A 16-year-old guy in Oklahoma, USA, almost roasted himself because he was charging in bed.
The cross necklace worn around the neck, after being accidentally energized, was like a "hot wire circle", and in an instant, sparks flew everywhere, and a burning smell immediately came.
Fortunately, the young man was quick and ripped off the necklace before it was baked.
The incident happened on April 30, when the young man's mother, Danielle, suddenly heard her son screaming in the room, she immediately went to check, and found that there was a smell of burnt hair and meat in the room, mixed with the plastic smell of electric burning, which was very unpleasant.
And on the son's neck and collarbone, there are also shocking black scorch marks, which are in the shape of his cross necklace.
Son Reis was shocked: "I almost died of electrocution with my own necklace!" ”
It turned out that at the time of the incident, Reis was charging his mobile phone, and suddenly something fell on the bed, he dodged it and accidentally touched the plug of the mobile phone charger.
Thinking that I would have class tomorrow, I turned over to confirm whether the phone was charged normally, but I didn't expect the necklace to accidentally touch the half-bare prongs of the plug (the plug was loose), resulting in an electric shock.
During the whole process, Reis was very sober, he knew that he was electrocuted, and he also clearly knew that he was unlucky:
"The necklace is metal, and it goes around the neck, and in a way, it's like a hot wire ring."
Lacey tried to rip off the necklace, but the process was tough. The necklace is very hot after the power is on, part of it has been soldered to the charger, and the necklace itself is very thick.
Fortunately, in the end, Lacey ripped off the necklace and escaped.
The falling cross, which was so hot that it instantly melted off his mattress, leaving a hole about 8 centimeters deep in it.
Subsequently, the mother immediately called an ambulance and took her son to the hospital.
After arriving at the hospital, the doctor immediately issued a critical illness notice, saying that the current experienced by Reis was too strong, and if the internal organs were seriously damaged, he would most likely not survive that night.
Fortunately, after a night of treatment and observation, Lacey escaped death, and his body did not suffer from serious sequelae due to the electricity.
The only injuries, only on his neck and chin, suffered varying degrees of second-, third- and fourth-degree burns, which will leave permanent scars after treatment.
In fact, incidents like this happen all the time, and every one of them is tragic.
There is a 17-year-old girl in Shenyang, playing with her mobile phone while charging, due to the failure of the charging head caused by her accidental electrocution for 40 minutes, although her life was saved, but all 10 toes were charred and carbonized, and she had to amputate her limbs, and her multiple organs were also seriously damaged, and it was impossible to recover to before.
18-year-old Angel was charging his mobile phone when he accidentally electrocuted and died. At the time of death, he suffered multiple electrical injuries to his neck, wrist and right foot, also caused by a faulty charger.
Nowadays, the penetration rate of mobile phones is too high, and many people have the habit of playing with their mobile phones while charging in bed.
Moreover, most of these cases are caused by unqualified or faulty chargers.
Generally speaking, the voltage at the end of a regular charger is only 5 volts, which is not harmful to the human body (safe below 36 volts), but if it is irregular, there is a risk of leakage of high-voltage electricity.
Therefore, it is recommended that those who have the same habits, if they want to avoid similar incidents, they should use chargers made by regular manufacturers.
Especially Apple users, the original charger is no longer given away when buying a mobile phone, and many people just buy one to use casually, and they don't care if it is compliant or not.
Also, don't charge near people, and it's best to unplug the power supply when not charging.
In case a child eats the plugged cord into their mouth, if the quality of the charging cable is not good, it may cause a tragedy!
In short, pay attention to your phone charging cable, it is much more dangerous than you think!