Thanks for the pic Joe. That looks like the ones I have.
I guess that would make almost all of our plugs here the dead-front type, although there were some old 2-pin types made in the the past that were wired from the front.
I had some "DIY" closet light switches in this house when I moved into it. Someone had screwed microswitches (roller-arm type) to the door frames and glued thin stips of balsa wood around them to cover the live terminals!
[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 12-31-2001).]
