FLATHEAD
Captain
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2002
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Got hit with 4160 today at work. <br /><br />Was working on a power outage at work with one of the electricians. We lost one leg of our three phase at one our buildings. We ended up down in the transformer room where the power comes into the building. He and I were standing about two feet from the main lugs when he tried to test for juice coming in. Bad idea!!! I was holding the fluke meter and had just got done telling him that I was not comfortable working with this big stuff, he had the leads in his hands ready to test things out. (I should of went with my gut), but I thought the guy had enough experiance that he knew what was up. Well when he hit those lugs it sounded like a cannon went off, a flash of light so brilliant you could not imagine!! We were both blown clean outside the room and the other guy was on fire!!<br />I managed to put him out and unbelievably we both fared pretty well considering what just took place. <br /><br />He had a few minor burns on his hands and chest, I have a burn on my hand from the meter that smoked, my ears hurt and I have some flash burn on my eyes. The boom was heard all the way at the other end of the building, the custodian was afraid to come look figuring we had been killed.<br /><br />We have to be the luckiest guys around today. I will tell ya one thing, I knew better but I did not go with my instincts, instead I put my arse on the line rather then question a coworkers ability when I knew it just was not a good thing to do. I'll never let it happen again, you can bank on that.