Energy Safety stories
Consumers are being urged to stop using Serene bathroom heaters after safety failures linked to fires and overheating widened the recall.
Five workers were burned in a Central Auckland explosion after a lighter was sparked in a gas-filled shipping container, WorkSafe says.
Owners of older bathroom heater units are being urged to check for plastic lamp holders, after a design fault was linked to fires.
Six people were left with serious burns after a Christchurch home was destroyed by an explosion caused by a gasfitter’s safety lapse.
Three workers were shocked at an Auckland site after unsafe testing and faulty wiring, prompting close to NZD $100,000 in fines.
A near-miss after the Kaikōura earthquake exposed switch-isolation failures, prompting over GBP £200,000 in safety initiatives for the electricity sector.
The Tauranga home was left uninhabitable after an incorrectly fitted gas fireplace sparked a blaze, with the gasfitter ordered to pay $20,000.
A Tauranga court has fined Oceana Gold NZD $378,000 and ordered reparations after a 2016 underground mine fall killed a worker.
