Home insulation royal commission: Some program staff left with stress-related conditions

A manager who was called in to shut down the former Rudd government's home insulation scheme has told an inquiry of the toll it took on the program's staff.

Today is expected to be the final hearing day in Brisbane of the Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Program.

Public servant Martin Bowles was shifted from the Defence Department to oversee the scheme's termination in 2010.

He says the program caused so much anxiety in the Environment Department, some staff left their jobs with stress-related conditions.

"Even if we fast-forward into the work I did, there were some pretty stressful circumstances," he said.

"I would suggest people probably also left during my tenure there because of the stress of the circumstances."

Master Electricians Australia chief executive officer Malcolm Richards told the commission today many insulation installers had "near-misses" before the first death linked to the national roll-out.

He told today's hearing he was receiving "several calls a week" from members concerned about safety switches being tripped by installers stapling foil insulation into wiring.

Mr Richards says he was preparing a warning letter for then-environment minister Peter Garrett when Matthew Fuller was electrocuted in 2009.

"I wanted the foil suspended immediately, until it could be sorted out a safe way to reintroduce it," he said.

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Home insulation royal commission: Some program staff left with stress-related conditions