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Posted on 08/25/2012 1:20:04 PM PDT by shadeaud
SAN ANTONIO – A worker at SeaWorld San Antonio died after being electrocuted at the park on Saturday morning, officials confirmed.
The victim's name was not immediately available.
San Antonio police Officer Matt Porter said the victim was electrocuted around noon while servicing the HVAC unit atop the SeaWorld employee café.
The victim allegedly stuck his hand inside the unit to get a measurement. Another employee who was working with the victim told police that he heard a noise, saw a puff of smoke and then found the victim unconcious.
(Excerpt) Read more at kens5.com ...
Those 220/208V lines in AC condensing units are nothing to take casually,...nor the large capacitors in most HVAC units.
Isn’t fatally electrocuted redundant?
wrong thread!
and yup the beer can size caps can get cha but most of the jolt will go to gnu if still connected,I believe.When I first got to my 1st CG base after electrical school this humorous Chief threw me one that was charged,that was fun.
gnu=GND
>>Turn power off before servicing ....geez where have I seen that? <<
And discharge the capacitors and all kinds of steps you follow before even THINKING of getting close to the electricals.
This guy should have known the steps. He took a shortcut to short circuitville.
>>gnu=GND<<
I gnu what you meant...
Will be interesting to see the full info. My first reaction was illegal Mexican marginal training.
Prayers up for him and his family.
Reports of these events are shocking.
Actually, it's perfectly acceptable to call Obama a PUTZ on any thread.
We need more such posts, in fact.
Oh, too bad. I did some accounting data-entry for the general contractor when that park was being built.
Crouching capacitors, hidden circuits!
Actually you can be electrocuted but not die. “Fatally shot to death” is redundant and is a rookie mistake in the field of journalism. If the original author said he was “fatally electrocuted to death”, then it would be redundant.
As to the turn off before servicing, in most cases its best to turn off the unit. If you are like some people who actually do connect power with live connections they know to take things very seriously.
My brother, as a contractor, works with live wires connecting them to batteries (not your normal triple A batteries, think more like car battery) for many phone companies. Its very dangerous work but he takes all sorts of precautions. Most tools are coated to prevent getting electrocuted (to death). That’s about the extent I know of his job, other than he tells me constantly about some person breaking a battery and spilling acid on the floor.
Condolences to the family and staff.
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