Aleman
Senior Member
- Location
- Southern Ca, USA
I was going to change out a 460V breaker sizing up from 20A to 30A to feed a small subpanel. I had my 1000V gloves, face shield, flame proof shirt.
My boss stopped me and said we would contract out this job since it had to be done hot. So the contractor comes in with no gloves, no face shield, t shirt and does the change.
The only safety they used was one guy had a hook on the guy doing the change so he would be able to pull him away from the panel. These were guys from a sizable licensed contractor.
I have seen other contractors do hot jobs with no PPE as well. Is this common to work 460V with no safety gear?
My boss stopped me and said we would contract out this job since it had to be done hot. So the contractor comes in with no gloves, no face shield, t shirt and does the change.
The only safety they used was one guy had a hook on the guy doing the change so he would be able to pull him away from the panel. These were guys from a sizable licensed contractor.
I have seen other contractors do hot jobs with no PPE as well. Is this common to work 460V with no safety gear?