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Latest Social Media Challenge Puts Students at Risk of Electrical Shock - Electrical Industry News Week

Summary by electricalindustry.ca
June 13, 2025 The Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) is warning Ontarians that a shocking new social media trend is putting students at risk of serious electrical injury including shock, burns or even fires. A pair of dangerous social media trends have been gaining interest from students. One has kids “challenging” each other to stick a paper clip in an electrical outlet and drop a coin on it to cause sparks; the other involves putting a paper cl…
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electricalindustry.ca broke the news in on Friday, June 13, 2025.
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