Unfortunately, there is an average of close to 1,000 people electrocuted every year in the US.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not a nice way to die and no one would ever want to experience being electrocuted, and yet there are at least 1,000 deaths due to electric shock every year; most of them from an accident on the job. When it comes to the electrical trades, manufacturing and construction, the risk of dying due to electrocution or experiencing severe injuries is incredibly high.<\/p>\n
The severity of the injury after electrocution tends to depend on a number of factors: the current and amount of the electricity, the route it took through a body and how long the current was flowing. For instance, high voltage shocks are usually more severe than low-voltage ones. Whatever the cause of the accident, or the course of the power surging through the body, the usual outcome is burns\u2014 at the point of (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unfortunately, there is an average of close to 1,000 people electrocuted every year in the US. It\u2019s not a nice way to die and no one would ever want to experience being electrocuted, and yet there are at least 1,000…<\/span><\/p>\n