{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.12,"endTime":4.92,"body":"coming up on this week's news a Contracting "},{"startTime":0.12,"endTime":4.92,"body":"firm is fined after an 18-year-old electrical  "},{"startTime":4.92,"endTime":10.4,"body":"Apprentice is electrocuted the trade reacts to "},{"startTime":4.92,"endTime":10.4,"body":"yet another amendment to the regs and we check  "},{"startTime":10.4,"endTime":14.88,"body":"out the spotlight that's made from old coffee "},{"startTime":10.4,"endTime":14.88,"body":"grounds welcome to electrical news weekly in  "},{"startTime":14.88,"endTime":19.88,"body":"association with solar trade sales your easy "},{"startTime":14.88,"endTime":19.88,"body":"One-Stop shop for all things solar whether  "},{"startTime":19.88,"endTime":24.16,"body":"you're listening in the van onsite or down at the "},{"startTime":19.88,"endTime":24.16,"body":"wholesale counter I'm Joy Robinson and I've been  "},{"startTime":24.16,"endTime":28.48,"body":"through 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as a tragic and distressing one in which a  "},{"startTime":79.56,"endTime":83.8,"body":"young man had lost his life while working as "},{"startTime":79.56,"endTime":83.8,"body":"a first year electrical Apprentice he said it  "},{"startTime":83.8,"endTime":89.48,"body":"shows the devastating consequences of not having "},{"startTime":83.8,"endTime":89.48,"body":"adequate safety measures in place the conviction  "},{"startTime":89.48,"endTime":93.64,"body":"should act as a deterrent to other employers and "},{"startTime":89.48,"endTime":93.64,"body":"businesses to ensure they have stringent processes  "},{"startTime":93.64,"endTime":98.68,"body":"in place especially for young or inexperienced "},{"startTime":93.64,"endTime":98.68,"body":"workers we at eFIXX would just like to send our  "},{"startTime":98.68,"endTime":103.8,"body":"deepest condolences to the friends and family "},{"startTime":98.68,"endTime":103.8,"body":"of Mr Newell that is just another tragic 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