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Our electrocution lawyers have compiled these electrical safety tips resources to help you keep yourself and your family safe from the dangers of electrocution, electric shock injuries and electrical trauma. These safety tips are intended to prevent injuries at home, at work and outdoors.
The electrocution statistics below show how often electricity-related fatal injuries are occurring in the U.S.:
Here are electrical safety tips and precautions that you and your family can take to prevent electrocutions and electric shock injuries in your home:
Here are electrical safety tips and precautions that you and your family can take to prevent electrocutions and electric shock injuries in your home:
Follow these four important electrical safety tips to avoid being injured when you are trying to help an electric shock victim indoors:
Following these three critical electrical safety tips while treating an electric shock victim outdoors will help keep you safe and help you avoid being injured:
Following these electrical safety tips will help you to help electric shock victims after they have been safely separated from the current that injured them:
Below our electrocution lawyers provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about electrical safety.
What is electrocution?
Electrocution is an electrical injury that results in death. The severity of an electric shock injury is affected by factors that include: (1) the amperage of the electric current; (2) the length of time that a victim was in contact with the electricity source; (3) the pathway that the electric current took as it passes through a person’s body; and (4) the type of electrical current that’s involved (e.g., direct current (DC) or alternating current (AC)).
How does electrocution occur?
The causes of electrocution vary by environment. In the workplace, electrocution can be caused by unsafe working conditions, defective machinery and contact between cranes and tools and power lines. In the home, faulty wiring and malfunctioning appliances can cause electrocutions. Outdoors, downed and low-hanging power lines as well as faulty electrical wiring poses significant electrocution risks.
What are the most common causes of electrocution?
The most common causes of electrocution include: (1) Accidental contact with exposed electrical sources; (2) Contact with a powerline or electrical arc flash; (3) Faulty electrical wiring; (4) Contact with metal or other conductive material exposed to electrical current (such as a metal ladder which comes into contact with an exposed wire); (5) Lightning from thunderstorms; (6) Accidental contact with a downed power line; and (7) Shock from faulty electrical products such as hair dryers and toasters.
What are the most common electric shock injuries?
The most common injuries related to electric shock include: (1) Severe burns; (2) Cardiac arrest; (3) Brain and other nerve damage; (4) Memory loss; (5) Numbness or tingling; (6) Permanent heart damage; (7) Hearing loss; (8) Seizures; (9) Respiratory failure; (10) Spine injury; (11) Unconsciousness; (12) Headaches; (13) Deformity at point of contact; (14) Cataracts; (15) Loss of kidney function; (16) Cardiac arrest; and (17) Secondary injuries from electric shock induced falls
Is there a treatment for an electrocution injury?
Victims of electric shock should seek and receive medical attention as soon as possible. Treatment for electric shock injuries vary depending on the injury. Treatment may require surgery or even skin grafting. Surgery may be required to remove damaged muscle for severe burns on the hands, legs, or arms. Any internal injuries will require observation, likely followed by surgery. Amputations may even become necessary to save lives.
If you or someone you love is a victim of serious personal injury or death caused by electricity, you can call and speak with Jeff Feldman, perhaps the nation’s most experienced electrocution attorney. Jeff has litigated cases involving low hanging power lines and against utility companies in states throughout the country. You can call toll free at (844) 345-1150 for a free consultation.
(Source: Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI), “Workplace Injury & Fatality Statistics”; National Fire Protection Association, “Home Electrical Fires,” March 2019; U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, “Electrocutions Associated with Consumer Products: 2004 – 2013,” May 2017; U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, “Don’t Swim with Shocks: Electrical Safety In and Around Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs”)
Schedule a free consultation with an experienced attorney so you can understand your right to full and fair compensation for your electrocution injuries.
Jeffrey H. Feldman is America’s most experienced electrocution lawyer. He has been representing electrocution victims and their families in personal injury and wrongful death cases for more than 40 years.
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