And Injuries Sponsors do not influence content. An electric shock occurs when a person comes into contact with an electrical energy source. Electrical energy flows through a portion of the body causing a shock. Exposure to electrical energy may result in no injury at all or may result in devastating damage or death.
Burns are the most common injury from electric shock.
Adolescents and adults are prone to high voltage shock caused by mischievous exploration and exposure at work. Approximately 1,000 people in the United States die each year as a result of electrocution. Many variables determine what injuries may occur, if any. If you are going to help someone who has sustained a high voltage shock, you need to be very careful that you don't become a second victim of a similar electrical shock. If a high voltage line has fallen to the ground, there may be a circle of current spreading out from the tip of the line.