You can get a very painful poke from a gfi.5ma is more than enough to send you to your death off a ladder.Who's responsible if that cord gets plugged into a non gfi receptacle and another trades man grabs it by a skinned wire to move it out of the way and fries.i have been instructed in the past to remove the dangerous equipment and or the the contractor from the site in such instances.If he dies or kills someone else because of his stupidity his insurance pays.If he's not insured the liability totally becomes ours.It is the owner/reps responsibility to have properly skilled/insured contractors on site around here.Fools like this cost builders millions a year.One reported complaint can shut the site down while the AHJ picks apart your operation.I say hang him from his faulty cord.Accidents happen but if someone gets hurt because of a known safety issue shame....Be sure your end of the circuits are perfect before any knuckle heads use them.
[This message has been edited by frank (edited 11-05-2005).]
