PREVENT ELECTRICAL SHOCKS AND FIRES
Water (or other liquids) + electricity = DANGEROUS MIX
How to Prevent Electrical Shocks and Fires
- Keep liquids away!
- Safely use your Electrical equipment!
- Learn the dangers of your equipment!
More than 30,000 non-fatal electrical shock accidents occur each year
- Most accident happen around the house when people use electricity near water.
Why does this happen?!
- Water is a conductor of electricity meaning that electricity is able travel though it.
- If you're not careful, you're putting yourself and others in danger of possibly fatal accidents.
How Electrical shocks and fires occur
- Electrical shock occur when the body becomes a part of the electric circuit
- Also keep flammable items away from electrical equipment.