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For all the latest energy safety news visit www.esv.vic.gov.au
Summer 2016
energysafe issue 42
In this issue
Features
Latest news
04 Time’s up for Infinity cable
05 Electrician killed in year’s
first workplace fatality
08 ESVConnect to make online
transactions easier
09 Revising the No Go Zone
framework
09 Push to consider pipelines
in planning decisions
14 New tipper truck prevents
contact with overhead lines
14 Bosch and Microsoft recall
popular electrical appliances
In a special bulletin enclosed with this
issue the ACCC warns it’s time for
tradies to act or face consequences
Electrical
05 Tragedy on the land
Two farm electrocutions in two months
prompt new safety campaign
12 Emergency and exit lighting
requirements
14 Updating your REC workers
list online
16 Your electrical questions answered
Our cover
Pictured are the remains of a dodgy
imported “hoverboard” that caught
fire while charging, gutting a family
home in Strathmore. Faulty batteries
and mismatched batteries and
chargers have meant a number of
these popular Christmas presents
are now under recall.
Photo: Darren Tindale
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Gas
06 Too much sizzle
Summer barbecue fires cause
burns and property damage
18 Talking gas with South Korea’s KGS
19 Update on proposed AS/NZS 5601
amendments
20 South West TAFE apprentices
awarded ESV scholarships
20 Riverina plumbing apprentice
rewarded for top Certificate III marks
21 ESV’s Tyler Mason a Standards
Australia Young Leader
21 New faces in ESV’s gas team
22 Your gas questions answered
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