Energy Australia has been fined $1.5 million after a veteran Yallourn Power Station employee suffered fatal burns to 90 per cent of his body in an electrical explosion. 7NEWS
Edwards was fully trained and had undergone his required three-yearly retraining two months before his death in November 2018.An infill panel above the 6.6kW control panel he was working on was loose and at just the slightest pressure it exposed him to live wires.
The company admitted failing to properly install and inspect the infill panel, failing to properly train employees to connect the cables, and failing to provide and require employees to wear appropriate arc-rated personal protective equipment while they worked on circuit breakers on live high voltage switch boards.
“It was avoidable and it was preventable and he shouldn’t have died. The reason why he died is due to the failings on the part of Energy Australia.”Appropriate arc-rated PPE, which had been provided to workers at a sister-company, provides thermal protection and is self-extinguishing, Victorian County Court Judge John Carmody said on Monday.Facebook
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