Worker Fried When Scaffold Hits Live Wire

soja · #2 05-11-2020, 04:28 PM

LOL. first video looks like people appeared on the scene, attracted by the smell of bbq, and after they arrived and realized it was just another guy getting electrocuted to death they went back to their business.

yea, just leave him there to burn, not like youre in a shitty gas station or something that could blow up with one wild spark

Omegas3 · #3 05-11-2020, 04:38 PM

Toastyyyy

Splay · #4 05-11-2020, 04:46 PM

The victim has been indentified as one Chico Bengala.

Wershel · #5 05-11-2020, 05:02 PM

This actually happens alot. With ladders and scaffolding. Its why I always look up when working with a ladder.

Necrotic Bowel · #6 05-11-2020, 07:09 PM

I guess they didn’t see the No Smoking signs.

gimlet · #7 05-11-2020, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by sojalemmi

yea, just leave him there to burn, not like youre in a shitty gas station or something that could blow up with one wild spark

LOL, that's what I was thinking also. I know nothing about high voltage lines or gas stations, but it seems like high voltage wires really close to gas pumps. Would that violate ISO 9001, DIN or some electric code in a first world country?

gimlet · #8 05-11-2020, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Wershel

This actually happens alot. With ladders and scaffolding. Its why I always look up when working with a ladder.

An experienced tree trimmer was removing a large dead tree on my property. I told him "peligroso, electrical wires!". I have high voltage wires at the back of my lot, a builder got electrocuted when he touched them with a ladder or scaffold 30 years ago when they built another house behind me. He said sometimes he can feel electric current from nearby or wires touching a tree he is trimming.

minka1 · #9 05-12-2020, 02:47 AM

So disturbing. Is there no safe way to remove him off of it? Before he actually begins to burn burn.

Brynjar · #10 05-12-2020, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by minka1

So disturbing. Is there no safe way to remove him off of it? Before he actually begins to burn burn.

I don't think so. I've heard that a person is conductive while frying and can be passed to another person who touches them also can dry. That is, unless they are removing him with something that lacks conductivity.

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