Burns from buried electric cables.
Twenty-six patients who sustained significant burn injuries as a result of striking underground electric cables are reviewed. This study sets out to highlight why such injuries occur and to recommend preventive measures to those digging in the London area. There were three deaths in this series.
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged