Electrical equipment safety checks

[Al19AK]

Dear Legal Beagles,

I have the following situation - when pandemic started in March 2020 I moved to work from home with the company equipment (desktop with 2 screens).

I've noticed that electrical safety check "tags" on the equipment wires says that check was passed on Dec 2019 and valid until 2020, so obviously is expired now.

My question is - is that company's responsibility to take care of equipment maintanence and proactively "chase" employees to make sure safety checks are up to date?
Or am I responsible to keep an eye on this and let employer know in a timely fashion that equipment needs checking? Obviously back in the office days company It engineers were doing these checks.

Would I be eligible to claim anything from the company if I got an electric shock at home from working with equipment with outdated electric safety checks?

Many thanks in advance

[atticus]

Why not raise this with your employer? There is a lot to be said for asking in a friendly manner.

Haven't you resigned? Or have I misunderstood your other posts?

[Al19AK]

Thank you for your response.

Totally agree with you about prioritising friendly constructive conversation over conflict. However, I'm not feeling like being treated in a friendly and respectful fashion lately so I've decided to act accordingly (yes, you're right, I've had to hand in few months resignation notice)

So, leaving ethical aspects of the matter, trying to figure out my legal rights

Once again, many thanks for your time.

[ostell]

So you've noticed the label is out of date and therefore you should refrain from using the equipment until another PAT is completed. Of course if you sustain harm from using the equipment knowing full well that the PAT is out of date then I doubt very much if you would have a claim against your employer.

[Al19AK]

I've noticed the label is out of date after sustaining harm (electric shock with minor symptoms). Happy for a formal paid legal assistance from one of your staff members, if you think that can be significant enough to process this matter further. Please PM me for details

Thank you in advance

[ULA]

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require that any electrical equipment that has the potential to cause injury is maintained in a safe condition. However, the Regulations do not specify what needs to be done, by whom or how frequently i.e. they do not make inspection or testing of electrical appliances a legal requirement, nor do they make it a legal requirement to undertake this annually.

Where you go from here is notify your employer that the last time your home equipment was PAT tested was 2019 and given that you recently sustained a minor electric shock say that you concerned about continuing to use at least that piece of equipment and see what response you get.