Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE)

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... good heads-up information...

... good heads-up information...

brother said:
What do you think of this site. it lists electrocutions.
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I appreciate your sharing that site with this group.

I know that I can get pretty lax in working on energized circuits, feeling like my 30 year exposure to industrial electrical systems makes me knowledgeable enough that I might get too comfortable with - say an appliance. But when you read that someone was killed troubleshooting a microwave, or fixing a lighting circuit, it makes you think twice.

Thanks for the wakeup call!

JM
 
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This one is pretty scary:

"Suffering only a momentary electrical charge, the victim immediately resumed his duties without thought or concern. Approximately 50 - 60 minutes following the electrical charge and while the victim was standing beside his co-worker inside the elevator car, the victim pitched forward and collapsed to the floor. The co-worker immediately summoned on-site medical personnel including a company based physician who performed an emergency tracheotomy prior to transport of the victim to the regional hospital. The victim was officially pronounced dead 1 hour and 40 minutes later."

Get shocked by 120 volts, and die an hour later.

Case 1992 MA 010.

Steve
 
steve66 said:
This one is pretty scary:

Get shocked by 120 volts, and die an hour later.
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No kidding! It sounds like every shock could be deadly. How does one know in time?

I wonder if the "countdown" is detectable if one gets to a hospital after such a shock?
 
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