I don't know the answer to the above, but I have a couple opf otehr thoughts:
- Were there arc-flash labeling?
- Did his employee had a formal training on Safety, specifically woking on live equipment?
- Was he actually working on equipment that was LIVE according to his best determinaltion, or did he got backfeed by some setup that could not be identified without drawings?
- Was he an electrician? (Even though the article refers to him as an electrician.)
- Are there rules anywhere where an electricians training is including safe working on live equipment?
What I am attempting to demonstrate here that newspaper stories are so vague and written by non-technical persons that very little useful determination can be made of the actual events.
I'm sorry but most of this has little to do with real safety.
If the article is correct and he is an electrician then:
*Working in a MCC has arc-flash hazards when working hot - duh
*Did he receive formal training? - What, are we pranking apprentices now? How about informal training? Getting batted upside the head as an apprentice for not following the proper procedures?
* Does an electricians training include safe working on live equipment? Again, kinda a big oversight if he apprenticed without it don't ya think?
I'll back the other two questions though.
*Was he really an electrician? Cause if not then training and warning signs are pointless. He was gonna do as told even if it killed him. And it almost did.
*Unidentified backfeed? Wow! Some of these retail establishments. This is why 410.130(G) got put in. Unplug the luminaire cause we don't know what kind of hack job feeds the lights.