Electricity is dangerous

[Hawk81]

Don't know if someone else has shared this or not but it is worth a look. gulfnews : Four fighting for life in Dubai after electrical burns

 

[DurhamSparky]

would rather die than suffer!!

 

[Hawk81]

The pain must be unbearable

 

[DurhamSparky]

morphine

 

[Engineer54]

Don't know if someone else has shared this or not but it is worth a look. gulf news : Four fighting for life in Dubai after electrical burns

I don't want to sound racialist here, but i wonder just how competent these guy's were to be working live on a 11KV RMU?? The article states they were testing a RMU, well i've tested more of these units than i care to remember, 99.9% of testing is conducted in a de-energised state!! Would be interesting to know exactly what they were testing while it was energised, i can't think of anything off hand as to why an engineer, would have his hands inside any section of a live and in service RMU!!!

The fact is, a RMU can be totally isolated from the 11KV ring, or on either side, so what were they actually doing, that needed the RMU to be energised? I suspect there was a problem with the switch fuse/ACB, that they were stupidly trying to fix live!!!!

It will be interesting to hear from others here, that have a good working experience of 11KV MV RMU's what they think of this accident??

 

[Geordie Spark]

From the article: "

He added that the team had taken all safety precautions before beginning the test ...... "​

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Famous last words !!!​

 

[danzor]

A few lads I know were working out there before the firm lost the contract. Could of been any of them that were injured

 

[Andy 7671]

90% burns, poor man, words fail me....

 

[poppypiesdad]

1st degree burns are the sorest, because the nerve endings are still alive ,3rd degree burns the poor guys wont have that much pain except at the edges (if there are any ) and with that level of burns may there god be with them and there families .

very sad

jamie

 

[Engineer54]

I'm going by the names of the Engineer and technicians involved with this accident. It could well be a case of the latest trend in many Middle East countries, to employ Nationals rather than overseas qualified personnel.

From my personal experience of extensive working in the Middle East, is that the standard of most locally obtained qualifications are just not up to the recognised standards and the obvious lack of on the job experience. Another problem, is that they rarely see danger and will work in areas they have little to no working knowledge of. A so-called engineer, with his hands in a live and in service 11KV RMU is a typical example of what i'm talking about, probably thinking and relying on a pair of protective gloves that are rated at 33KV as being safe!!!

One of the biggest problems with local electricians and junior engineers in the Middle East, was stopping them from unnecessarily working live, especially where the means of isolation was distant from where they were working!!
These guys wouldn't think twice about working on MV switchboards to which they had no knowledge of at all.

I'm not saying this is the case here, but it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it was the case. i doubt if we'll ever get to know what really happened... lol!!!!