Electric shock burns can be just as nasty as burns from a fire. Between 500 and 1,000 people die every year from electric shock.<\/p>\n
Death by electric shock is far more prevalent than we think. In fact, most of these types of tragedies tend to happen during work. It\u2019s a statistic that becomes less surprising when you consider that most of these accidents occur on construction sites. This isn\u2019t to say that accidents like this don\u2019t happen in other industries, because they do \u2013 often in the electrical trades and the manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n
How do you know how severe an electric shock injury is? While burns from electric shock events tend to look relatively normal on the surface, it\u2019s what\u2019s going on under the skin that counts. The severity of the shock injury generally depends on several factors, such as the path the current follows through the body, the length of the exposure (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Electric shock burns can be just as nasty as burns from a fire. Between 500 and 1,000 people die every year from electric shock. Death by electric shock is far more prevalent than we think. In fact, most of these…<\/span><\/p>\n