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4. Protection of persons against indirect contact
4.1 Harmful effects of electric current on the human body
the reader is referred to the article Prevention of electrical accidents in this treatise. .
The danger of electric current depends on the intensity and duration of the current passing through the body. It manifests itself in three different ways:
the shock of surprise and pain leads to reckless actions, the most typical of which is a fall from a ladder;
the electric arc and the current passing through the body, if intense, cause severe superficial or deep burns;
a very low current, of the order of 10 to 30 mA, causes muscles...
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