturback]

murder!! how..manslaughter through incompetence maybe

I guess I'm just finding it difficult to comprehend such a level of incompetence, unless of course the work was carried out by a complete idiot or bunch of idiot cowboys,but I don't know the facts of the case so I think its a little unfair to presume that the alleged electricians were to blame theres simply not enough information in the news report.

 

[alarm man]

well he bumped the company in 2010,so cant come after him for money,still going under a different name..its wrong i agree,someone should be held to count.

 

[alarm man]

I guess I'm just finding it difficult to comprehend such a level of incompetence, unless of course the work was carried out by a complete idiot or bunch of idiot cowboys,

probably both..

 

[paturback]

When reading the story in the paper the electrician who signed the eic said the reason it happened is that the socket in question was at the end of a fused spur and this would not show up on his tests. Plus when they tested the installation the kitchen was still an office and full of rubbish so the socket got missed.

As MB says i thought if you sign the form it's down to you.

Ok I only read the OPs BBC link, but if those are the facts as stated above then I definitely agree

 

[paturback]

well he bumped the company in 2010,so cant come after him for money,still going under a different name..its wrong i agree,someone should be held to count.

Its all becoming clearer I think not to mention depressing, my thoughts go out to his family.

 

[alarm man]

Its all becoming clearer I think not to mention depressing, my thoughts go out to his family.

ignorance and it wasnt me guv still stands in a court of law unless proven otherwise..sad but true.

 

[oldtimer]

Is this not what we have been talking about on this forum for long enough you get a limited company who get badged with a "registration" company who may or may not have an electrical qualification then when things go Ptong they wind up the company and start up again because they dont get blamed the "company" does but lets not forget there are plenty of sparks out there who have the same attitude ie who cares the company will get the blame and as for the registration companies who are meant to police these people they are the ones who should hang their heads in shame because as I keep saying when did you ever hear about an individual or a company for that matter get their registration taken away from them because they found someone negligent as I said before a guy I know said he was approuched by his registration company to sort out the mess of another member when he mentioned why dont you take his registration from him and send a message out he got a shrugg of the shoulders .

And just one last thing remember the riots recently in London when the police backed off there was mayhem and individuals did what they wanted the odd thing is we are in the same situation mind will it get any better well not really but hopefully we will not create a "The Federation of Master Electricians" just like "The Federation of Master Builders" did 20-30 years ago

 

[brspark]

Think it was a complete cowboy outfit , the more i have looked into it. The firm by the look was indeed wound up to avoid any chance of the family of the poor guys family suing for negligence.