Burns happen for many reasons other than just fire. Electricity may burn you to death.<\/p>\n
Burns can happen to anyone, but most often they do tend occur on worksites or in the workplace. Fire isn\u2019t the only source of a burn, and anyone who has suffered electrical burns and survived can tell you those burns are painful. What many people don\u2019t realize is that an electric shock may break bones and cause other severe internal injuries. Depending on the patch of the electricity when it enters and leaves a body, it may also result in death.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re all familiar with electric shocks in a minor way; static electricity. Static electricity is an electrical transfer on a much smaller scale than coming into contact with a live high tension power line. While static electricity doesn\u2019t usually harm us, it could be very dangerous at the gas station.<\/p>\n
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