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Electrician Caught In Electrical Arc Blast (People worried more about when Walmart will re-open)


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http://www.texomashomepage.com/story/d/story/graham-walmart-remains-closed-after-electrician-bu/15276/ht1F40v2vkWNWE61D4TU5g

This is completely sickening to me, this man did a live breaker change on a hot panel in Walmart, then he gets hit by a electrical arc and caught on fire. But the news and public are more concerned about the fucking Walmart being closed than this mans life. Absolutely ridiculous.

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Ugh the people complaining make me suck!! The thing is though I have see arc flash vidoes on the internet they are no joke and you really need to wear your ppe. We just had a man perished in a trech collapse in a new home sewer hook up he was in a 20 foot deep trench with out any sort of shoring on the tunnel walls. A rescuer was injured in the rescue they had a second collapse while trying to rescue him that ended up killing him. It took almost a day and a 1/2 to recover the body safely they needed to bring in all sorts of trenching equipment fir the recovery operation. I feel bad for the family but that's the risk when you take zero precautions in your trade. OSHA is going to be all over that investigation!!

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Ugh the people complaining make me suck!! The thing is though I have see arc flash vidoes on the internet they are no joke and you really need to wear your ppe. We just had a man perished in a trech collapse in a new home sewer hook up he was in a 20 foot deep trench with out any sort of shoring on the tunnel walls. A rescuer was injured in the rescue they had a second collapse while trying to rescue him that ended up killing him. It took almost a day and a 1/2 to recover the body safely they needed to bring in all sorts of trenching equipment fir the recovery operation. I feel bad for the family but that's the risk when you take zero precautions in your trade. OSHA is going to be all over that investigation!!

I never knew how dangerous trenches were until I saw some clips from osha. A simple collapse can take hours by hand or machine, and if I use machine the odds of injury are even higher. Saw one in a nearby coubty where the excavator took the guys head off. Really sad

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