New research suggests that the construction industry needs to focus more on worker safety and utilizing technology to combat ...

A dozen soldiers in Iraq have died in short-circuit accidents, says congressman March 20, 2008 — -- During his two tours of duty serving as a special forces soldier in Iraq, Ryan D. Maseth had ...

While most electrical safety plans make every effort to ensure no one is ever electrocuted, electrocution is an ever-present danger for those in the electrical industry. Despite this reality, proper ...

Two Georgia men stealing copper wire at an electrical power station died by electrocution and the subsequent force of a transformer explosion, the Gainesville police department told CBS News. Around 3 ...

Eye injuries subsequent to high-tension electricity usually occur when the electric contact takes place in the cephalic region. They are, however, rare. Cataracts caused by the passage of electricity ...

Police have identified the man who was electrocuted while working on construction of the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford Friday morning as Chad O’Brien, 21, of Coventry. O’Brien was working on ...

TOLEDO — Police are investigating an electrocution that killed an Ohio teenager Sunday night, according to Toledo TV stations, WTVG-13 and WTOL-11. First responders were called to the 800 block of Oak ...

An 18-year-old man lost his life due to electrocution while charging his mobile phone on a bus in Malaysia. The incident took place on November 1 at the Penang Sentral bus terminal in Butterworth, ...