[grawprog]

I dunno, I got electrocuted repeatedly a few weeks ago, not sure the voltage, I was using a wet saw and didn't realize the rubber had worn out on my boots and the steel plate in the soles was touching the floor. Every time I turned the saw on or touched it when it was running I got electrocuted. It was kind of funny, nobody could figure out why i was the only one being electrocuted. All my coworkers came and touched it and were fine. But, it wasn't the pain that got to me, it was the weird feeling in my body after.

All the rest of that day I felt weird. My skin felt too sensitive, my arms would twitch randomly, and I just felt kind of weak and vaguely dizzy all day. I did end up figuring it out and putting a rubber mat down which immediately stopped the electrocution problem. But I really don't like being electrocuted at all. It just isn't pleasant.

On topic, all our machines get locked and tagged before opening the electrical cabinets or working on anything where you might be exposed to live wires. It's enforced by worker's comp also. We get randomly inspected fairly regularly and one thing they check is that we have lockout keys and locks on every machine breaker.

[tomatotomato37]

I find it interesting how you describe a job with a functional safety culture from the perspective of regulators, with lockouts and random inspections, that yet solves the issue of a power tool shocking workers at mains voltage by just tossing down a rubber mat and continuing to work with said malfunctioning tool.