"Block Shock"

By appropriately using personal protective equipment (PPE), wire and line workers can avoid death by one of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's accurately termed "Fatal Four": electrocution. Workers must inspect their PPE for proper function and damage such as "embedded foreign objects, holes, punctures, cuts, tears, ozone cutting and checking, texture changes, hardening, stickiness, swelling, softening, nonelastic properties, or any other defects that may effect PPE insulating properties". The safety of a worker is top priority, and ensuring their protection is essential to the electrical contracting industry.

Read more about stopping electrocution and other dangerous injuries at: http://www.ecmag.com/section/block-shock