Electrician Killed at 36yrs old months before his wedding

[brother]

Lets be careful out there. We need to be reminded sometimes. This is sad

Young tradie with toddler daughter killed in freak workplace accident

A young dad has been killed in a tragic workplace accident just months out from marrying his fiancé. Electrician David Outhwaite, 36, was electrocuted on Friday afternoon,

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[petersonra]

A couple of likely pertinent items from the article.

who had recently started his own business

Western Australia's energy safety watchdog said the installation appeared to still have live electricity going through it when Mr Outhwaite started working, which should not be the case.

Saving a little time is not worth dying for.

 

[busman]

If it's more than LV, it "is not dead until it's dead AND GROUNDED".

 

[gadfly56]

The only question a father needs to ask himself: "Do I want to walk my little girl down the aisle some day?"

And ask it every day when you touch your tools.

 

[Sahib]

Does statistics prove electricians are as prone to electrocution as lay persons?

 

[drcampbell]

I don't know about the general public, but I did see an OSHA report a few years back noting that more electricians were now injured by ladders than by electricity, so somebody must be doing something right.

My "favorite" safety cringe was a trouble light cobbled together by subway workers.
They mounted five 120-volt lightbulbs on a tuba foe, wired them in series, and used jumper cables to tap the 600-volt third rail.
(this was about 50-70 years prior to the creation of OSHA)