Arc Flash While Racking a Breaker

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Gotta be careful with electricity!

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Arc Flash While Racking a Breaker

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  • I've been in ArcFlash ArcBlast safety

    for about 10 years, and that man didn't have any where near the required safety gear to survive that blast. The temp in there reached easilly 2000F. Hot enought to vaperize copper. NOT MELT, VAPERIZE. I doubt he survived, let that be a lesson, arcflash is serious and WILL kill you if your not propperly dressed. Even propperly dressed that man would have sustained heavy injury anyway.

    By founder3 1217378681 Reply Spam [+6] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • whats wrong

    i think he is not racking in he is racking out the switch gear without turn it off so that means there is a big load this what happend ??????? iam an electrical technician.

    By aomer 1218824733 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • arc flash

    hope the guy made it out ok does anybody know

    By elpolin 1245381870 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Racking in

    Oh he's definitly racking in that breaker, Probably had a load on but maybe not. It could have been wet, a faulty breaker. I'll give a scenario. We received a breaker (4160v) Breaker repaired and tested at a lab with paper work that it can be racked in. The breaker would not go into the cabinet after trying a couple of times. We removed the breaker to inspect for damage or something. We found that the lab left two shunt bars across the load and feed sides of the breaker. If it were not for the shutters in the cabinet, there would have been atleast two dead people there that day. The blast in this video, without a doubt that man died and was not wearing the proper protective gear that would not have helped anyway fromt he type of blast he was exposed to. OSHA only recognizes up to 40 CAL suits because a direct blast any larger your going to die anyway. We have 100 CAL suits but that's just so they have something to bury after the blast. yea, you won't be burned but the concusion is definitely going to kill you. This guy was well over 40 CAL, Vaporized Copper went straight through his body.

    By Northwoods 1232817649 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Does anyone Know?

    Does anybody have the details as to where this incident occured? I am presently working for a Power utility and the video is circulating around the office. People are questioning the video?

    By Jickster 1221053525 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Where this guys working??

    Can anybody tell me what is this a machine what mean arc flash ?? , this guys working in a power plant??

    By booler 1219687177 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • WHY

    DIDN'T HAVE A CONTINUE?

    By CTBSHIT 1218269623 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • WHERE'S

    THE REST OF THE VIDEO/MAN?

    By CTBSHIT 1218269576 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • wow

    i hope he is alrigh that must of hurt brains r blue yay

    By lbob 1218235495 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • wala lng hehe

    ako c jepoy... ako ay pogi!!!

    By Baelen 1218176873 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Not vaporised

    freeze frame at 00:17 and u will see the guy engulfed in flames,at 00:18 he is lying on the floor in flames.....

    By Bladeleon 1217584448 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • flashed

    he went zap with the flash, no question about it. frame by framed it.

    By dinwitty 1217546055 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Probably fatal

    Looks like the poor fella was racking in a high voltage breaker with a short circuit on the load side. The temperature in the heart of the arc flash was about 10,000 deg F - hotter than the surface of the sun! All copper and aluminum was volitalized.

    By Acmonger 1217434143 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Holy S**T!!!

    That looked pretty serious. I hope that guy is alright.

    By B.C. 1217367359 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ???

    did the person die?

    By ghassantotah 1217354082 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • awesome

    BBQ electrician for chow tonight, bring the beers

    By TheOnlyJudge 1217846436 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • man escapes while still in flame

    if you see towards end of video, i saw him escaping towards the back door while still on flame... i think he survived. You can watch this by serial of pauses & plays till the end of video

    By Hansum 1217658545 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • err?

    at 00:17 and at 00:18 hes still doing whateva he done to probodly get him fryed?!?!

    By hell_cat0 1217631401 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ASHES

    frame by frame that man turned to ashes

    By EEZE DUZIT 1217616839 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • well

    i really think that he is dead....RIP

    By GoBz0r 1217362379 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Founder3

    you spelled vaporize wrong. . .twice.

    By freedaverage5 1217534373 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Spelled wrong??

      No, my friend - the spelling is not wrong. Americans use Z while Brits use the S. Both are correct, depending of course which continent you are from. Check the facts and the splling before you point out another's mistakes. It could prove to be very embarrassing if you don't. By the way, there are three spelling mistakes in this comment.

      By Geckobabe 1218979279 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • spelled wrong??

      yes, my friend - the spelling is wrong. and you got it all wrong. it's not about vaporize or vaporise. the dude was talking about what founder3 wrote twice..VAPERIZE. Check the facts and the spelling before you point out other's mistakes.it could prove to be very embarrassing if you don't.By the way, there are three spelling mistakes in your comment.

      By jimsky 1219764033 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • spelled wrong???

      Who gives a shit how you spell vaporize? You people are missing the point here. The guy, if he survived, was very nearly killed by an extremely intense arc flash. This probably occurred because somebody did something in an unsafe manner, which is the root cause of about 85% if all accidents.

      By Deputy Dogg 1224646835 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • woops

      you know what i mean :P

      By founder3 1217895341 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
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