Man, 56, dies of electric shock
A 56-year-old man was electrocuted yesterday afternoon while doing some work in Cospicua.
It is understood the man was raising an electric winch when it malfunctioned. The police said they were called to Pietru Pawl Street where they found the man, who lives in Cospicua, dead on site.
Magistrate Gabriella Vella is carrying out a magisterial inquiry and police investigations are under way, headed by the district police.
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martin saliba
Aug 14th 2010, 16:50
As i have said before many times on these pages. Most of the deaths by electrocution are blood on the authorities hands. Why is an rcd compolsary for new installations and not for existing ones.For those who do not now what an rcd is , it is a simple device which costs about 30 Euros to buy and 30 Euros to install. This device , in most cases , switches of the electrical supply when there is an inbalance of current flowing in against current flowing out. A simple example of imbalance would be that flowing through a person to ground.
carmel muscat
Jul 14th 2011, 20:58
prosit ta informazjoni li tajt lanqas qatt smajt bdik il haga b CIRCUIT breaker smajt imma b RCD qatt tista tajdli min fejn tixtrih?
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