As I mentioned in another thread I was recently taking a course that is required for any worker who works on/near high voltage equipment. During the 2 day course I heard different stories from fellow participants about their past work practices regarding the frequency of working on energized equipment. For myself work practices have changed dramatically in the past few years and I seldom work, for example, in a 120/208 panel that is energized. If I do and for example I am changing out a breaker in a panel that for some reason can not be de-energized then I now wear the appropriate PPE which wasn't the case before.
Therefore, I would say the percentage of time that I spend working on energized equipment has dropped from about 50% to 5%.
What about some of you?
