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Statistics on gas and electrical accidents reported to Energy Safety
Published: 12.02.2008
One of the key functions of Energy Safety is to investigate reported electrical and gas accidents, with a view to improving safety through enforcement, changes to the regulatory regime and education.
The following table shows the number of notifiable reported accidents (including fatal accidents) to Energy Safety in the past three years.
This summary takes into account the latest information available at the time of preparation of this table and we recommend you contact Energy Safety on 0508 ESS INFO (377 4636) for any updates.
Please refer to our website for more information.
Electrical 1
|
Occupation type |
Accident type 2 |
Calendar year to date (January - December) |
|
2007 3 |
2006 |
2005 |
|
Electrical workers |
Notifiable |
33 |
31 |
17 |
|
Fatality |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Other occupation workers |
|
26 |
27 |
34 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
General public |
|
18 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
5 |
1 |
2 |
|
Total |
|
77 |
68 |
61 |
|
|
10 |
4 |
4 |
Gas
|
Gas type |
Accident type 2 |
Calendar year to date (January - November) |
|
2007 3 |
2006 |
2005 |
|
Natural gas |
Notifiable |
15 |
11 |
10 |
|
Fatality |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
LPG |
|
27 |
18 |
22 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 Note that those electrical accidents that result in fatality or serious harm due to contact with electricity, do not include electrical fire accidents resulting in property damage and/or casualty.
2 Notifiable includes the fatal accidents for the same year and the same energy type.
3 Data relating to 2007 is provisional.
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