What's wrong with this picture?
You don't have to be an electrical engineer to recognize that it's not a great idea to repair electrical equipment with one's feet immersed in a puddle. It's just too bad the gentleman in the photo didn't get the memo.
The Moral: To avoid getting electrocuted, workers should perform electrical work only in dry locations.
What's at Stake
Electrocution Deaths By the Numbers
Maybe the worker in the picture wouldn't have parked himself in that puddle if he had been aware of these numbers about electrocution:
You don't have to be an electrical engineer to recognize that it's not a great idea to repair electrical equipment with one's feet immersed in a puddle. It's just too bad the gentleman in the photo didn't get the memo.
The Moral: To avoid getting electrocuted, workers should perform electrical work only in dry locations.
What's at Stake
Electrocution Deaths By the Numbers
Maybe the worker in the picture wouldn't have parked himself in that puddle if he had been aware of these numbers about electrocution:
- 411 The average number of […]
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