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Old 05-14-2010, 07:47 PM   #1
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Re: Kentucky Man Killed in Electrical Accident

I hate when that happens. We lost a Trooper who did truck inspections in a similar way. He was under an antique fire truck trying to help the operator who had broken down get it back on the road. The ladder was repositioned in order to ease the work, and while doing so came into contact with overhead power lines. RIP.

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Old 05-15-2010, 01:06 PM   #2
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Re: Kentucky Man Killed in Electrical Accident

how unlucky the rv guy was. I wonder if he had an underlying heart condition, or if the electricity just happened to travel into the heart in just such a way as to cause an interruption in the electrical pathways.

110 volt household current isn't really all that dangerous. People get "poked" all the time working around it and are just fine.

I wonder if it was 220 volts....

An unlucky day indeed.
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Re: Kentucky Man Killed in Electrical Accident

120 volts can certainly be lethal, but most of the "poking" survived is usually finger-to-finger, etc. and not across the body. Most shoes provide insulation at that voltage, but shoes don't help when you are lying on your back in full contact with the ground.

I got my fingers across 300 VDC once when working in an older tube-type radio base. It gave me quite a tickle. To be sure I would be OK, I lay down on the carpet and contemplated the ceiling for two minutes or so to be sure my heart rate would be normal.

I doubt the deceased came into contact with 208/240 volts, because he would have to touch both hots at the same time. One leg to ground is much more likely, especially because the frame was reported as hot.
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