Accidents and fires involving electricity result in more than a thousand deaths and tens of thousands of injuries each year. The majority of those tragedies could be prevented with greater awareness of how to stay safe. Safe Electricity’s “Teach Learn Care TLC” stories are focused on just that.
The video stories on SafeElectricity.org help people of all ages to understand why it’s important to learn how to be safe around electricity. May is Electrical Safety Month. It is a good time to watch these videos and to give a little TLC. “Teach what you know, learn what you need to, and care enough to share it with others.”
Among the TLC videos, you can learn about the story of former lineman Gary Norland, who was seriously injured in an accident involving overhead power lines. Told by Gary and his family, the story helps professionals and DIYers understand the importance of planning and avoiding contact with over head lines.
The life-changing impacts of power line accidents are detailed in another video that features accident survivor Shawn Miller and his family, whose lives were changed forever due to his severe injuries. Visitors to SafeElectricity.org can also discover what they need to know to stay safe when operating large equipment near overhead power lines from Jim Flach’s family.
Other videos share the story of two teenagers that survived their auto accident involving power lines because they had learned the right steps to take to stay safe, a feature on Tom Dickey and the importance of taking the proper steps to ensure safe digging, and the tragic account of a 12-year-old girl who lost her life to household current through a faulty outdoor lamp. The need for electrical safety is important for everyone—youth or adult, residential, business or industrial.
Be sure to also include your children in the observance of Electrical Safety Month. Invite them to visit SafeElectricity.org to watch videos, play games, and do science experiments. Interactive elements include E-Smart Kids, which has cool video segments in which kids teach other kids about electricity basics and several safety topics. These resources cover electrical safety as well as efficiency—not only for youth but for parents as well as teachers. Educators will find classroom plans, experiments and activities that all meet National Science Education standards.
Information and awareness create life-saving attitudes and actions. Helping educate people to avoid tragic accidents, injuries and death is what Safe Electricity and Electrical Safety Month are all about.
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