Re: electrical deaths

On 27/11/2024 02:53, john larkin wrote:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-adjusted-mortality-rates-from-electrical-injuries-per-1-million-population-European_fig1_221916189
 The US (0.63 PPM) is probably low partly because we have mostly 120
volt gadgets. I usually wire boxes hot, and get tickled now and then,
no big deal.
 Some countries are astounding.

A few years ago (isn't everything nowadays?) I drew the short straw and had to compile a brief course on electrical safety.  One of the statistics I remember was that there were about 30 electrical deaths per year in the UK, and by far most of these were people digging up cables or touching overhead wires with machinery.  So in this case, not really connected with the domestic supply voltage.
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Cheers
Clive