A parliamentary question seeks details on work safety incidents, investigations, and outstanding investigations related to electricity and gas providers in Western Australia over the past three months. The Minister provided a tabled paper in response, excluding Synergy and Verve Energy as they are not network operators.

AnsweredQoN 1123Legislative Council
Asked
6 May 2014
Portfolio
Commerce

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I refer to all electricity accidents/incidents, including electrical
shocks, accidents and fatalities, and fuel gas incidents that
occur in Western Australia, and as reported to the Department of Commerce-EnergySafety under the Electricity
(Licensing) Regulations 1991 , and
Regulation 42 of the Gas Standards (Gasfitting and Consumer Gas Installations)
Regulations 1999 for the following energy providers Horizon Power, Wester Power,
including the South West interconnected system, Alinta Networks, Synergy, Verve
Energy, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton Newman and BHP Billiton Nickel West, and I ask: (a) will the Minister please provide details of how many work safety incidents have occurred over the past three months (please list the numbers specific to each energy provider); (b) will the Minister please provide details of how many investigations into the work safety incidents are currently being conducted (please list the numbers specific to each energy provider); (c) will the Minister please provide details of how many investigations are currently outstanding (please list the numbers specific to each energy provider); and (d) if the Minister will not provide details for (a), (b), and/or
(c), why not?

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Answered
18 June 2014
Responded by
Minister for Commerce
Response time
43 days
(a) - (c) Please see Tabled Paper No:
(d) Synergy and Verve Energy are not network operators and are not required to report under these obligations.

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