![]() The Commons committee branded Whirlpool's response to the defect "inadequate", after hearing that only around 50 per cent of an estimated 5.3 million affected dryers have received the necessary modification.īut the company insisted its ongoing campaign had achieved a resolution rate more than three times the industry average for a product recall, with 1.7 million machines modified and 99.9 per cent of registered customers' issues resolved. In 2015/16 alone, 676 fires in England were caused by tumble dryers, leading to a total of 46 injuries and fatalities. It found the number of fires involving faulty electrical appliances in England has remained constant at between 4,300 and 5,000 a year. The inquiry into risks from faulty electrical goods was triggered by last year's Grenfell Tower tragedy, when 71 people died in a fire thought to have been started by a faulty Hotpoint fridge-freezer. Tumble dryers being made on a production line at the Yate Whirlpool factory, where Indesit, Creda and Hotpoint machines have been made. Bristol Museum apologises after selling Banksy ‘angel’ prints without artist’s permissionĪ former employee at the Yate factory came forward in December to say the death was “waiting to happen”.Home appliances giant Whirlpool UK Appliances Limited was fined £700,000 over the death of Mr Dalley, but the firm has claimed the punishment was “too severe”. This is not the first controversy to hit Whirlpool after a worker died at the Yate factory in March 2015.Ĭlive Dalley died after falling from a platform because another worker started machinery without realising the 66-year-old was there. This advice was withdrawn following a fire in a west London flat caused by an Indesit dryer in 2016.Īnd a second defect in the door mechanism of some Whirlpool products was blamed for a fire in Llanwrst, north Wales, which killed two men in 2014. The company began a programme of modifying machines in customers' homes, initially advising them that they could continue using the tumble dryers while awaiting action. BMW driver baffled to find parking wardens about to ticket car after thieves smashed window and peed on seats.Whirlpool alerted authorities in 2015 that fires could be caused by fluff catching on a heating element in dryers marketed under its Hotpoint, Indesit, Creda and Proline brands. "Their delayed and dismissive response to correcting these defects has been inadequate and we call on Whirlpool to resolve issues urgently." Mce_src="///pixel/p-NyUhh1Bdm6Bt2.gif?labels=_fp.event.Whirlpool factory in Yate, Bristol where Clive Dalley fell to his death.Ĭommittee chair Rachel Reeves said: "Whirlpool's woeful response to the defect in its tumble dryers has caused huge worry to people with these appliances in their homes. Src="///pixel/p-NyUhh1Bdm6Bt2.gif?labels=_fp.event.Default" ![]() & amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp lt img Mce_style="display:none visibility:hidden"& amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp gt & amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp lt /iframe& amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp gt Src="//d./r/dft/id/L21rdC85Ny9waWQvNjgxMjEzNTAvdC8w?ns"
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