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.
A clothes dryer ignited in a property and the owner attempted to extinguish the fire himself. The resulting fumes were the cause of smoke inhalation requiring medical attention.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) confirmed the origin of the fire was the clothes dryer. The dryer was destroyed by the fire and FENZ suspected it was caused by a short circuit within the dryer. No further information was available to back up this conclusion.
The owner of the property confirmed that they would carry out regular filter cleaning and they also mentioned that the drier was purchased second hand 18 months earlier. The dryer had no identification marks due to the extent of the fire.
WorkSafe Energy Safety closed the investigation on the basis that no further information was available.
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