In 2022, dangerous contact with electricity resulted in 34 accidents1 on South African construction sites, leading to the death of one person and four being permanently disabled. “One death is one too many,” says Dr Andrew Dickson, engineering executive at CBI-electric: low voltage. “Companies need to ensure that their staff are protected from potentially lethal shocks by ensuring that earth leakage devices are installed. These products are designed to limit the amount of electrical current entering the human body to under 30 milliamps as anything above this could be fatal.”
展开▼
