Electrical hazards are responsible for hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries each year:
- Nearly 400 deaths are attributed to work place electrocutions.
- Residential electrical fires are blamed for over 500 deaths annually.
- Approximately 4,000 workplace injuries are due to electrical hazards.
- Home electrical fires cause about 6,000 injuries per year.
- 140,000 home fires are related to electricity.
- Residential electrical fires cause over $1.6 billion in property damage annually.
Market and demographic trends illustrate the persistence of the gap between electrical safety knowledge and safe practices:
- Growing demand for electrical products
- People at home and in the workplace fail to recognize and address electrical hazards
- Globalization creates product safety challenges with codes and compliance.
- Aging home structures add to the safety challenge
- Changing demographics present growing educational challenges, including literacy and
language barriers
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