A worker was electrocuted when he contacted a live electrical circuit, a metal casing on the electrical outlet and a wet-mopped floor at the same time. He was plugging a small electrical appliance into an outlet located at the floor level. From evidence on his body, it appeared his index finger touched a prong of the electrical plug while his opposite hand rested on the grounded metal casing of the receptacle box. He was kneeling on a floor which had recently been cleaned with a damp mop. The electrical current passed across his chest. He was having convulsions when co-workers found him. […]
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