On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:58:25 +0100, Tony Bryer
wrote:

http://www.dti.gov.uk/homesafetynetwork/ may help but at a quick
glance I couldn't see electrocution mentioned.

I found some figures relating to electricity in the home on the ROSPA
web site:

http://www.rospa.com/CMS/index.asp

"During 2000, there were a total of 44 deaths involving electric
current in the UK".

And from their facts and figures page:

"Every year there are approximately 4000 deaths as a result of a home
accident".

Says it all really. The government are aiming big by trying to solve
1% of the problem, with legislation that won't reduce deaths at all.

When you look at the figures for deaths from falls then you would
probably ban all DIY work to staircases!

I imagine the figures relating to injury and death from ladders would
be far higher than those involving electricity.

Andrew

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