See www.eri-safety.com

[This message has been edited by Joe Tedesco (edited 03-03-2005).]

Is he standing on wood for "safety"?

Was this a staged saftey instructional film or did this actually happen while someone was videotaping?

That's pretty frightening....I guess that was the point.

For those with a slower connection, here's an animated GIF image, 106K (The original MPEG was just over 1 MB):
http://s91748743.onlinehome.us/elec/arc_flash.gif

As the saying goes, "That had to hurt...!"


P. S. Press the "reload" button on your browser to see the animation again.


[This message has been edited by ThinkGood (edited 04-04-2004).]

This is one of many video clips I have from a training CD.

Mark Standifer received 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 40 percent of his body and was nearly killed when he was engulfed in an arc blast while performing an electrical task at a wastewater treatment plant. While installing relays on the door of a 13,800-volt switchgear, he made several crucial errors resulting in a tragedy that will affect Mark and his family for the rest of their lives. In this powerful program, viewers will see the mistakes Mark made and learn the lifesaving lessons from the incident. The importance of understanding all hazards of a job task and taking the necessary precautions to protect yourself from them is stressed throughout the video. Topics include always following safe electrical work practices, the dangers of complacency when performing electrical work, hazards of jewelry and flammable clothing and the purpose of an arc hazard analysis. The video also explains the reasons for arc flash regulations and the various clothing and personal protection required for hazard risk categories zero through four.

[This message has been edited by Joe Tedesco (edited 03-03-2005).]

I'd think this shows something to be said about storage of combustible materials around electrical apparatus being repaired also! The barrel with the old oily rags around it ignited quite efficiently! Where's the Dry-Chem extinguisher? The can being worked on here looks like it might be Nema 9.

Nice mood music on this one too!

-Randy

Can’t tell for sure if the guy has glasses on. Hopefully he still has eyebrows. Staged or not, the clip looks very true-to-life and a fine reminder of what can happen in milliseconds.

He does have gloves on, but they don’t look like {ASTM-rated electrical-insulating} D120-type, nor used with any protectors.

Staged.
The rags on the floor caught fire very nicely and not a smudge on his shirt.

He won't have to change his BVDs after all.

[This message has been edited by wolfdog (edited 04-05-2004).]

Superb stuntman and special effects.

I wonder if this was indeed an on-location movie set provided by Southern California Edison?
{ Setup and Punch Line } ;-)




[This message has been edited by Bjarney (edited 04-05-2004).]

LMAO Bjarney!

I nearly busted a gut on that! No wonder it takes at least a day to get a meter lock removed! They gotta get through wardrobe & makeup first!

-Randy

Bjarney said: "Is he standing on wood for safety?" The answer is probably yes. He probably started off reading those $12.00 DIY books, they tell you to stand on dry wood and wear rubber sled shoes for safety. For safety's sake though, I would substitute some rubber or non-conductive surface like rubber.(?)

[This message has been edited by Theelectrikid (edited 03-10-2005).]

Joe,
After having watched the video footage a number of times, I can't help but think that that guy got off reasonably lightly.
Any time that I have had any thing to do with an Arc Fault Explosion, the blast has been HUGE, even on LV (400/230V) stuff.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to make fun of a thing like this, it's just that Arc Faults usually mean lots of flying bits of Molten Copper here.

This is a nice video, but I also think it might be slightly misleading in that the actor's face looks normal as he's going backwards.

There was an arc flash incident about six months ago in the main electrical room of the building I'm familiar with. The neutral and one phase of the high line side were accidentaly reversed on the utility end. When the feed was switched back on, it popped.

Something like 30+% 3rd degree burns to the guy that pulled the switch, and a helicopter ride to a burn center. It didn't look at first like he'd make it. He'll survive, and keep both hands, but never look the same again, that's for sure.

No smilies on this one.

Oh my GAWD!!!! Thats scarey. Made me 'jump' just watching it.

[This message has been edited by lil suzi (edited 01-09-2005).]

So where's the Arc Flash?

All I see is some guy pouring coffee (maybe whiskey )into a drill and then pretending to get shocked.
No Arc Flash, and no grounding path through him

none

[This message has been edited by Joe Tedesco (edited 03-03-2005).]

Dear lord!!

And to think this type of thing has actually happened in real life...no staging involved.