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    This document discusses the dangers of working with high voltage electricity. It notes that using wire cutters or other uninsulated tools can cause electrocution if they make contact with a live conductor. Only qualified electrical workers using approved high voltage hotsticks and gloves should perform such work. The effects of electrocution from high voltage can include arcing from the body to nearby grounded conduits, resulting in exit wounds completing the circuit to ground.

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    This document discusses the dangers of working with high voltage electricity. It notes that using wire cutters or other uninsulated tools can cause electrocution if they make contact with a live conductor. Only qualified electrical workers using approved high voltage hotsticks and gloves should perform such work. The effects of electrocution from high voltage can include arcing from the body to nearby grounded conduits, resulting in exit wounds completing the circuit to ground.

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    High Voltage Shock & Arc: Cable Blown Away When Wire Cutters Make Contact With Conductor

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    Doly Kharat
    This document discusses the dangers of working with high voltage electricity. It notes that using wire cutters or other uninsulated tools can cause electrocution if they make contact with a live conductor. Only qualified electrical workers using approved high voltage hotsticks and gloves should perform such work. The effects of electrocution from high voltage can include arcing from the body to nearby grounded conduits, resulting in exit wounds completing the circuit to ground.

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    High Voltage Shock & Arc

    Cable blown away


    when wire cutters make
    contact with conductor
    High Voltage Shock
    Effects

    • Insulated cutters, but


    inappropriate tool to use
    for high voltage.
    • Only High Voltage
    Hotsticks, with Voltage-
    rated Gloves can be used
    for this work.
    • Qualified Electrical
    Workers only.
    • Result:
    Electrocution.
    High Voltage Shock
    Physical Effects of Electrocution
    High Voltage Shock
    Entry point of High Voltage
    High Voltage Shock
    Effects ~ Arcing to Grounded Conduits (2)
    High Voltage Shock
    Arcing Effects ~ Body to Grounded Conduits (2)
    High Voltage Shock
    Arcing Effects ~ Body to Grounded Conduit
    High Voltage Shock
    Blowout Effects
    • Exit points (4)
    • Thru the right
    thumb, left elbow,
    abdomen, and
    pelvic area; where
    High Voltage Arc
    blows out…
    completing the
    circuit to ground.
    High Voltage Shock
    Entry and Exit Wounds

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