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Porcupine_I on 12 July 2011
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Seece said:
Porcupine_I said:
i touched a live 400Volts 1200 Amps copper conductor once, while standing on a grounded metal walkway.

Next think i knew was lying on my back with the apprentice, who gave me the faulty test bulb i checked with beforehand, staring in my face. While the other guy who had told me "he had switched everything off" was nowhere to be seen.

I checked my heart rate, it was normal, i got up and continued with my work. i was shaking a bit though, and couldn't touch copper conductors for a while after that.

I assume you were working? Surely you could have sued!!

yes, i was working, but who would i have sued? i had checked for life current before as i was supposed to, but the bulb was faulty so it didn't show any. it wasn't my apprentices afult, he couldn't have known that it didn't work.

taught me to be more careful though.



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