And from the Australian to put things into perspective:
"Yes, some people died installing insulation that was eligible for the federal government rebate. Three of those five died due to their employer completely ignoring a BAN introduced just THREE months prior on the use of metal fasteners. The other two died from heat stroke and electrocution from foil insulation coming into contact with live electrical wires. Again these are risks that were well known to be associated with installation of insulation and which a responsible employer is legally obliged to avoid.
Yes, there were fires that afflicted 154 houses that had insulation installed that received the rebate. This was out of a total of 1,108,151 rebated installations or 0.0139 per cent. Indeed this rate of fires is three times lower than what prevailed with insulation installation prior to the rebate program"
