Abstract: A safety socket includes a cover plate having an opening, a spring-biased stepped plate, and a base plate having a first recessed portion for fixedly receiving the cover plate and a second recessed portion within which the stepped plate is slidable. Both the stepped plate and the base plate include a respective pair of hot slots. The stepped plate includes a raised plate which is designed to cooperate with the opening of the cover plate so that the raised plate is displaceable within the opening of the cover plate from a safety position, where the pair of hot slots on the stepped plate blocks the pair of hot slots on the base plate, to a work position, where the two pairs of hot slots are aligned for receiving a plug.