When it comes to safety, the safeguarding of family, personnel, colleagues and equipment, together with the continual improvement process, is high on every Electrical Engineer, tradesman and users agenda. The obligation of 'Duty of Care' is becoming more important than ever with high penalties in place for those who do not comply with their requirements:
"Where it is possible to safe-guard against a foreseeable risk, which….. by adopting a means which involves little difficulty or expense, the failure to adopt such means will in general be negligent.” Chief Justice Sir Harry Gibbs of the High Court of Australia