ELECTRICAL SAFETY

WHAT CAUSES SHOCK?

Passage of Electric Current
through the Body
Statistics of Electrical accident in India
15 -16 deaths / day due to electrocution (5700 in year 2000)
30 - 35 % of fires are of electrical origin
8% of fatal accidents in factories are due to electrocution
Un-estimated loss of production
Business interruption
Loss of management time
Legal costs
& Negative impact on company image.
MAJOR CAUSES OF ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS
Carelessness
Misuse
Getting in a hurry
Lack of interest
Insufficient training
Ignorance
Fear
Over confidence
Sadness
Anger
Laziness
Negligence
Distractions
Mischievous behaviour
Dead tree fallen on line
Fencing protects against danger



Touching snapped wire causing fatal
Drying wet cloth causing sometimes fatal
Crossing power line holding metal stick
vertically causing accident
Tying cattle on power line post / stay wire
causing accident
Children playing on power line
causing accident
Constructing building beneath or nearer to
power line is dangerous to life
Person laying live wire fencing to trap
animals become himself a victim
Also he is prosecutable
Hindu 14-09-2005
A male elephant was
electrocuted when it came
in contact with on a land on
its return after sugar cane at
Mudiyanure at Thalawady at
Monday night.

Hassanure police registered
a case against land owner.

Getting down from car is a chance of
electrocution if snapped wire is live
Popular error: The rubber tires on a car protect
you from Lightning.
Powering the progress of Tamil Nadu
It's not voltage that kills, its current!"

Lightning makes work Hazardous


Stop working in thunder storm
CONNECT ONLY ONE APPLIANCE
TO ONE SOCKET
Do not use 2 pin socket & plug
NEVER KEEP WIRES UNDER CARPETS, MATS OR DOOR
WAYS WHERE THEY CAN GET CRUSHED & LOSE THEIR
INSULATION
USE THE CURRECT SIZE AND
QUALITY OF FUSE. A FUSE OF HIGHER RATING WILL NOT BE
SAFE AS IT ALLOWS EXCESSIVE FLOW OF CURRENT WHICH
WILL RESULT IN FIRE OR SHOCK. BEFORE REPLACING A
FUSE THE DEFECT IN THE CIRCUIT OR EQUIPMENT MUST
BE RECTIFIED
KEEP WATER AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL FIXTURES. THE COMBINATION
OF WATER & ELECTRICITY IS A POTENTIAL SHOCK HAZARD
Water leakage sometimes proves fatal
THE HINDU
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 3, 2005

Kalaiyarasan (18) a
resident of Rajiv
Gandhi Nagar,
Maduravoil was
Electrocuted when
switching on light
in his house

Please note that Dec 2
nd

is a heavy rainy day
SEE THAT APPLIANCE CORDS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.
USING BLACK ADHESIVE TAPE FOR JOINT IS NOT SAFE.
NEVER PLACE BARE WIRE ENDS IN A SOCKET.
Dont use match stick in lieu of plug
Dont let earth wire unconnected
USE GOOD QUALITY MATERIALS. BUY FROM REPUTED
SHOPS. DONOT BUY SECOND HAND GOODS
Burn injury due to tapping power supply for lighting from 3 phase
power switch
Do not mount switches & provide plug points
at accessible position to children
Broken switch cover kills guest
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Be a responsible citizen
Rules are meant to be followed
Crossing road
makes the not
only the
offenders risky
but also the
motorists

Diversion of concentration
Mobile usage
in vehicle not
only poses
danger to the
driver but also
to the
pedestrians
and other
road users
Over Load
Who is answerable?
Electrical Burn
Burn injury in electricity.
After plastic surgery




Don't touch snapped wire
Dry not wet cloth on earth wire
Don't travel on vehicle top
Don't touch the exposed wires on lamp post
Don't relax on stay wire / lamp post
Don't tie cattle on stay wire /lamp post
Don't urinate on live pole/ stay wire
Don't urinate from building top on live line
Don't climb on live pole for tying banner
Creating Awareness among public:



Be careful while handling iron rod on terrace
Beware of live wire while pulling temple car
Don't carry ladder / iron rod vertically
Be careful while plucking coconut / drum stick
etc. above live line
Be careful while cutting down trees near live
line
Don't support live wire with forked stick for
construction activities
Creating Awareness among public:



Don't allow to grow tree branches till passing
through live wire
Don't allow to throw dead snakes, garlands
from dead bodies, tied stones etc, on live line
Don't fly kites or balloons near electric lines to
safe guard lives. They can also cause power
outages
Miscreants throwing cycle chain on live wire,
digging their own grave pit
Creating Awareness among public:



Don't undertake bore well deepening /
overhauling beneath live line
Don't install flag post near the power line
Don't construct building beneath or nearer to
power line
Live wire fencing is dangerous. Person who
lay the trap himself become a victim.

Creating Awareness among public:
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