﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>electrocution news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more electrocution stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/7827/electrocution.html</link><copyright>2009 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:44:47 CST</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/33818/army-warned-on-wiring-before-soldiers-electrocution.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Army 'Warned on Wiring' Before Soldier's Electrocution</title><description>A sergeant warned Army administrators about faulty wiring months before a soldier was electrocuted in a shower at the same quarters, CNN reports. "Pipes have voltage, get shocked in the shower," he wrote in a work order. A House committee probing the electrocution deaths in Iraq had previously heard there...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/33818/army-warned-on-wiring-before-soldiers-electrocution.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:31:01 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/32735/shoddy-electrical-work-killing-us-troops-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Shoddy Electrical Work Killing US Troops in Iraq</title><description>Shoddy electrical work by private contractors is making Iraq an even deadlier place for US troops, reports the New York Times . At least 13 troops have died from electrocution and many more have been injured. Others have perished in electrical fires. The problem is worse than the Pentagon has acknowledged,...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/32735/shoddy-electrical-work-killing-us-troops-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 4:00:10 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/4982/lightning-strikes-same-man-twice.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</guid><title>Lightning Strikes Same Man Twice</title><description>A man celebrated the 27th anniversary of being struck by lightning with a second electrocution from above—and once again lived to tell the tale, the Guardian reports. The 68 year old was hiding from a Pennsylvania storm in a shed when he and four others were shocked by lightning;...</description><link>http://www.newser.com/story/4982/lightning-strikes-same-man-twice.html?utm_source=syn&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=tag</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:35:46 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>