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Electrical
news
New tipper truck prevents contact
with overhead powerlines
By Michelle Robertson, Senior Media
and Communications Officer
A tipper truck that doesn’t need to be
elevated to unload material won the
Health and Safety Invention of the
Year Award at the WorkSafe Victoria
Awards 2015.
The EJEKTA trailer, developed by Whelans
Group Investments, is a quad dog design steel
body with a patented unloading system that can
be used on undulating surfaces, in tunnels and
below overhead powerlines.
Whelans Group is a Bairnsdale-based
company that specialises in earthmoving, road
Updating your
REC workers’
list online
With a large number of contractors
opting to lodge paper COES online
or buy and lodge eCOES, it has never
been more important to keep your
workers’ list up-to-date.
If your worker is not listed, they cannot
lodge COES for you as the installation
worker. Failure to keep your workers’ list
(including apprentices) updated comes
with a penalty of 10 penalty units under
the Electricity Safety Act 1998. Here’s
how to update your workers list online:
Select “Online Services” from the
home page—www.esv.vic.gov.au
»» enter your User ID and online
password for your REC
»» following log in, you will find yourself
at your profile page. NOTE: You can
update your contact details while
you are here.
»» select “Workers’ list” from the
left side
»» select “Add new worker” from
the bottom right side
»» enter worker details and hit “save”
»» add any apprentices you have
and hit “save”.
To remove workers or apprentices
»» Click the blue hyperlinks and enter
an end date
»» enter the end date of your employee –
hit “save”.
Once you’ve completed these steps
your workers’ list is up to date. Remember
to do this every time you have a change
in your staff.
construction, road maintenance and quarries.
In addition to removing the risk of
contacting overhead powerlines, the truck
also eliminates falls from heights and a
number of other manual handling issues.
Tip trucks contacting overhead
powerlines have claimed several Victorian
lives in recent years. ESV’s Look up and
live campaign has specifically targeted
this problem.
Click here to watch a short video
about the EJEKTA trailer
Electrical
appliance
recalls
By Michelle Robertson, Senior Media
and Communications Adviser
Microsoft has recalled some of its tablet
power cords due to concerns over electric
shock and possible fire risks.
The product is an appliance connector
on a cord set supplied with Microsoft
power supply model 1536. The brand
of the appliance connector is VLX and
the model number is MFC7S.
The recall includes cords supplied with
the Surface Pro, Pro 2 and Pro 3 tablets that
were sold from 2013 to 15 July 2015 through
the Microsoft online store, Harvey Norman
and JB Hi-Fi.
Microsoft has sold 292,000 units
worldwide and has identified that one
in every 5000 units has failed.
Owners of the affected products are
being asked to immediately discard their
cords. To get a replacement cord at no
cost owners are required to complete
an online form.
Bosch sanders recalled
Bosch is currently recalling appliances
from its PSS sander series that were sold
in Australian hardware stores between
June 2007 and August 2009.
The recall includes Bosch PSS Sander
Series PSS 2, PSS 20, PSS 190, PSS 200,
PSS 250 and PSS 2000.
The ventilation wheel has a defect that
could cause a break in the device housing.
If the housing is broken then smaller parts
of the ventilation wheel could be ejected
and the risk of injury cannot be excluded.
There is the possibility of electric
shock if live components are exposed
from broken housing.
Bosch is asking consumers to stop using
the sander and visit www.sandercare.com
to find out if the sander is affected.
Alternatively, consumers can phone the
Bosch hotline on 0011 800 8364 6704 for details
on how to receive a replacement model.