Association fined £70,000 for carbon monoxide death

DanHolohan

A housing association has received a £70,000

fine following the death of a security guard from carbon monoxide

poisoning.



Clyde Valley Housing Association pleaded guilty last month to a

breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act after 37-year-old Thomas

Fraser was found dead on one of its building sites.

The security

guard, whose employer Alpha Securities provided security services for

CVHA, was killed on 6 February 2008 by a build-up of toxic carbon

monoxide fumes from a petrol generator used to heat and light flats at

the £2.2 million development. He was found feet away from the generator

in a poorly-ventilated temporary office.

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