Re: electrical deaths

On 12/1/2024 6:53 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Risk taking is probably the biggest contributor. Like the handyman who was standing on a metal ladder _in_ a public swimming pool, drilling a hole in the ceiling above using a 230V power drill. Far from the next outlet so multiple extension cords in a row and one of the couplings was down in the water.

 :-O
 How did he get to the ladder? Swimming?
 (just one of many possible questions)

I had a friend in the midwest who had a sizeable INDOOR swimming pool.
Excellent for swimming in the middle of the freezing winters!
He wanted me to help him refinish the ceilings -- some 25+ feet
above the *water* level (all that moisture trapped indoors raised
hell with it).
"If we fall, the water will prevent us from getting hurt..."
"Um, yeah.  Keep telling yourself that!"