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Safety
ELECTRICITY: Caution is Imperative Most of us have experienced an electrical shock in the form of static electricity when we touch a metal doorknob after walking briskly across the carpet. Multiply that tiny jolt of electricity 100 times………….in seconds you’re unable to move, you find breathing difficult and suddenly impossible, you begin to feel yourself slipping into total blackness. There are burns on your body where the electricity has entered and then exited. The steady pulse of your heart is now an erratic drumbeat and your vessels are being squeezed…………….. An example of an electrical hazard which could cause the responses described above is an oscillating fan either too close or in direct contact with water and you pick it up to move it. Water is a perfect conductor of electricity and so are you. How often have we heard of someone suffering critical electrical shock when they reached out of the swimming pool to turn the radio volume louder or change the CD? Electrical shock is quite painful and is often deadly. The three most common mistakes people make about electricity are:
Electricity locates the fastest path to the ground, through any object-including the human body. As stated above, the best conductor for electricity is water. The human body is a prime conductor for electricity as it is made up of 70% water. Electricity is most often at our demand and in control at the touch of our fingertips. Keeping this in mind, we must always respect the power of electricity and never underestimate the power of electricity, especially around water. |
