How to notify us over the holiday period.
Notifications  
If someone has been seriously injured, become seriously ill, or died as a result of work – phone us on 0800 030 040 straight away. We have staff available to respond to these 24/7.
If you’re not sure what a notifiable event is, including your obligation to hold a scene, visit What events need to be notified?
Notifications made through our online form won't be monitored between 12pm on Tuesday 24 December 2024 and 8.30am on Monday 6 January 2025.
If you’re not sure if you need to notify us, use our online notification system and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Health and safety concerns
If you have a health and safety concern that isn’t urgent, use our online form and we’ll respond to you after 6 January 2025.
Raise a health or safety concern
General enquiries
General enquiries made by phone or email after 12pm on Tuesday 24 December will be responded to from Monday 6 January 2025. This does not apply to notifications made by phone on 0800 030 040.
We wish you a safe and relaxing holiday.
If you are notifying us about a non-workplace accident, including injury to a member of the public, involving electricity or gas, please use our notification of a non-workplace event form.
Notify us using our online Notification of a non-workplace event form(external link)
Event notification information
The Gas and Electricity Acts, and the Health and Safety in Employment Act, each contain requirements to report certain accidents and incidents.
A notifiable electrical or gas accident is one involving gas or electricity that results in serious injury or death and/or significant damage to property. A notifiable gas accident may cause fire and/or an explosion and/or gas poisoning. A notifiable electrical accident may be an electric shock. Notifiable electrical and gas accidents are defined in section 16 of the Electricity Act 1992(external link) and section 17 of the Gas Act 1992(external link).
Workplace accident
If an electricity or gas accident in a workplace results in serious harm to any person (including a member of the public), or significant property damage, please use our online notification system(external link) or phone 0800 030 040.
Non-workplace accident
This is an initial notification to Energy Safety of a non-workplace accident including injury to a member of the public. Submission of this form will go directly into WorkSafe's Energy Safety Intelligence (ESI) database system. If Internet access is not available, phone 0800 104 477 to speak to an operator.
If the accident has resulted in death the notification will be responded to as soon as possible. Other notifications will be responded to during business hours.
Please note that if an energy worker is notifying Energy Safety about an installation that presents an immediate danger to life or property, they must also notify the owner or occupier where the danger exists. There is an Installation Fault Notice form(external link) available for this.
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