Electrical Hazards
2. Electricity Hazards
The main hazards that electricity presents are those derived from possible Contacts with it, which may be:
2.1. Direct Contact: i.e. Contact of people with parts of materials and equipment that are normally live (wires, busbars, etc.).
2.2. Indirect Contact: i.e. Contact of people with frames accidentally subjected to low voltage, understanding ground to be the set of metallic parts of a device or installation that are usually insulated from active areas or live areas.
Such Contact with electric current may give rise to accidents in two ways:
Directly: passing through the victim’s body (electrical shock).
Indirectly: creating an electric arc that causes burns to the person.
Electrification is the name usually given to any kind of accident of an electrical origin, irrespective of its circumstances.
The term electrocution is reserved for mortal accidents of an electrical origin.
