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Never work on a building power main live
Here's a video of a guy working on a building power system - it was live and he crossed phases.
Bad. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a104/NORCALSTI/?action=view¤t=death.flv
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I assume that he was severely burned or killed.
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cooked like a piece of chicken...
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I didn't see any PPE there. If only people were forced to get training before they did stuff.
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Holy cow. That violates so many levels of safety practices it's almost funny. Working on high power stuff without even a supervisor, that's just insane.
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I don't think any PPE would have saved him. Wow...
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What's the supervisor do? It almost looked like fuel in there. What was it? How come the camera didn't immediately stop? Why *was* there a camera running on that?
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what was he doing? It looked like he was rotating something inside the box.
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Fuel = 3-phase, 347/600v (or more) + human flesh Camera = low-voltage power supply from a transformer located in a different area. If the camera was professionally installed, it would have a battery back-up, too, allowing it to run even with no power. Why camera? = Security Last edited by Danny_Ocean; 08-02-2008 at 03:37 PM.. |
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I guess I assumed that in a matter of life and death (really) you wouldn't need someone to tell you not to do whatever he was doing.
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When I work on mains, I check everything twice, use blankets, insulated tools and big freakin' insulated gloves. I see more "experienced" guys with their heads in the cabinets, dangling chains around their neck, cig hanging from their mouth, no gloves (still wearing their watch/ring), no blanket, no insulated tools, etc. Last edited by Danny_Ocean; 08-02-2008 at 03:43 PM.. |
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It looks like he is racking in a circuit breaker, or tightening a breaker charging spring. I work on stuff like this all the time. At the minumum, he should have been wearing a nomex flash suit and hood. That is required for anything over 400 amps. Seems all had had on was safety glasses.
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This is why I call a pro for anything beyond checking circuit breakers of changing a light bulb. Electricity scares the hell out of me... Okay, I'll admit to changing a switch...but I killed all power to the house & used a flashlight...
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I doubt that was 460V , looks more like medium voltage to me.... 460 won't spark like that ,, not from the blowouts I've seen
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Actually it probably would. Our guys wear full flash suits when they rack breakers that large. And that happens every few years in the utility business.
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