A Dublin woman was fatally electrocuted while holding a charging mobile phone in a bath last year, an inquest has heard.
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Her husband, Joe O’Gorman, expressed concern that many people are being lulled into “a false illusion of safety” by mobile phone manufacturers that promote that their equipment is waterproof.
It is, but there’s a reason you don’t have electrical outlets in bathrooms! So how was she charging it? Glad you asked:
He outlined how a three-metre extension cable had been plugged into a socket in the bedroom. Mr O’Gorman complained that there is no warning on certain phones about the danger of coming into contact with water while being charged.
Why would there be? There’s no warning on my oven that sticking my head in it and turning on the gas isn’t a good idea either!
Mr O’Gorman told the inquest he wants the message to go out about the hazard created by charging a mobile phone in bathrooms.
No need, Joe, we already know this!
He said warnings about such a hazard should be displayed prominently on the outside of packaging of all electronic devices.
“The only thing you hear about is how these phones are great in up to six feet of water. It gives people the idea that you can have your phone near water,” said Mr O’Gorman.
And you can! It wasn’t the shock she got from the phone, it was the cable connected to the National Grid that did for her!
H/T: Angry Exile via Twitter
