Accidental Electrocution Data Australia & New Zealand 1999/2000   Definitions

"Supply Industry Worker"	means a person who is employed by a network operator.
"General Public"	means a person who is not doing any work as part of his or her employment or under a contract of work or training at the time the incident occurs
"Electrical Worker"	means a person who carries out electrical work and is licensed or authorised to do so.
"Non Electrical Worker"	means a person who is in the process of carrying out their occupation and is not an electrical worker.
"Misuse/Interference"	means to damage, mishandle or use equipment in a way that it is not intended or for what it is designed.
"Work Practice"	means the process or method by which work is carried out.
"Consumer Installation"	means all parts of an electrical installation past the point of supply on the consumer side.
"Distribution or Supply Equipment"	means equipment used in the generation, transmission, supply or distribution of electricity.

1. Regional Fatalities 1999/2000 Graph 1.1 Australian & New Zealand Fatalities 1999/2000

Fatalities
	Region

Graph 1.2 Fatalities per Million Persons

Electrical Fatalities per Million

Graph 1.3 Trend of Fatalities per Million Population 1995/96 to 1999/2000

Fatalities per Million
	Year

Graph 1.4 Trend per Million Australia and NZ 1995/96 1999/00

Fatalities per Million
	Year

2. Distribution of Fatalities 1999/2000 Graph 2.1 Electrical fatalities Associated with Distribution or Supply Equipment* (Australia and New Zealand 1999/2000)

*There were no fatalities involving underground supply or distribution Equipment for 1999/2000.

Graph 2.2 Electrical fatalities Associated with Consumer installation and Equipment and Accessories (Australia and New Zealand 1999/2000)

Graph 2.3 Fatalities: General Public, Electrical Workers & Non Electrical Workers (Australia and New Zealand 1999/2000)

Graph 2.4 Distribution of fatalities General Public, Non Electrical Workers and Electrical Workers (Australia and New Zealand 1999/2000)

Graph 2.5 Electrical Fatalities Distributed (Australia and New Zealand 1999/2000)

Graph 2.6 Distribution of fatalities General Public and Workplace (Australia and New Zealand 1999/2000)

3.Fatalities associated with consumer installation/equipment. Graph 3.1 Electrical fatalities associated with consumer installation (Australia and New Zealand 1999/2000)

Graph 3.2 Electrical fatalities associated with consumer's appliances or Accessories (Australia and New Zealand 1999/2000)

4. Fatal Electrical Accidents 1999/2000

Region:	NSW	VIC	SA	WA	QLD	TAS	NT	ACT	NZ	TOTAL
Fatalities:	9	8	2	6	10	0	1	1	3	40

FATALITIES                        AUSTRALIA    NEW ZEALAND     TOTAL TOTAL:                    37                      3                        40

5. Summary of ERAC Electrical Fatality Reports 1999/2000

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTOR/SUPPLY AUTHORITY EQUIPMENT

NEW SOUTH WALES

VICTORIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND

TASMANIA

Industry Worker

General Public

Industry Worker

General Public

Industry Worker

General Public

Industry Worker

General Public

Industry Worker

General Public

Industry Worker

General Public

Overhead Line

2

4

1

1

3

Underground Service

Substation/ Switchyard

1

1

Other

TOTAL

2

4

1

1

2

3