The Electric Shock can occur in two ways:
Direct Contact: means a contact of a person or implement a person is holding with a live conductor that is supposed to be live. This may be caused by: unsafe work practices, e.g. touching an overhead power line with a scaffold pole; and faulty or ineffective insulation of conductors, e.g. damaged insulation or cracked plugs;
Indirect Contact: which occurs when there is contact with a conductor that should not be live under normal conditions, but is live through a fault: poorly designed or maintained electrical equipment or circuits which ‘Short Circuit’, the current taking an unintended path to earth, e.g. where the damaged insulation on an electric drill touches a steel workbench; and electrical equipment being used in an environment for which it is unsuitable, e.g. use of 230V tools outdoors in the rain.
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Direct Contact: means a contact of a person or implement a person is holding with a live conductor that is supposed to be live. This may be caused by: unsafe work practices, e.g. touching an overhead power line with a scaffold pole; and faulty or ineffective insulation of conductors, e.g. damaged insulation or cracked plugs;
Indirect Contact: which occurs when there is contact with a conductor that should not be live under normal conditions, but is live through a fault: poorly designed or maintained electrical equipment or circuits which ‘Short Circuit’, the current taking an unintended path to earth, e.g. where the damaged insulation on an electric drill touches a steel workbench; and electrical equipment being used in an environment for which it is unsuitable, e.g. use of 230V tools outdoors in the rain.
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