FATAL ATTRACTION
The Greatest & Most Painful Cause of Death
Electricity
is fun… Electricity provides … heat, light and security … it is greatest
blessing but still that is no reason to take electricity for granted-- lightly.
Accidents don’t ask before happening. Live wires & short circuits don’t differentiate
between rich and poor!! Anyone who makes a contact – young or old, man or
woman, powerful or not – has to pay a price !
- Electrocution - the fifth leading cause of death
- Almost 12 people die due to electrocution everyday.
- Mishaps with Cooking equipment, heating equipment, home electrical distribution and lighting systems some of the leading causes of home fires
- Electricity accounts for 42 % of total fires and most number of deaths in factories and workplaces
- 25% of all fires occur due to job related electrical accidents per year
- Accidental injury kills more than 2,000 children each day worldwide.
- More than 30,000 non-fatal shock accidents occur each year.
- According to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 70 % of child-related electrical accidents occur at home, when adult supervision is present.
- Every year more than 100,000 people are hospitalized in emergency rooms due to electrical shock or burn injuries caused by careless handling in U.S
- When more than 50 percent of electrical fires that occur every year – worldwide – could have been prevented – it is important that people understand what’s safe, what’s unsafe
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Death hug: A carelessly laid high voltage main power cable hugging the iron grill at Classic Residency, Raj Nagar Extension, NH-58, Ghaziabad. The PVVNL, UPPCL and all possible authorities concerned with Electrical Distribution, supply & public safety have been warned. But no one has reacted so far.
This is a serious- public safety issue!! |
THIS IS NO WAY TO
HANDLE ELECTRICITY:
YOUR GREED COULD BE THE CAUSE OF OUR DEATH
Ignore it at your own risk and cost!!
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| Anand Morla- filmmaker and father of this 3 year old child who died of electrocution outside a Jewellery shop in south Delhi last week. Photo: courtesy IndiaToday |
Anand Bhaskar Morla, 32, a filmmaker died of
electrocution outside a jewellery shop in south Delhi a last week. Morla, a
resident of Saket, parked his car and went to the Bank of India ATM while his
grandmother, wife and three-year-old son waited in the car. On the way back he opened
the car door which brushed the Iron Gate in contact with the live wire of a
split air conditioning machine of the jewellery shop. He immediately fell down
and was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital where doctors declared him dead. The owners of the shop at Green Park Kamlesh
Bansal and his son Druv Dhawan Bansal were arrested for negligence leading to
the death of 32-year-old Anand Bhaskar Morla, in south Delhi. Delhi Police registered
a case under Section 304 A of Indian Penal Code -- causing death by negligence.
Puran Singh 36 a Delhi Police
Constable who had gone to attend the call of nature came in contact with a
naked electric wire and fell unconscious. He was declared brought dead to AIIMS.
The postmortem report confirmed the cause of death as ante-mortem injury in the form an
"electric entry wound (laceration type). He left behind his widow and four
minor children aged 12, 6, 4 and one and half years. He was drawing a salary of
Rs. 5,900/- per month. The family is in dire straits. It is claimed that the death occurred due to the
negligence of the DVB which was responsible for the safety and upkeep of the
electric cables in the area.
Peter Yunus died due to electrocution leaving behind behind his wife and
five children aged 21, 18, 16, 13 and 11 years when an electric wire fell over
his head in front of his house at Kichiripur, Delhi. The postmortem report
confirmed death due to electrocution. It is claimed that the death was caused on
account of the negligence of the DVB as it had failed to perform its obligation
to maintain the electric wires
Mukesh had taken power
supply to his LI point. A few of his villagers had illegally taken power supply
from this line by using a hook from the LI point to their houses by means of an
uninsulated GI pipe. The unauthorized line got disconnected and fell on the
ground.
Dharampal a DTC bus driver was
allotted government accommodation house number E-78, DTC Colony, Shadipur, New
Delhi where he was living with his wife, and four children. The residents of the
colony used to dry their clothes on roofs/terraces of the houses. On 19th July,
1999 at about 10.45 AM, his wife, Bimla, went to the terrace to dry her clothes
on an iron wire which was tied to sewer pipes on the terrace floor. The iron wire
had current in it as a result she was electrocuted and died on account of negligence.
Manoj L Patil, a vice-president in
Sundaram Auto Components, Hosur, and his friend, Phalgun V S, were walking on
Church Street in the evening, when the former stepped on to a water puddle. In order to balance himself Manoj held on to
the grille surrounding an adjacent Bescom distribution box and collapsed there
itself. He declared brought dead in the hospital.
Rajiv
Sharda,
25, died of electrocution on accidentally touching an electric pole in west
Delhi's Mahavir Enclave. According to media reports, Sharda and a friend were
walking to a nearby market around 1.30 p.m. on a waterlogged street when the
tragic incident happened. A live wire had fallen in the water and the duo
received a shock when they came in contact with the water. Trying to get out of
the water, Sharda lost his balance and tried to grab a nearby electric pole
which was charged and got electrocuted. He was taken to the nearby Bhagat
Chandra Hospital where doctors declared him dead. Taking suo motu cognizance of
the media report National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to
Delhi chief secretary as well as a power company following the death of a youth
due to electrocution.
Deedar Singh (57), a resident of Jastna Khurd village near Lalru
and another lineman Jasbir Singh, lost their lives by getting an electric shock
while working on an electricity pole near Chaudheri village in Lalru. The two linemen were sent to conduct the
repair work at Chaudheri village. The electricity supply to the line had been
discontinued for repair and their fuse uninstalled, but due to heavy storms and
rain during the day, the fuse got connected and current passed through the line
due to which Deedar Singh sustained the shock
Gnyaneshwar Mahe and his 30-year-old
wife Sharda got electrocuted were excavating the earth to construct a well at
the residence of one Shyamrao Dabhelkar when the incident took place. Gnyaneshwar
who was busy digging, asked his wife to throw out the accumulating water. This
is when Sharda came in contact with an electric switch board of the motor pump.
She collapsed there and then and was rushed to a private hospital where she was
declared Police It seems Sharda had touched the switch board with wet
hands.
Neeraj Garg, owner of Nivedita Chemicals a Noida-based
water-proofing company, went to inspect the swimming pool of Archohm, an
architectural firm. He lost his balance and fell into a swimming pool which had
a high-voltage current flowing through a live wire.
Electrical faults are
the major cause reason behind almost 56 per cent of domestic and industrial
disasters. According to National
Crime Records Bureau eight per cent of the deaths in industries are of
electrical origin. According to the Fire
and Security Association of India (FSAI) -- Overheating, ageing material and
use of sub-standard quality of electrical gadgets is responsible for an
abnormal increase in electrical fire accidents over the years.
One of the
main problems is that there are hardly any certified line men abreast with knowledge about the nature of fire accidents and handling electrical
fire. Mishandling of electricity is the
surest way to invite disasters.
Moral of the Story: Electricity is a time and life saver but can
lead to a painful burn injuries and sure death.
A property and
nature of electricity to reach the ground
even if it means going through a person...
Anyone
who stands in its path is bound to pay a price!!
Oh
God, Let it not be someone we love and care about!!
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