Irish woman fatally electrocuted after holding cell phone in bath tubThe widow's husband made a call to the deceased 23 seconds before he found her unresponsive in an en-suite bathroom at their family home. Article continues belowHe stated that many people are being misled into "a false illusion of safety" by mobile phone manufacturers like Apple, who advertise their equipment as waterproof. It gives people the idea that you can have your phone near water," O'Gorman pointed out. ‌She determined the cause of death to be electrocution by a charging cable and phone while in a bath. View 4 Images Witness consultant forensic engineer, Paul Collins‌In response to questions from Dr. Gallagher, who noted that mobile phone chargers had a low voltage, the engineer said that an electric current of just 2 amps, which is typical for mobile phone chargers, was "more than enough" to kill a person.