Re: electrical deaths

On 11/28/24 20:16, Lasse Langwadt wrote:

On 11/27/24 23:54, Klaus Vestergaard Kragelund wrote:

On 27-11-2024 16:11, Ralph Mowery wrote:

In article <iv1dkj1d8qa5cvm4r5b7mbehcot0lnd057@4ax.com>, JL@gct.com
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https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Age-adjusted-mortality-rates-from-electrical-injuries-per-1-million-population-European_fig1_221916189
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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.
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Some countries are astounding.
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It is probably all the safety standards in this country.
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When I first started in a plant about 40 years ago there was very little
safety precautions.  In the last 20 or so years they got very strict
following new govenment regulations.
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The electrical code for homes has gotten onthe safety bandwagon.  All
the GFCI and arc flash circuits probably help.

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On the other hand, you have USB chargers and other power supplies from China with poor to some having little barrier insulation. That being said, I have never hear about a fatality from that risk pool.
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Actually, the regulations for building electronic devices are quite strict. At the same time, we have cars passing each other with a differential speed of 200km/h within a couple of feet. Kills a lot of people, but the regulations are never changed (hard to modify existing infrastructure)

 traffic death and serious traffic injuries, is somewhere between half and a third of what they were just 20 years ago
 

Not surprising. Much traffic these days is standing still or
crawling along at walking speed.
Jeroen Belleman