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There’s no escaping the simple fact that an electric shock, if strong enough, can kill you. So whenever you work with electricity, you must be sure to take every precaution you can to avoid being the recipient of a shock strong enough to do damage.

In the United States, somewhere between 500 and 1,000 people die every year from accidental electrocutions. Many of those are industrial or weather-related accidents in which people come into contact with downed power lines. But many of them are completely avoidable accidents that happen in the home. In the sections that follow, I give you specific guidelines for avoiding accidental electrocution.