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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/Code-or-topic-fact-sheets/InjuriesElectricalOutletsFactSheet.pdf

Injuries involving electrical receptacles (also referred to as outlets) sent an estimated 5,500 people to hospital emergency departments in 2015.

Sure it's less than others killing machines like cars but it's not insignificant.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We have child safety outlets that are required in remodels and new construction. The regulation is over a decade old. If people replaced their old outlets, the vast majority of those injuries would not be present. The outlets are about $1 each.

We also have arc fault and gfi circuits required, which old houses don't have. Those are replacement too. But people are cheap, lazy, or lack the skill to do these minor upgrades themselves.