Some interesting stats I've just read.

[electromonkey]

I thought I'd share this with you guys and gals.

It's from ECA Today where a study was carried out in the UK (I don't know by who) in relation to electrical installations and electrical appliances in the home. It summarises that "People in the UK expose themselves and their families to potential fatal accidents in the home through simple electrical blunders, because of an alarming lack of knowledge about the real danger of electricity".

So here goes...........

In the past year almost 1 million people have repaired an appliance while it is still plugged in - despite the fact that this can result in fatal or serious injury.

12.2 million (yes twelve point two million) people knowingly use faulty plugs or sockets.

1.5 million ignored burning smells coming from an appliance or socket.

2 million people trailed cables near hot surfaces or cookers.

350,000 people are seriously injured each year through everyday use of electricity.

Of those people, at least 1 will die every week.

70% of the people surveyed, didn't know what an RCD was.

Only 49% of UK homes have adequate RCD protection.

The Electrical Safety Council is launching a free smartphone app to help combat this. I can't help think that that money could be better spent.

Thanks for reading.

Any thoughts?

 

[electromonkey]

Of the five years posted, the year when Part P was in place, brings the highest number of deaths.

Oh sweet irony.

 

[Engineer54]

1 in 54 Electrician Forum members got out of bed on the wrong side this morning.

No, that was Yesterday!! lol!!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Of the five years posted, the year when Part P was in place, brings the highest number of deaths.

Oh sweet irony.

No. This is the 5 years before Part P.
PartP came into force on the 6th of April 2006.
These figures are for up to 31st of March 2006.
The two years with the double figures are coincidently the two years following the introduction of the Harmonized colours.

 

[Specialist]

See the wonderful Part Pee seems to be doing it's job. NOT.
It would be nice to see the statistics for the Years between April 2005 to Date, wonder if they'd show a rising trend year by year since Part Pee was introduced.

 

[electromonkey]

Building Regulations - Part P FAQs - IET Electrical

 

[electromonkey]

Part P FAQs

 

[Deleted member 26818]

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADP_2006.pdf

 

[Goody]

12.2 million (yes twelve point two million) people knowingly use faulty plugs or sockets...

No one would openly declare that they use faulty plugs/sockets, would they?

...or the guy who took the survey went into home and genuinely found broken plugs/sockets? This survey is an humbug!

 

[electromonkey]

I can tell that it's going to be a long day lol.

Building Regulations - Part P (England and Wales) - IET Electrical

 

[Deleted member 26818]

All right, I'll give you that one 1st of January 2005 it is.
My copy is obviousl the updated one, not the original.
It does make you wonder though, what Part P has done in tems of improving safety, if the number of deaths are so high.

 

[Specialist]

Maybe Part Pee was a sneaky way of reducing the population:tounge_smile:

 

[electromonkey]

We're in danger of going in to a Part P rant here, which I know we're all fond of!

 

[Specialist]

Nah, never. Us rant about Part Pee, as if we would:lol:

 

[DNS1]

To be honest, something sounds very wrong with those stats to me.

I don't know anyone who's been seriously injured through electricity. I know very few people who even know what an electric shock is like. 350,000 a year? Seriously seems a huge exageration to me.

Likewise, 30% of people knowing what an RCD is... Far more than I'd expect.

1 million people repairing appliances whilst plugged in? How many people actually repair things these days anyway?!

Who did they survey? A random selection of people at an electrical trade convention?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I think electromonkey made it all up, just to start a Part P rant.