[Electric shock accidents at the workplace - Hazards, effects on health, medical surveillance] review

Stromunfälle am Arbeitsplatz - Gefährdungen, gesundheitliche Auswirkungen, ärztliche Maßnahmen

Endpoint

• effects on the cardiovascular system: arrhythmia, ventricular fibrillation, and cardiac arrest
• effects on the neurological system: thresholds
• guidelines/safety: medical surveillance
• thermal effects such as burns, necrosis of muscles and internal organs; secondary kidney failure

Exposure

• • DC
  • 50/60 Hz
  • touch current
• • power transmission line
  • inhouse wiring
  • electric injuries/electrocution
• • occupational
  • low voltage
  • high voltage