Maybe I'm naive having never worked for a contractor.
Do this: imagine you get hurt or worse; regardless of how small the likelihood of that happening is. It doesn't matter how careful you are or who asked you if you were comfortable doing the work. What happens at your house with your family when you can no longer provide income for them or yourself. The person who asked you if you were comfortable is not going to take care of them.
Your gloves & glasses will only protect you from so much. Do you even know what arc flash is?
I've never before been angry while reading this forum. I'm going to curse if I post anything further tonight.
You shouldn't curse, because I don't disagree with you. {see last response, before yours}
You never worked for a contractor?
How did you become a licensed electrician?
What kind of electrical do you do, service calls?
It doesn't happen all the time, once in awhile, and since it happened at pretty much every place I worked, licensed journeymen, master electricians, electrical foremen, it seemed that people were aware of it.
But it sounds like it hasn't happened with people here. Or if so, they don't talk about it openly.
If so, I won't either.
But I have a few complaints about how apprentices are treated.
Mainly they are told to constantly work faster or they will be fired. They are so used to that, that even when they are told to go slow and be careful, some still try to push the limit.
