Trainee electrician fined $10,000 for dangerous work
image: 123RF A New Plymouth District Court has fined an apprentice electrician $10,000 for unsupervised work which could have resulted in death. Bradley Carl Payne breached the Electricity Act 1992 when he installed conductors and fittings in a shipping container at a South Taranaki residential property without supervision in March 2022. This resulted in Payne […]
Wind farm electrician fined £3,000 for assault
A 33-year-old industrial electrician has avoided jail after hitting another man over the head with a glass during a disturbance at a Lerwick pub, but has instead been sentenced to pay a large fine. Lerwick Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday that the assault took place in the Douglas Arms pub on the night of an […]
Unlicensed electricians have been fined thousands for dangerous work across New Zealand.
Last month, Graeme Kyle was fined $6,000 in Dannevirke District Court for negligently working without a permit. He left two exposed electrical wires, causing an overload on the sub-circuit, which burned part of the distribution board. Also in June, Han Jong Kim was fined $6000 in the Whangarei District Court for carrying out unlicensed electrical […]