dayton Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 2264 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 36 Topic Count: 114 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 493 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 125 Achievement Points: 3997 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2020 Birthday: 05/03/1979 Posted July 23, 2012 so went to work this morning and the foreman removed the utility box covers (don't ask i don't know why) then he sends me over next to one to work,(I shoulda known better than to be around this thing) someone asked me a question, i stood up turned to answer them and put the prybar right into the utility box....BOOM. it sodered the prybar to the box but didnt get me except some singed hair. my foreman thought he killed me. im ok, just a lil shaken up about it. i was holding the prybar, why wouldn't the current bite me? if someone can answer this please do. its bugging me.
Gatorgirl Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 2986 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 206 Topic Count: 384 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6456 Content Per Day: 1.31 Reputation: 7140 Achievement Points: 50711 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/13/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 12/19/1967 Device: iPhone Posted July 23, 2012 OMG, so glad you are ok!!!!! Do you guys have a lockout/tagout program? At our place (chemical plant) everything has to be de-energized and locked out before work can begin. Once again, so glad you are ok!!!! hxtr, HellKid and Angel 3 Awards
hxtr Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted July 23, 2012 Sounds like you weren't properly grounded...... (good thing). If you were you would have been zapped to death. Shoes or what you were standing on must have isolated or insolated you making the current find another less resistant path to travel. Could have been what saved you. If you were hanging on something grounded then that happened.. you may have faced a different fate. Glad your ok.... that sounds a bit scary. Some of the work I have done I have come so close. Guess why I don't take everything so serious. I should have dies many times in my life. Angel and HellKid 2
Damage_inc- Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted July 23, 2012 im happy u were able to make this post..it really could have been over... btw my bud i work with should write a book the best advice I never took...he has some great ones. like the old man he asked whats the secret to your happy life and long marriage?..He says "never pass up a piece of ass cuz it might be the best piece of ass you ever had.."..LMFAO Awards
Wraith Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 3135 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 95 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 52 Achievement Points: 659 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/16/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2013 Birthday: 04/19/1964 Posted July 23, 2012 Lucky you! I agree, you were not properly grounded. Your shoes probably saved your life. Had your body been a direct path to earth ground from the pry bar you were holding it would have passed directly through your heart seizing the muscle. It only takes 200-300mA to kill a human being. That would have been much, much higher. You are indeed lucky, my friend. You'd better start going to church!!! =)
Bama Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 19 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 101 Topic Count: 318 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4445 Content Per Day: 0.78 Reputation: 2769 Achievement Points: 29415 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 3, 2024 Birthday: 02/29/1968 Device: Windows Posted July 23, 2012 You are very lucky Dayton. Did the other end of the bar contact the case of the box when the event happened (one end on the power, the other end on the case) ? That might explain the path the current took. If not, then you were just damn lucky that the tip of the prybar shorted out against both ground and power, which is why it welded. If the bar only contacted the power, and you were holding it.. depending on the voltage supply.. you would have been toast regardless of what kind of shoes you were wearing. You were isolated from ground, and a very lucky man. RIPZILLA and hxtr 2 Awards
BUDMAN Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 139 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7100 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4638 Achievement Points: 60384 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Online Last Seen: Just now Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Posted July 23, 2012 I would have to agree with Bama on this one !!! Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted July 23, 2012 Thank the Lord you are OK! If you work around high voltage, surely there are procedures to keep you safe? Over here, such an incident would require filing a report to the Health & Safety Executive; is this being reported to OSHA? Gatorgirl 1 Awards
loaderXI Posted July 23, 2012 Member ID: 252 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 72 Topic Count: 396 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 6438 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 6581 Achievement Points: 54654 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 32 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 03/22/1965 Device: Windows Posted July 23, 2012 U need to thank the Lord....Had same kinda thing happen in my home town...The result was a young man lost his life nd took some time to get him as power was still running the hole time.....Glad to hear this was not ur end but God has other plans for sure simplemod and Pharticus 2 Awards
dayton Posted July 24, 2012 Member ID: 2264 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 36 Topic Count: 114 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 493 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 125 Achievement Points: 3997 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2020 Birthday: 05/03/1979 Author Posted July 24, 2012 thanks guys. my buddy from the jobsite called. i guess when the d.p.l (dayton power& light) showed up they saw the prybar and asked how bad was i hurt? foreman said "he's fine just went home for the day, shook up". they said they don't know how thats possible that i should be 100% dead right now. but yeah i attend church almost every week and say prayer everynight. guess it works. thinking about it i think your right bama i think the prybar touched the current but the otherside (that got welded) is were it traveled to (obviously) not me. i won everything today. HellKid, DEEJAYKEG, simplemod and 1 other 4
7Toes Posted July 24, 2012 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted July 24, 2012 osha reqs if your within 36 inchs of a open box must have correct ppo flash gaurd sheild gloves apron they could be fimed for having the boxes open and exsposed Gatorgirl 1 Awards
7Toes Posted July 24, 2012 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted July 24, 2012 you should see the shit i had to wear to work on electrical boxes or disconnects took me longer to suit up then to fix the damn thing lolo :crazy: hxtr 1 Awards
hxtr Posted July 24, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted July 24, 2012 We need a "Escaped Near Death" medal and Dayton should get the first one. I will ask Markoff and Rockape for it. dayton 1
simplemod Posted July 24, 2012 Member ID: 623 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1072 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 417 Achievement Points: 7809 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 27, 2018 Birthday: 10/26/1982 Posted July 24, 2012 WOW, glad you're ok. Definitely had your guardian angel carrying you today.
IceMan NZ Posted July 25, 2012 Member ID: 694 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 440 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 115 Achievement Points: 2734 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2022 Birthday: 01/05/1989 Posted July 25, 2012 Holy shit, sombody was differently watching out for you.. Awards
PingLo Posted July 25, 2012 Member ID: 1103 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 64 Topic Count: 119 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1977 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 1122 Achievement Points: 15642 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 02/08/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 16, 2013 Birthday: 01/01/2012 Posted July 25, 2012 Holy Cow, what a Shocking Story!! Congrats man, you just won the lottery!
dayton Posted July 25, 2012 Member ID: 2264 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 36 Topic Count: 114 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 493 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 125 Achievement Points: 3997 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/27/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 13, 2020 Birthday: 05/03/1979 Author Posted July 25, 2012 you guys are the best.
Noears711XI Posted July 25, 2012 Member ID: 238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 189 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2162 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1940 Achievement Points: 19609 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 8, 2022 Birthday: 07/09/1957 Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Dayton you crazy bastard I am so glad you are a live. You have been touched but not in the way HXTR would have touched you. Edited July 25, 2012 by Noears711>XI< hxtr, Pharticus and Bama 3 Awards
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