The WorkSafe website will be unavailable on Tuesday 16 September from 12pm–5pm due to planned maintenance.
Our other online services, including the online services portal(external link) and Energy Safety portal(external link), will remain available.
To notify us of an injury, illness or incident at work, visit our online services portal(external link). For urgent notifications, please call us on 0800 030 040. For general or non-urgent enquiries, email us at info@worksafe.govt.nz.
Energy Safety carried out an investigation on a fatality caused by a faulty electric blanket in a residential house. The outcome of investigations from the Fire Service showed the blanket was estimated to be over 40 years old and there were not sufficient identifiable markings to identify the product. No further details on the owner or property were able to be supplied, and the investigation was closed as there was insufficient information requiring further investigation.
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