That worker should have been wearing, a should be required to wear, personal protective equipment when performing such a hazardous task. Consult NFPA 70E.
All accidents are preventable. A corollary is - if it can't be done safely, then it shouldn't be done.
it looks like the man racked a breaker in while it was closed. thats a big no no. i would also guess this switchgear is 2200 volts or better. 480 is mean, but that was one hell of an arc blast. IBEW 307
@Golddy81 with respect to your comment, yes you are correct. however, ive been a journeyman for 5 years and only worked gear de-energized on a new installation. ive did alot of hospital work and shutting a gear down would kill power to people on life support. and nobody is going to run an emergency generator for me to rack a breaker in. its dangerous but this is our trade. IBEW 307
I believe he was wearing a CAT. 0 Suit ...He should of been wearing a CAT. 4....Just remember Brothers u only get one life. And your Family would not want to get that call that there was an accident ... ROCK ON IBEW !!!
that man died of the injuries i suffered, he was tensioning the spring in the switch.
This operation is possible to do with the door closed, if he had done this with the door closed he would have survived no matter what since these doors are made to withstand this.
lol that guy is so dead. He was wearing a shirt and pants, and those gloves might save you from boiling water but that was a lot of electricity and fire.
I'm just glad he's okay, I hate seeing people get hurt while they're working. No matter how much I hate somebody I would never want them to get hurt while at work, if they're doing something stupid..... lol that's a different story!
Well this would never happen with the company I work for cause we know to test for power before we touch anything. Infact I work for one of the safest company's in the world.
@Rushworshiper92 If you knew what you were talking about, you would know you can't really test for voltage on a rack out breaker (which this is). Usually, there are shutters in the cabinet covering the contacts. If you try to lift them, you will be violating safe working distance. But since your company is so safe, I guess that means there has never been an accident???
@metermatch Sorry, I had a few beers before I watched the video...... But there really hasn't ever been an accident in the past many years because every electrician goes through the proper procedures, remember every accident CAN be prevented it's just a matter of how far you are willing to go to be safe. It takes me 20 mins to do a simple Bus swing and Isolation, do i complain? No, because it's more safe and I get paid the same wether I get one job done or ten because safety first.
@Rushworshiper92 I also went through two years of hell (training) to do it. Our company also mandates more safety exuipment than shown here. I also stand to the side of the breaker when racking, never in front like these guys. The cranks I use are in the lower right corner, so I can stand off to the side.
no tool shorts would do that that was a board fault and it deserives him right monkeys should stay in the forest not near electricty if u dont knw it and love it then ur gona get ur arse shocked buy it
The fellow put his safety googles on just before manually cranking out that circuit breaker. The breaker was under load and should have been tagged out properly, a safety procedure designed to avoid an accident like this. My heart goes out to this guy.
@kimmer6 After reading all the comments there seems to be real guessing going on. I worked for GE on gas turbine generator sets. The generator puts out 13,800 volts through a breaker like this, the size of a refrigerator. There is a push button setup that drives a motor to lift or lower the breaker from the main contacts. It will not operate if the breaker is energized. However, there is a manual crank to raise/lower the unit. It ispossible to override the mechanical safety devices.
Con Edison had an accident like this where 2 were killed racking out a breaker under load. GE had some training circuit breakers that we had to operate at the FEP in Schenectady and they constantly stressed safety procedures to avoid accidents. Even the training breakers snap like a giant rat trap with the huge springs inside. I find it impossible to believe that the guy survived. My 3 posts, yes, this haunts me. I retired from power generation years ago, sick of travelling the world.
I hope this never happens to my dad he works in sub stations and transformers he works for a company called Waeksha Electric and they are the bigest transformer company in the world and I worry about him all the time
With this level of fault energy PPE would have offered very little protection. The problem here is that they racked a cirutcuit breaker back in and on to a fault. The circuit breaker will have been rated to break fault current but no to remake a circuit with a fault on. Hence the catastrophic failue of the device.PPE is the last line of defence and no substitute for competence and good practice and procedures.
Didn't know what the hell he was doing at first, till I read your comment that is. Your totally right! The knockout sets will click twice when using them (when each side of the specialized blade goes through it clicks) typically about five seconds apart. If you listen really close you can hear the clicks. One 5 seconds apart from the 2nd then BOOM! He totally should have cut the power before he serviced it. Especially for knocking out a hole. I feel bad for the guy, but it was his fault.
it looks like he was using a knock out set (crank type) to make a hole or something. I wonder if the wrench fell in and crossed terminals. I will never do that on a live switchgear.
@koasurfer yeah if they were smart they wouldnt use metal for their tools. they would use some other type of hard substance or metal coated in something hard
@huntman40 mine are 10,000 and i dont even work with that kinda voltage. if you work with high voltage and use tools rated with a lower voltage mark you deserve to get burned
I'm going to assume he died from burns alone forgetting about heart failure from a commercial shock, but I've tried to find articles and more information about this video and the techs. involved. Does anyone know anything else about this vid?
I'm going to assume he died from burns alone forgetting about heart failure from a commercial shock, but I've tried to find articles and more information about this video and the techs. involved. Does anyone know anything else about this vid?
There is no PPE for switchgear this size. The blast wave alone is enough to kill someone, a flash suit isn't going to stop that. I went through arc flash training and we learned that the most protective PPE available will let you walk away with 2nd degree burns in the "best case scenario." After hearing that, I have refused to touch stuff like this. It's not even worth it if there is an accident. If you don't die, you'll be scarred for the rest of your life. No thanks.
I thnk he made mistakes / never check properly during racking in the breakers. The mistakes might include 1. the switchgear was closed already when he was racking in and the downstream load side has also go short circuit. 2. the switchgear might be internally short circuit due to foreign materials inside which he missed out to remove during repair, 3 He bypassed some earth switch / locking magnet for some reasons and he might forgot to normalize after servicing
It's no joke. I get crap from fellow workers all the time. One got so pissed he wanted to fight me right there on the job 'cause I refused to continue our work snaking out a badly stopped up drain line whose clean-out was right about some live 3" conduits -
It's no joke. I get crap from fellow workers all the time. One got so pissed he wanted to fight me right there on the job 'cause I refused to continue our work snaking out a badly stopped up drain line whose clean-out was right about some live 3" conduits -
Points to note 1. Only Authorized Electrical Person must do the switching, commissioning, maintenance and repair, 2. Never to rush / Never to make joke / Never to feel stress although working under pressure when we are working with the live electrical equipment, 3. Must aware of Lock out / Tag Out (or) Proper Switching / Isolation procedure before working starts
w/out stopping everything, finding and using some vizqueen platic covering over the conduits 1st. Playin' w/your life? OK, I guess. But, don't play with mine! Had to mention during his fit, that we just crossed into a "Hostile Work Enviornment" before the dude chilled out. Psycho Freak.
The guy in this video died, A plasma arc is hotter than the surface of the sun. This video has been used in training to show just how dangerous plasma arcs can be and how the ionised gas around the arc conducts the electricity and can kill you....
@SmashCOBamberg mate, he died! Vaporized, His supervisor which you see on the screen was in court for a few month and he has a nervous break-down! He has quit his career!
@ShahnamPersia wait what? thats just silly, that wasnt even his supervisor in his room...I go to school for this and our instructor showed us this video....apparently the guy was wearing his PPE and he only received minor injuries, however if he wasnt properly dressed the consequences wouldve been dire
@Lifewontwait29 I'm a second year Electrician. They both used to work with my teacher (who is a part-time electrical teacher and also an electrical contractor) before these two moved to QLD to work for another company. The one walking back was in court for a few month, and now he has had a nervous break-down and has quit his career.
@Lifewontwait29 Please have a better look and you will see he is not wearing appropriate PPE. All he is wearing is protective glasses, ear-muffs and helmet.
@SmashCOBamberg I'm glad to hear that, but I have been told in several places that he died. Do you have some confirmation that he survived? In my job, our PPE includes what he was wearing, but the full face shield shield is dark, like a actelyne welding goggle, and a second arc resistant smock worn over everything else.
That was huge gear. Could have been in a hospital or something. Cant always deenergize. And it looked like he was winding a disconnect to kill what he was prob gonna work on next
That close to breaker or disconnects we must wear level three arc flash protection suit hood and suit, Our suit looks bomb blast suits. This fellow had nothing but hard hat. Arc flash is explosion of energy creating the heat of the sun, electrical shock and Shrapnel. I am protected but still hold my breath when closing.
Yeah, when we mess with anything that dangerous we have to wear full PPE suits, I don't know who he worked for but it's a shame they didn't enforce such safety precautions..
We DON'T all know he died. Burns and hearing damage, for sure, Probably some shrapnel and copper slag, but the electrician was not the quickest path to ground. The neutral/ground busses and the enclosure were the fastest path to ground.
There is no PPE for switchgear of this size. You can be wearing a 50 cal/cm flash suit, but if your the guy racking one of those breakers in and it flashes on you, you'll be lucky if they can recognize your body afterwards.
Yeah--I was warned by a coworker never to stand directly in front of a 440 door panel with a push button start up--stand to the side. He said that if the switch blew, it would take the door and you with it. Thirty five years later, I know now what he meant. I left the business after 1 year anyway. This is a vivid sample of what the pros learn by years in the business....
well in fact, sometimes you just cant cut all the power in a large company by instance our a factory. but they didnt use any protection at all so, work safe kids :P
@thijs166 But in such circumstance, you NEED to close the switchboard door! They are made to withstand explosions -each to their degree- and there are vents on the top of the this cabinet -which you can the explosion light on the top of it- to lead the smoke and fire up.
you can't work on the parts inside the enclosure with the door closed. and the vents are to let air flow through to cool the equipment inside, not to vent an explosion upwards; thats retarded.
if the door was close and the electrician had not been working on it the explosion wouldn't of happened, your comment doesn't make any sense.
Yes it was. It happened in an industrial facility in the north of England. This is what happens when you connect 11,000 volts straight to earth. Can't imagine the current! I believe the safety interlocks failed on this incident. Normally they wouldn't be able to do that.
Videos such as this are used for Arc flash training. He's lucky he;s alive, an Arc flash is Hotter than the surface of the Sun. And while shutting off Power is a FIRST with the NEC. Its just NOT always a reality.
Bad day
meggerbiddle 1 week ago in playlist Electrical Mishaps
Vegeta, what does the voltmeter say about its power level?
aikidoka111 1 week ago
Holy fuck. Was the person vaporized? Jesus christ that could have been thousands of volts in a flash.
Xilstealth 1 month ago
that was a 4000 volt flash, the man aint just dead, hes completely erased from existence!!!
cobosization 2 months ago
Holy fuck that would scare the shit outta me!
muthafuckindevilsson 2 months ago
It shows that the workers did not take proper precautions, not that ALL POWER IS BAD, MMMKAY!
doyourmominthebutt 2 months ago
"The video here shows that electric installations are very dangerous."
No, it doesn't.
doyourmominthebutt 2 months ago
@doyourmominthebutt how doesnt it
TheBresett 2 months ago
solution: use properly designed equipment
nuttyboffin 3 months ago
Was shown this in college as an example of the dangers of arcing on 3 phase installations. Poor guy his m8 must feel terrible...
N7SpectreLT 3 months ago
I can't say for sure, but I can almost guarantee that this was an avoidable accident. Most are.
myguitardidyermom12 3 months ago
Damn, I hope that guy survived :/
Gerbilsftw 3 months ago
@Gerbilsftw sadly i dont think he did...
Blackhawksfan1993 3 months ago
This is the reason we have SCADA in the UK
bobbj77 4 months ago
When i was a child a saw somethin similar to this, and that day i made uo my mind that i will not do electrical engineering or the likes of it.
rudolph098 4 months ago
Interesting. looks very funny but is not funny. :-/
TheSnailfan 4 months ago
FUCK. Did he live?
Nature scary. Electricity VERY scary.
Snoep76239 4 months ago
That worker should have been wearing, a should be required to wear, personal protective equipment when performing such a hazardous task. Consult NFPA 70E.
All accidents are preventable. A corollary is - if it can't be done safely, then it shouldn't be done.
Blackeneth1 5 months ago 3
it looks like the man racked a breaker in while it was closed. thats a big no no. i would also guess this switchgear is 2200 volts or better. 480 is mean, but that was one hell of an arc blast. IBEW 307
vinnyyz250 6 months ago
thats why we have a no live work policy
rebelliousitch 6 months ago
Working de energized switchgear is always the best way to work. IBEW LU728
Golddy81 7 months ago
@Golddy81 with respect to your comment, yes you are correct. however, ive been a journeyman for 5 years and only worked gear de-energized on a new installation. ive did alot of hospital work and shutting a gear down would kill power to people on life support. and nobody is going to run an emergency generator for me to rack a breaker in. its dangerous but this is our trade. IBEW 307
vinnyyz250 6 months ago
Respect to the electrical workers who face this danger everyday they go to work.
pmgodfrey 7 months ago
Great scott! 1.21 Gigawatts just exploded. Too bad he was not going 88mph.
XboxorMat 7 months ago
stupid person they should shut off the electric when they do mantanence work
MrAh102 7 months ago
looked like with his arm in a winding or cranking motion , must of been using a megger.
thatDUDEjay1 7 months ago
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irnobody 7 months ago
@thatDUDEjay1 hahahahah damn u are funny no offence though
there are 2 cases
either he was removing the breaker or putting it back in
1. if he was removing it the gene was still on and when the breaker opened the connection the result = electric arc
2. if he was putting it back in that means one pole or maybe all of them had contact resistance in ohms
which would also result in arc.
now look at his arm movement
if its clockwise it would be case 2
if its anti clockwise it would be case 1
irnobody 7 months ago
did he died
tapion97 9 months ago
@tapion97 go suck a dick with your circle jerk friends hahah
SuperNobama1 8 months ago
@SuperNobama1 clean up isle 3 HAHAHA
SuperNobama1 7 months ago
@SuperNobama1 he died 'HAHAHA' asshole
Ahelphand 5 months ago
@Ahelphand Well maby he shouldent have been playing lasso with 2000 amps. D:
SuperNobama1 5 months ago
the original video:
watch?v=W6Im7PLduwc&feature=related
Vjeetn 11 months ago
@tizreet lol
TheMrGreenlimeade 11 months ago
I believe he was wearing a CAT. 0 Suit ...He should of been wearing a CAT. 4....Just remember Brothers u only get one life. And your Family would not want to get that call that there was an accident ... ROCK ON IBEW !!!
michigan4u2nv 11 months ago 4
that man died of the injuries i suffered, he was tensioning the spring in the switch.
This operation is possible to do with the door closed, if he had done this with the door closed he would have survived no matter what since these doors are made to withstand this.
theninaclnee 11 months ago
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theninaclnee 11 months ago
Evaporated. I guess no there was no arc chute.
SOLISDEUS 1 year ago
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275698186 1 year ago
If he was wearing the proper safety equipment, he might have lived with severe injuries. If not, they found him extra crispy and a tad bit overdone.
Lessinath 1 year ago
Yodawg I heard you like videos so we put a video in your video...
feki00 1 year ago
woow
ReserveBeat 1 year ago
did the machine die?
Arjoonmoal 1 year ago
Dood?
omer66gs 1 year ago
oeoeoeo what does that button do?....
desv3n 1 year ago
Did he die?
edgarbustamante94 1 year ago
@edgarbustamante94
yes
woldbeats77 1 year ago
Oh I do this all the time, hes simply teleporting to pack a punch his weapon. duh...
rcedwardsen 1 year ago
:(
ensdu42 1 year ago
Nothing to mess with.
Rebelx1969 1 year ago
13 Amish people watched this.
modestmoose83 1 year ago
why would you post someone dieing on here if anyone thinks he surived that then you are a mug
811hlambert 1 year ago
lol, ? the guy isn't just dead, he evaporated, and i'm serious, we've had a few days training in a high voltage facility.
nielvanroy 1 year ago
Why you never work in a hot cabinet.
pimpb0tt 1 year ago
lol that guy is so dead. He was wearing a shirt and pants, and those gloves might save you from boiling water but that was a lot of electricity and fire.
Fucking barbecued
aoash2 1 year ago
even chuck norris will NOT survive this!
theindiman 1 year ago
@theindiman ......Chuck Norris can conduct electricity thru his fists...he'd be fine
Eagle1538 1 year ago
I'm just glad he's okay, I hate seeing people get hurt while they're working. No matter how much I hate somebody I would never want them to get hurt while at work, if they're doing something stupid..... lol that's a different story!
HaloToday 1 year ago
Hey Dawg i heard you like videos, so i put a video in your video so you can watch a video while your watching a video
Agraffyx 1 year ago
im goin to school for general electrician an this is only thing i dread about the field
lifeofgreen 1 year ago
shit aint funny about teleporting i was a in a arc flash accident by just opening up a panel you make comments until it happens to you real funny
masoako1980 1 year ago
glad to hear it wow...
drivin69 1 year ago
sorry budy that safty mask wont save ya.
5445252 1 year ago
tada.....6 feet under that ceiling!!
7wattsy 1 year ago
what a fancy way to teleport to his home
MegaCrystalMeth 1 year ago
what a fucking bang
123456johansson 1 year ago
Naver say naver. cuz it can happen to you !
67tr876 1 year ago
oooppppppssss
Mr50fan 1 year ago
ach du scheisse, muss ein fehler der arbeiters sein!!!
neO4mi0 1 year ago
i Think he teleported back to the mainframe to use the pack-a-punch ! Way to go on round 10 my friend.
Theblades100 1 year ago
damnn im in electrical school but when i see something like this makes me wanna change my profession lol
rele1986 1 year ago
Well this would never happen with the company I work for cause we know to test for power before we touch anything. Infact I work for one of the safest company's in the world.
Rushworshiper92 1 year ago
@Rushworshiper92 If you knew what you were talking about, you would know you can't really test for voltage on a rack out breaker (which this is). Usually, there are shutters in the cabinet covering the contacts. If you try to lift them, you will be violating safe working distance. But since your company is so safe, I guess that means there has never been an accident???
metermatch 1 year ago
@metermatch Sorry, I had a few beers before I watched the video...... But there really hasn't ever been an accident in the past many years because every electrician goes through the proper procedures, remember every accident CAN be prevented it's just a matter of how far you are willing to go to be safe. It takes me 20 mins to do a simple Bus swing and Isolation, do i complain? No, because it's more safe and I get paid the same wether I get one job done or ten because safety first.
Rushworshiper92 1 year ago
@Rushworshiper92 I also went through two years of hell (training) to do it. Our company also mandates more safety exuipment than shown here. I also stand to the side of the breaker when racking, never in front like these guys. The cranks I use are in the lower right corner, so I can stand off to the side.
metermatch 1 year ago
haha wow! that must have been funny to see XD
gzzzz nhnhnh gzzz hehe
tannalv 1 year ago
@tannalv I do not see the humor ,do you work in the trade?
gds2112 1 year ago
no tool shorts would do that that was a board fault and it deserives him right monkeys should stay in the forest not near electricty if u dont knw it and love it then ur gona get ur arse shocked buy it
soulmasterdw 1 year ago
i bet he is like i seen the light...... its not good
nathan1986911 1 year ago
The fellow put his safety googles on just before manually cranking out that circuit breaker. The breaker was under load and should have been tagged out properly, a safety procedure designed to avoid an accident like this. My heart goes out to this guy.
kimmer6 1 year ago
@kimmer6 After reading all the comments there seems to be real guessing going on. I worked for GE on gas turbine generator sets. The generator puts out 13,800 volts through a breaker like this, the size of a refrigerator. There is a push button setup that drives a motor to lift or lower the breaker from the main contacts. It will not operate if the breaker is energized. However, there is a manual crank to raise/lower the unit. It ispossible to override the mechanical safety devices.
kimmer6 1 year ago
Con Edison had an accident like this where 2 were killed racking out a breaker under load. GE had some training circuit breakers that we had to operate at the FEP in Schenectady and they constantly stressed safety procedures to avoid accidents. Even the training breakers snap like a giant rat trap with the huge springs inside. I find it impossible to believe that the guy survived. My 3 posts, yes, this haunts me. I retired from power generation years ago, sick of travelling the world.
kimmer6 1 year ago
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CrazyEddie76 1 year ago
I'm deadly afraid of electricity. Now I see why electricians make good money.
bobbyknight1970 1 year ago
hes teleported into the future and saved us from terminators
Gamenamer 1 year ago 66
@Gamenamer lol!
MrRedeyedJedi 1 year ago
@Gamenamer
Fuck This XD
AristhodessVideos 1 year ago
@Gamenamer he actually succumbed to his injuries and is no longer with us. A little respect?
emutiny 5 months ago
@Gamenamer loooooool
freakruka 3 months ago
Wow, that looked painful.
JoelRyan1991 1 year ago
he's not dead he's in the past
gypshasballs22 1 year ago
awsome dude! ;D
angerfistbaSS 1 year ago
AND THE LOCK OUT TAG??????
hendrixxx111 1 year ago
I hope this never happens to my dad he works in sub stations and transformers he works for a company called Waeksha Electric and they are the bigest transformer company in the world and I worry about him all the time
pearldrumsarecool 1 year ago
is that the night that the lights went out in georgia?
MERCURHILLMANIAC 1 year ago 7
With this level of fault energy PPE would have offered very little protection. The problem here is that they racked a cirutcuit breaker back in and on to a fault. The circuit breaker will have been rated to break fault current but no to remake a circuit with a fault on. Hence the catastrophic failue of the device.PPE is the last line of defence and no substitute for competence and good practice and procedures.
No1Mitch 1 year ago
is dead?
Meemix 1 year ago
holly shit!
arielatom03 1 year ago
lol ostro
MTHpirotechMTC 1 year ago
WTF !!
poor man .
beLphe6ore 1 year ago
Didn't know what the hell he was doing at first, till I read your comment that is. Your totally right! The knockout sets will click twice when using them (when each side of the specialized blade goes through it clicks) typically about five seconds apart. If you listen really close you can hear the clicks. One 5 seconds apart from the 2nd then BOOM! He totally should have cut the power before he serviced it. Especially for knocking out a hole. I feel bad for the guy, but it was his fault.
sk8terjb 1 year ago
it looks like he was using a knock out set (crank type) to make a hole or something. I wonder if the wrench fell in and crossed terminals. I will never do that on a live switchgear.
koasurfer 1 year ago
@koasurfer yeah if they were smart they wouldnt use metal for their tools. they would use some other type of hard substance or metal coated in something hard
redmastif01 1 year ago
@redmastif01 they do!! all sparks tools are shock proof so they dont conduct electricity where you hold them
superspark22 1 year ago
@superspark22 so that was just a freak accident then
redmastif01 1 year ago
@superspark22 but the tools insulation is often rated to only 1000v
huntman40 1 year ago
@huntman40 mine are 10,000 and i dont even work with that kinda voltage. if you work with high voltage and use tools rated with a lower voltage mark you deserve to get burned
superspark22 1 year ago
holllllly shit
A9900960 1 year ago
#FAIL
countrypoop 1 year ago
#OMG whoa... hope he lived... doubt it
TomShloop2 1 year ago
a 100 000 volts dans une centrale a plus de 2 metres elle vous attire comme de l,aimant magnetique
shawnee2014 1 year ago
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I'm going to assume he died from burns alone forgetting about heart failure from a commercial shock, but I've tried to find articles and more information about this video and the techs. involved. Does anyone know anything else about this vid?
KeyboardTurner 1 year ago
farrrk that guy got mcsizzled
ukiboy69 1 year ago
I am a high voltage test engineer, And i cal tell you that he would not have minor inurys, At best he would be blinded and badly burnt.
BigBenSFC 1 year ago
what exactley is an arc flash??
UndeadRenegade1 1 year ago
There is no PPE for switchgear this size. The blast wave alone is enough to kill someone, a flash suit isn't going to stop that. I went through arc flash training and we learned that the most protective PPE available will let you walk away with 2nd degree burns in the "best case scenario." After hearing that, I have refused to touch stuff like this. It's not even worth it if there is an accident. If you don't die, you'll be scarred for the rest of your life. No thanks.
fengineer08 1 year ago
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ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
Vaporized!
sycabal 1 year ago
Look like he was racking in......yeah...PPE was not followed, and the unit was engerized so it wasn't tagged out
eosrk 1 year ago
I thnk he made mistakes / never check properly during racking in the breakers. The mistakes might include 1. the switchgear was closed already when he was racking in and the downstream load side has also go short circuit. 2. the switchgear might be internally short circuit due to foreign materials inside which he missed out to remove during repair, 3 He bypassed some earth switch / locking magnet for some reasons and he might forgot to normalize after servicing
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@bullseye95 1 of 2
Amen to that,brother.
It's no joke. I get crap from fellow workers all the time. One got so pissed he wanted to fight me right there on the job 'cause I refused to continue our work snaking out a badly stopped up drain line whose clean-out was right about some live 3" conduits -
FriscoDuck415 1 year ago
@bullseye95 1 of 2
Amen to that,brother.
It's no joke. I get crap from fellow workers all the time. One got so pissed he wanted to fight me right there on the job 'cause I refused to continue our work snaking out a badly stopped up drain line whose clean-out was right about some live 3" conduits -
FriscoDuck415 1 year ago
Points to note 1. Only Authorized Electrical Person must do the switching, commissioning, maintenance and repair, 2. Never to rush / Never to make joke / Never to feel stress although working under pressure when we are working with the live electrical equipment, 3. Must aware of Lock out / Tag Out (or) Proper Switching / Isolation procedure before working starts
kspmkspm 1 year ago
@bullseye95
2 of 2
w/out stopping everything, finding and using some vizqueen platic covering over the conduits 1st. Playin' w/your life? OK, I guess. But, don't play with mine! Had to mention during his fit, that we just crossed into a "Hostile Work Enviornment" before the dude chilled out. Psycho Freak.
FriscoDuck415 1 year ago
The guy in this video died, A plasma arc is hotter than the surface of the sun. This video has been used in training to show just how dangerous plasma arcs can be and how the ionised gas around the arc conducts the electricity and can kill you....
glenwoofit 1 year ago
this guy is a dick head they have those big blast doors for a reason so you dont get vaporized from an arc flash
luvbigexplosions 1 year ago
wow i dont understand how that guy isnt dead
flow3232 1 year ago
Shouldn't emergency backup lighting have come on, so anyone looking to exit the building could see where to exit?
johnorlitta 1 year ago
KFC !!!
oellah 1 year ago
KFC!!!!!!!!
oellah 1 year ago
That took forever to distinguish...who did the coordination/ mitigation.
jesusvel101 1 year ago
I'm glad to tell everybody that the guy was ok (he was wearing tested protective clothing and only had minor injuries)
SmashCOBamberg 1 year ago 28
@SmashCOBamberg mate, he died! Vaporized, His supervisor which you see on the screen was in court for a few month and he has a nervous break-down! He has quit his career!
ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
@ShahnamPersia wait what? thats just silly, that wasnt even his supervisor in his room...I go to school for this and our instructor showed us this video....apparently the guy was wearing his PPE and he only received minor injuries, however if he wasnt properly dressed the consequences wouldve been dire
Lifewontwait29 1 year ago
@Lifewontwait29 I'm a second year Electrician. They both used to work with my teacher (who is a part-time electrical teacher and also an electrical contractor) before these two moved to QLD to work for another company. The one walking back was in court for a few month, and now he has had a nervous break-down and has quit his career.
ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
@Lifewontwait29 Please have a better look and you will see he is not wearing appropriate PPE. All he is wearing is protective glasses, ear-muffs and helmet.
ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
@SmashCOBamberg
That must have looked epic from his point of view.
falaqdad15 1 year ago
@SmashCOBamberg it looks like he got fucking vaporized
CoryTaylerFan 1 year ago
@SmashCOBamberg
He was killed.
fengineer08 1 year ago
@SmashCOBamberg I'm glad to hear that, but I have been told in several places that he died. Do you have some confirmation that he survived? In my job, our PPE includes what he was wearing, but the full face shield shield is dark, like a actelyne welding goggle, and a second arc resistant smock worn over everything else.
metermatch 1 year ago
@SmashCOBamberg bad troll
angryheavyriff 1 year ago
omg the guy became barbecue
CloudFROST 1 year ago 2
So thats why my physics professor always said he has respects high voltage machines
RazielKain 1 year ago
Thats why they have Shut downs everything is dead why risk it..
zappedjack 1 year ago
That was huge gear. Could have been in a hospital or something. Cant always deenergize. And it looked like he was winding a disconnect to kill what he was prob gonna work on next
electropentatonic 1 year ago
ZAPP !!! they say u shouldnt mess with a power xD .. poor guy =S
GayBoyRunning 1 year ago
well hes fucked
nonamebrand1987 1 year ago 2
That close to breaker or disconnects we must wear level three arc flash protection suit hood and suit, Our suit looks bomb blast suits. This fellow had nothing but hard hat. Arc flash is explosion of energy creating the heat of the sun, electrical shock and Shrapnel. I am protected but still hold my breath when closing.
adventure002006 1 year ago
Yeah, when we mess with anything that dangerous we have to wear full PPE suits, I don't know who he worked for but it's a shame they didn't enforce such safety precautions..
Drillogik 1 year ago
The switchgears are loaded..better if he draw it in totally switchgear de-energized.
macrosmarcus 1 year ago
I saw this one on a training video at work. This is painful to watch. A very nasty accident.
bukster1 1 year ago
We DON'T all know he died. Burns and hearing damage, for sure, Probably some shrapnel and copper slag, but the electrician was not the quickest path to ground. The neutral/ground busses and the enclosure were the fastest path to ground.
cornstripple 1 year ago
3 letters.........PPE my friends! Im a Journeymen electrician and that shit is not a joke that had to be 150,000+ amps to ground
BossAriCh1187 1 year ago
There is no PPE for switchgear of this size. You can be wearing a 50 cal/cm flash suit, but if your the guy racking one of those breakers in and it flashes on you, you'll be lucky if they can recognize your body afterwards.
Be careful around this shit, its not a joke.
fengineer08 1 year ago 3
@fengineer08
They have remote racking devices now.
donniedonnie2 1 year ago
1. Freischalten 2. Gegen Wiedereinschalten sichern 3. Spannungsfreiheit feststellen 4. Erden und kurzschließen 5. Benachbarte, unter Spannung stehende Teile abdecken oder abschranken
dyegosh 2 years ago
we all know he died
it really suxs too
ballinsons 2 years ago
he should have had an arc suit on and been racking it in with the cabinet closed
KMT15 2 years ago
Yeah--I was warned by a coworker never to stand directly in front of a 440 door panel with a push button start up--stand to the side. He said that if the switch blew, it would take the door and you with it. Thirty five years later, I know now what he meant. I left the business after 1 year anyway. This is a vivid sample of what the pros learn by years in the business....
DOLRED 2 years ago
goddamn.
my uncle survived one of these...but his hair has never been the same. He's lucky.
Mikeanglo 2 years ago
kill all power,1st rule of being an electrician
rangers11000 2 years ago
well in fact, sometimes you just cant cut all the power in a large company by instance our a factory. but they didnt use any protection at all so, work safe kids :P
thijs166 2 years ago 2
@thijs166 But in such circumstance, you NEED to close the switchboard door! They are made to withstand explosions -each to their degree- and there are vents on the top of the this cabinet -which you can the explosion light on the top of it- to lead the smoke and fire up.
ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
@ShahnamPersia
you can't work on the parts inside the enclosure with the door closed. and the vents are to let air flow through to cool the equipment inside, not to vent an explosion upwards; thats retarded.
if the door was close and the electrician had not been working on it the explosion wouldn't of happened, your comment doesn't make any sense.
wookieinheat 1 year ago
@wookieinheat I can't remember exactly what he was doing, I ask and I will get back to you.
ShahnamPersia 1 year ago
@SBWaffelmann An oxyacetylene flame burns at some 3000°C (5400°F), lightning may easily be six times more.
Pirlinetor 2 years ago
Many ARC's are hotter than the surface of the sun. try googling it.
WorkoutModerator 2 years ago
Damn!!!!!!! Son of a BITch!!!! Ill stick to running pipe and pulling wire and such...
croakerchoker504 2 years ago
lol I hear you!!! GODDAMN
tikurgisila 2 years ago
yeah n im goimg to shcool for that
dreone101 2 years ago
In fact im a 100% sure this accident was fatal...
spunknchunky 2 years ago
Yes it was. It happened in an industrial facility in the north of England. This is what happens when you connect 11,000 volts straight to earth. Can't imagine the current! I believe the safety interlocks failed on this incident. Normally they wouldn't be able to do that.
zoomer1979 2 years ago
There have been a large number of interlock failures in the UK, it always comes down to 1 thing. MONEY
bobbj77 2 years ago
who are you folks kidding? this dude is more than likely dead...no telling the current but either way it was probably fatal
spunknchunky 2 years ago
*shudders* Hoooly fuck...
RubiRubisimo 2 years ago
Was he racking out or racking in...?....Looked like in....Holy fuck.
stripes5150 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
did he died?
masterDJ32 2 years ago
Videos such as this are used for Arc flash training. He's lucky he;s alive, an Arc flash is Hotter than the surface of the Sun. And while shutting off Power is a FIRST with the NEC. Its just NOT always a reality.
GARYT1956 2 years ago