Tag: Holiday Lights

Holiday Hazards: Electrocution

By Jennifer Busick Dec 14, 2018 Electrical Safety

Updated: Dec 14, 2018

34-year-old James Byrnes of North Beach, Maryland, was working from a ladder, hanging Christmas lights at his neighbor’s home in December 2013, when he came into contact with an overhead power line and was electrocuted. That same month, 13-year-old Georgia Marshall of Barry, South Wales, United Kingdom, was electrocuted while helping her father retrieve Christmas […]

Holiday Hazards: Fires

By Jennifer Busick Dec 13, 2018 Injuries and Illness

Updated: Dec 13, 2018

By itself, winter carries a heightened risk of fire, because it involves more of the things that create warmth and light—fireplaces, space heaters, candles, cozy blankets. During the holidays, even more light, heat, and potentially flammable decorations are added to that mix.