PRESS RELEASE
In response to a lack of data on the level of unsafe, non-compliant and dangerous electrical work uncovered in home across Great Britain, the Electrical Safety Roundtable and Trustmark have teamed up to create a tool for homeowners, tenants, and electricians to use to report these instances. Taking inspiration from the Health and Safety Executive’s tool for reporting of injuries, diseased and dangerous occurrences (RIDDOR) and the tool for Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures (CROSS), the aim of the tool is to quantify and help to reduce the level of unsafe and noncompliant electrical work in homes across Great Britain.
TrustMark provides a mark of Government Endorsed Quality to tradespeople who undertake work in and around people’s homes. The Electrical Safety Roundtable was founded on a mission to improve electrical safety within the home. BEAMA has been participated in the Roundtable for several years as it works towards the shared aim of improving electrical safety.
BEAMA fully supports this initiative as a way to protect householders and contractors. The straightforward and simple forms are quick and easy to complete, and we encourage anybody who comes across unsafe or dangerous electrical installations to use it to help enhance electrical safety standards.
Commenting on the launch Dr Howard Porter, BEAMA CEO said, ‘Electrical safety is an urgent problem in the UK and despite new regulations coming forward more needs to be done to pin down noncompliance. Especially as we now look to a future with growing electrical demand in all homes with the introduction of low carbon heating and EV charging, we must ensure homes are safely equipped with the electrical infrastructure to manage this. Alongside regulations and this new reporting tool, we also need effective enforcement where noncompliance is found.’
Commenting on the launch Simon Ayers, CEO TrustMark said, “This is a really important initiative which will help to identify areas of electrical safety risk in homes across Great Britain. Having this data provides the opportunity to improve the standard and quality of electrical installation work where it’s needed, and help to tackle key areas of skills, knowledge and training.”
Commenting on the tool, Chris Pack, Chair of the Electrical Safety Roundtable in the Home said: ‘It’s great to see this initiative reach fruition. As an organisation it is our mission to enhance electrical safety and the results from this tool will help us understand the major areas of electrical risk in homes and provide quantifiable data on the level of risk posed by unsafe and non-compliant electrical installations. We are looking forward to reviewing and anaylsing the data over the coming months and using that information to maximise our impact.’
