General Osha would like a word with you

[MountainMedic]

I got hit by a 'streamer' from a ground strike about 15 feet away. My Irish luck had me literally standing in a puddle and keyed my portable radio at the exact moment the strike occurred. A little yellow line went straight to my antenna, another ranger was about 5 feet away and remembers it the exact same, we both saw it happen.

Sounded like a goddam bomb went off inside a storage locker, felt like 10 horses kicking me in the chest.
I felt every muscle in my body contract and I knew EXACTLY where my heart was in my chest. Never felt anything like that before or since.

Stood there for about 30 seconds waiting to fall over or something, wasn't immediately sure my heart was still beating and my hand hurt like he'll.

Of course the Ranger with me asked the eternal question- "Dude, did that hurt?"

Yeah, motherfucker, it hurt.
And it smelled like burnt hair lol.

We just got back to work.

Weird experience.

 

[MountainMedic]

Picking up my truck from the window place. They have a glorious wall going.

 

[rmenergy]

I guess it's because I don't work with it every day, but I am hyper aware when I'm in any of our switchgear rooms or around any of our PDU or panels. I've seen the aftermath of people getting badly shocked, and it's something I'd like to avoid. The most I've been zapped by was 240 in a barn, it just spun me around and gave me arrhythmia for about 18 hours. I found that out when I ended up in the emergency room later that night. I was walking into a club to see DJ Icey and all of a sudden I got really short of breath and light headed. My friends freaked out and made me go to the ER to get checked out as one of them happened to be there earlier that day when I got zapped. I remember being able to feel the urine in my bladder tingling shortly after I got shocked.

I’m pretty cautious myself but will pull some things outside of work that wouldn’t pass code by any stretch. It’s always a temporary thing & generally for testing but I’m comfortable with my control of energy & monitoring abilities. Wouldn’t let my son around what I’m doing without a lot of foundational knowledge & training prior though.

At work, I deal with very large & extremely dangerous situations & equipment. I don’t allow anything outside of procedure

 

[NiteProwleR]

I've used a step ladder inside a forklift man basket raised to its fullest extent.

 

[NiteProwleR]

Picking up my truck from the window place. They have a glorious wall going.
View attachment 134553

Me looking through each pic.

Phew, not it this time!

 

[Rambo John J]

I seen some shit
will try and comb the memory banks when this joint wears off

 

[sparkuri]

I've used a step ladder inside a forklift man basket raised to its fullest extent.

I used a ten foot ladder in a Genie S-40 fully extended. and scissor lifts.
Get'r done.
Scariest though was standing on the top of a 16' rickety wooden ladder.
Never again.

 

[MountainMedic]

I used a ten foot ladder in a Genie S-40 fully extended. and scissor lifts.
Get'r done.
Scariest though was standing on the top of a 16' rickety wooden ladder.
Never again.

Ive had that ladder break beneath me.
Good call. It was so old and dry the whole damn thing probably only weighed 5lbs. I knew it was a bad deal and did it anyway, got what I deserved lol. Gravity plays no favorites but apparently the lord loves fools.