Study shows 38 percent decrease in electrocutions.A recent CPSC CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission (US) CPSC Computer Science (course) CPSC Canadian Plastics Sector Council (Ottawa, ON, Canada) CPSC Chemical Processing Safety Committee staff report indicates that the total number of electrocutions nationally decreased from 710 deaths in 1988 to 440 in 1999--or a decline of 38%. (7) Electrocution electrocution Method of execution in which the condemned person is subjected to a heavy charge of electric current. The prisoner is shackled into a wired chair, and electrodes are fastened to the head and one leg so that the current will flow through the body. deaths associated specifically with consumer products were down even more, from 290 in 1988 to 170 in 1999, for a 41% reduction. (8) Products involved in consumer electrocution deaths were household wiring and small appliances Small appliance refers to a class of home appliances that are semi-portable or which are used on tabletops, countertops, or other platforms. Such items are contrasted with major appliances, which are typically fixtures that cannot be easily moved. (the most frequently reported groups), large appliances, power tools, ladders and antennas that came in contact with power lines, garden and farm equipment, and lighting equipment. Other products reportedly involved in electrocutions include pipes, poles, fences, wires, chains, pliers pliers, n a tool of pincer design with jaws of varying shapes; used for holding, bending, stretching, contouring, and cutting. pliers, contouring, n , hunters' tree stands, flying toys, vending machines vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or credit cards. and amusement rides. (7) Consumer Product Safety Review, Spring 2003, Vol. 7, No. 4, "electrocutions" p. 6. (8) "1999 Electrocutions Associated with Consumer Products," a report by the staff of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. |
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