In my bad, electrified dream I was drilling a hole
in the metal enclosure of the main section of 2,500 ampere, 480 volt
switchgear. Just as the drill pulled
through the metal side, the entire enclosure liquefied and the drill pulled me right
inside the live gear. I could hear the
60-cycle hum as the drill dragged me into the exposed maze of copper bussing.
“This is the end!” I thought when the drill reached
the first live electrical bus.
The explosion started sweet and white as a new carnation
at the tip of my drill. The carnation
expanded into a giant and incredibly hot red rose fringed black at the edge of
the petals. The rose engulfed me with
fury and heat and the clashing roar of a freight train passing by an
arms-length away.
I awakened with a start to almost total blackness and
my cats leaping away from our shared bed.
--Mitchell
Hegman
Here is a video clip of an arc-flash incident. Pleas click on the link below if the video
will not play here.
If you write your training materials that way, they just might end up in the literary section. :) Good job! Creative and imaginative!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ariel Murphy (of the Always Dancing Murphy clan)!
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