1. Shop Safety Electrical Hazards…

2.  Even small electric shocks are dangerous  Many hazards include electrocution, fire, or explosions  Even small electric shocks are dangerous  Many hazards include electrocution, fire, or explosions

3. Grounding  Electricity is always trying to get to the ground.  If something gives it an easy path to the ground, it will take it.  So if you touch an electric circuit and the electricity will flow through you!  Electricity is always trying to get to the ground.  If something gives it an easy path to the ground, it will take it.  So if you touch an electric circuit and the electricity will flow through you!

4. Electrical Injury  You can never tell when contact with electricity will be fatal, but it will always hurt.  Electric shock can cause muscle spasms, weakness, shallow breathing, rapid pulse, severe burns, unconsciousness, or possibly death.  You can never tell when contact with electricity will be fatal, but it will always hurt.  Electric shock can cause muscle spasms, weakness, shallow breathing, rapid pulse, severe burns, unconsciousness, or possibly death.

5.  In a serious accident, the path that the current takes through the body gets very hot.  Burns occur all along that path, including the places on the skin where the current enters and leaves the body  In a serious accident, the path that the current takes through the body gets very hot.  Burns occur all along that path, including the places on the skin where the current enters and leaves the body Electrical Burns

6. Electrical Cords  DO NOT USE cords with cracks, frays, or holes in plugs  Worn cords can cause a fire, shocks, or short circuits.  DO NOT USE cords with cracks, frays, or holes in plugs  Worn cords can cause a fire, shocks, or short circuits.

7. Electrical Cords  Never break off the third prong from a three prong plug, to make it fit in a two prong outlet.

8. Outlets  Never overload an outlet with too many plugs.  Plugging in too many cords is a fire hazard.  Never overload an outlet with too many plugs.  Plugging in too many cords is a fire hazard.

9. Outlets  When removing a plug from an outlet, pull it by the plug, not the cord  Pulling the cord will wear it out quickly and create a shock hazard  When removing a plug from an outlet, pull it by the plug, not the cord  Pulling the cord will wear it out quickly and create a shock hazard

10. Other Hazards  Heat and water can damage the insulation and create a shock hazard.  Don’t run cords under floor mats  Heat and water can damage the insulation and create a shock hazard.  Don’t run cords under floor mats

11. Don’t Let This Happen!