My WORST Shock Yet!!! ☠️

[@TechOne7671]

A wee bit of advice for you. Never grab a conductor with your fingers, brush one finger off it or use the back of your hand. Treat all conductors as live and use pliers to manipulate them. Preferably use test lamps. Your ten amp theory is irrelevant, if your body took ten amps you would have severe internal burns along with cardiac issues. The shock effect depends on your skin resistance, dry hands are better but sweaty or damp hand will conduct superb. Also you were holding onto the panel with the other hand creating a lethal current path across the heart. Keep one hand in your back pocket when working live, why, to keep you from touching anything and grounding your body. As for hot swapping breakers, sure it’s only 120v but the fault current at the panel will be much greater. This means powerful arc flash explosion. When this happens electric shock is the least of your worries. I liked your drawing and explanation of how an rcd works and you seem to know what your talking about so if you need to work in a live distribution environment, slow down and be methodical with every step. Done this for 30+ years and seen too many accidents due to simple carelessness. There are old sparks and there are bold sparks but there is no old bold sparks. Take care, always check for dead. All the best.

[@crazypete3759]

Learn from your mistakes and stay safe. Always double check to make sure whatever you are working on is de-energized. I got hit with 277v in a crawlspace while working on some lights. The breakers were off, but someone ran power from another panel through one of the j-boxes. My finger touched the live wire while my arm was against an HVAC duct. That did not feel good!

[@josh_is_in_phase]

@@crazypete3759 Heard that, brother! I hear way too many stories of guys getting bit on top of ladders while working above drop ceilings, also. My foreman had to kick himself off of it and spent 5 days in the hospital. He's told that story many times.

[@dudefromnorth9410]

​@@josh_is_in_phase The load actually reduced the current that went through you by increasing the impedance in circuit. When working close live wires try to wear gloves they greatly reduce the shock. I have worked with 230/400v for 7 years & have got shocked 2 times both from neutral with other "components" in that circuit. Never directly from phase & hopefully will keep it that way. Anyways, work safe & remember the gloves :D

[@samwilliams6342]

Not sure how long you have been at the electrical trade but I am guessing just a couple of years but let me say this you are very fortunate you didn''t die but further more you have no busines in a hot or enegrized panel or electrical equipmet & I am also guessing that you work non union. Well let me inform you that your journeyman is responsible for your well being & should not let you work on anything enegirezed he & the company you work for could be in a lot of trouble from OSHA have you ever heard of them. I am a construction union journeyman electrician & our apprentice's are not allowed to work on any enegirzed equipment at all which is part of our bilaws as well if not wrong a violation of OSHA safety standars rules you might want to check in on that. Also after you got shocked they were sopposed to take you to the hospital to an EKG run to check your heart rythm to make sure that your heart is ok because rather you know it or not electricity will ntertupt the rythm of of your heart beat. It may not be to late to request that they do so to have your heart checked which I woiuld mention to them & tell them that you want to have an EKG to test your heart for any damage also it does count as on the job injury no matter what they tell you that is a fact. If the company refuses to do so then tell them your attorney will be in touch & from what you said on your video your foreman knows about it and you also have wittness's to the fact from what you said the other people on the job ask if you were all right so they can not deny that or your request to go & be checked even after the fact. You see I also am part owner in a small electrical business & if I have someone working for me that gets hurt in any way I am responsible for their well being that's the law & the compay you work for should have workers compensation. So yes by all means get checked you only have one life & only one of each organ that are ment to last you a life time.

[@TechOne7671]

Correct.

[@Ty-ranical1]

Preach brother. I've left companies that act that way! Shrugging off a situation like that is crazy to me. I am a 3rd year apprentice and appreciate that people like you are ensuring safety and success in the industry.