STATE ENERGY AND GAS SUPERVISION INFORMS: Recently, accidents involving electric shock and violations of gas regulations at home have become more frequent, involving minors. On February 18, 2026, the Yelsk District Department of Internal Affairs received a report from a dispatcher at the Yelsk Central District Hospital that between 9:00 PM and 9:45 PM, 13-year-old S., a minor who lived in Yelsk, was taking a bath and had a mobile phone with her. Around 9:30 PM, she asked her mother to pass her the phone charger, which she refused. S., who left the bathroom on her own, took the charger and returned to the bathroom. Her mother, who was in another room, did not see her return. Then, at 9:50 PM, due to the lack of sound coming from the bathroom, the mother entered the bathroom and discovered her daughter unconscious in the bathtub, with a mobile phone plugged into a bathroom outlet and plugged into the water next to her. The woman immediately pulled the child out and called an ambulance. The ambulance arrived and pronounced her dead after performing resuscitation. On May 24, 2026, in Polotsk, a group of four teenagers entered the restricted area of a company, broke the lock on a transformer substation, and entered the transformer room, which contained equipment with a voltage of 6,000 V. One of the teenagers (a sixth-grade student), while attempting to climb the partition fence, came within an inadmissible distance of live parts and was electrocuted. A patient was taken to the intensive care unit of a healthcare facility with first-, second-, and third-degree burns, a contusion of the temporal region, a closed head injury, and a concussion. The police are investigating the teenagers' actions. On June 11, 2026, two teenagers (fourth-grade students) were riding their bicycles near the railroad and stopped near a transformer substation. One of the teenagers climbed onto the structural elements of the transformer substation, came an unacceptable distance from the live parts, and was electrocuted. He was taken to the healthcare facility with burns of varying severity. On July 2, 2026, a student of grade 6 "Z" of the State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 45 of Mogilev", born in 2013, was fishing with a friend and his mother in a technical pond for collecting storm and flood waters. While moving with a raised fishing rod under a 10 kV power line, he brought the rod too close to the wires of the 10 kV overhead power line, as a result of which he was electrocuted and lost consciousness. On July 16, 2026, a 2nd grade "B" student of the State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 13 of Mogilev", born in 2017, while visiting neighbors, grabbed the handle of the metal entrance door of a single-family residential building and received an electric shock.as a result of the release of hazardous potential onto a metal door, due to a breakdown in the insulation of an electrical extension cord laid through the entrance doorway. On July 23, 2026, a 9th-grade student of the State Educational Institution "Secondary School No. 7 in Baranovichi named after A.I. Voloshin", born in 2010, was in her room and decided to turn the lamp bulb for better lighting. While standing on her bed and trying to turn the lamp bulb, the lamp broke off its mount, resulting in the minor being exposed to electric current. CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS AND MEASURES TO PREVENT THEM An analysis of the circumstances of such accidents conducted by the State Energy and Gas Supervision Service allows us to conclude that their main causes are: - lack of parental control over the actions of children; - damaged insulation of electrical wiring, extension cords; - unauthorized entry of children into energy facilities; - failure to comply with basic electrical safety standards and safety regulations when using gas at home; - use of faulty electrical appliances and gas-using equipment. To prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, it is necessary to install and maintain in working order autonomous carbon monoxide detectors in rooms where gas-using equipment with organized exhaust of combustion products is installed. An analysis of accidents shows that most of them could have been avoided if a residual current device (RCD) had been installed in the electrical network of a house or apartment. Of all the known electrical protective devices, an RCD is the only one that provides protection for a person from electric shock when touching live parts. This device essentially monitors the state of the insulation of the electrical wiring, and if a current leak is detected, it immediately disconnects the damaged section. Its response time is no more than 0.4 s, which in most casesextension cords; - unauthorized entry of children into energy facilities; - failure to comply with basic electrical safety standards and safety regulations when using gas at home; - operation of faulty electrical appliances and gas-using equipment. To avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, it is necessary to ensure the installation and maintenance of autonomous carbon monoxide detectors in rooms where gas-using equipment with organized removal of combustion products is installed. An analysis of accidents shows that most of them could have been avoided if a residual current device (RCD) had been installed in the electrical network of a house or apartment. Of all the known electrical protective devices, an RCD is the only one that provides protection for a person from electric shock when touching live parts. This device essentially monitors the state of the insulation of the electrical wiring, and if a current leak is detected, it immediately disconnects the damaged section. Its response time is no more than 0.4 s, which in most casesextension cords; - unauthorized entry of children into energy facilities; - failure to comply with basic electrical safety standards and safety regulations when using gas at home; - operation of faulty electrical appliances and gas-using equipment. To avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, it is necessary to ensure the installation and maintenance of autonomous carbon monoxide detectors in rooms where gas-using equipment with organized removal of combustion products is installed. An analysis of accidents shows that most of them could have been avoided if a residual current device (RCD) had been installed in the electrical network of a house or apartment. Of all the known electrical protective devices, an RCD is the only one that provides protection for a person from electric shock when touching live parts. This device essentially monitors the state of the insulation of the electrical wiring, and if a current leak is detected, it immediately disconnects the damaged section. Its response time is no more than 0.4 s, which in most cases
