Essay on Electric hazards at home

Electricity can be utilized in many ways such as lightning, heating, cooking, and source of power for the electrical equipment which are present at home. Nowadays Electricity facilitates us a lot at our apartments in daily life, with no electricity life become boring at home as well as at our workplace. We depend so much on electricity that not a single can be done without electricity. Electricity is a good conductor of some materials, electricity travel through small and closed circuits. It is important to spread awareness to prevent electric hazards at home because electricity is well known as the “silent killer”.  The protection of the circuit is necessary to avoid electrical fire hazards. Electricity is the most powerful and dangerous energy from all other powers. Most of the accidents related to heat can be happened just because of carelessness. Electricity hazzaeds in homes can occur through the old wiring system, arc faults, overload switches, ground faults. The short circuit in the wiring system cause of fire in the house. The electric shock to the body only occurs when body comes into connection with electricity because human body is the good conductor of electricity. The effects of the electrical shock on the body is hazardous if the shock is intense in time death may occur. The shock can cause muscle spam; they may cause cardiac arrest, a shock may burn the organs and tissues; it may affect the nervous system.

We can reduce the harms of electricity by understanding how electricity works and where it is found. And by running a campaign to spread awareness. We should follow the safety rules such as using copper wiring in the house to avoid hazards, do not overload the breakers to prevent fire hazards, and do not touch applinces or magnetic material with wet hands and barefooted, especially do not touch the electric poles in the monsoon season. (Tsado, 2014)

References of Electric hazards at home

Tsado, J. P. ( 2014). Electric hazards at home. Awareness of Electrical Hazards and Safety, 01-06.