Finding into death of Dwayne Robertson

37y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury from low-voltage electrocution

A licensed electrical worker died from hypoxic brain injury three days after receiving a low-voltage electrocution. While installing new rising mains at an office building, he threaded an earth conductor through a live current transformer chamber, despite being informed the bus bars were energised. He came into contact with live parts and received a prolonged electric shock. The incident was attributed to inadequate risk assessment, failure to isolate supply despite safer alternatives being available, and lack of appropriate protective equipment and precautions as required by electrical safety standards and the Code of Practice. Proper isolation, risk assessment, and protective measures could have prevented this fatality.