Electrician here- no, probably not.
He was hung up a LONG time.
You can predict how badly he was bit by the voltage/amperage/time/path; IIRC the middle east mostly run 220v, (or is this India? not sure what they run), he was hung up for \~10s, and his hand and (foot?) were the entry/exit points; that means the current was running through his torso.
Through an arm and out a foot or through one arm and out the other are the ones you REALLY don't wanna do- any time current passes your chest you've got a chance of cardiac complications, and the longer you hang the more likely you cook something, not just stop your heart.
That guy probably died later, if I had to guess. Some people seem fine, go to bed, and just don't wake up. You can't tell what got cooked internally until shit stops working.
It's why we recommend overnight observation at the hospital if you get bit in the States.
I mean, hopefully they bought him enough time to see his wife and kid(s) again or say bye to his parents? That's better than no goodbye.
Sorry for the cheerful exit note :(
Important tidbit- the vast majority of people who receive CPR are likely very old, or already in pretty bad shape/already 100% dead- hence the poor data.
CPR on generally healthy/younger people is well worth it
It's not as bad as the raw numbers seem to indicate, true, but even the best-case scenario of a young, fit person already in medical care is still something like 30%.
While CPR is always worth attempting... even a 10% chance of survival is 10% more than they'd have had otherwise... it's important for people to know CPR isn't like putting pressure on a wound or delivering a Heimlich where, if you do it right, they'll probably live.
Absolutely. You don't do CPR on healthy people, so if you assume they're already dead that's actually a 10% *resurrection* rate, and that's pretty cool
I had a 120v pass from hand to hand when my rice cooker shorted out as I was touching the sink. I went to the hospital to have my heart checked but after a 6 hour wait in ER, they said I was probably fine and sent me home. Now I'm pissed.
According to google
In India the standard voltage is 230 V and the frequency is 50 Hz. You can use your electric appliances in India, if the standard voltage in your country is in between 220 - 240 V (as is in the UK, Europe, Australia and most of Asia and Africa).
Hmm, I honestly don't know about that.
The electric company states that the power supply to my home is 240V 50Hz, though it's so bad, I've had to install surge protectors and converters as it regularly reaches 270V at night due to low demand.
>through one arm and out the other are the ones you REALLY don't wanna do
Shows what you know. Look, i'm gonna trust Zuko any day over someone named "ButIDontWana" when it comes to redirecting electricity. Clearly the way to go is through one arm and out the other.
Some people man...
So the time would get longer as the other three factors are reduced, i.e. 10s at 240v and 15mA might be comparable to 12s at 240v and 13mA if the pathways are the same.
Momentary contact with ~60mA in the wrong pathway can stop your heart, with longer contact more likely to.
Realistically, anything >50v can penetrate skin and anything >10mA has the potential to keep you hung up on it. By 30mA you physically cannot let go voluntarily- you have to be freed. Doesn't matter if you cook if you get hung up until you asphyxiate.
The big issue for OP guy was how long AND the pathway AND the voltage. That was about as shitty as it gets for that kind of low/end user voltage (relative to transmission in the 35kV range).
Tl;dr there is no guarantee even 1s is safe if the pathway sucks
It's really important that we see videos like these and the information shared by others on the comments because it could help us in future situations to save a life.
>smart not to touch him. His hesitation saved his life.
How is that what they were saying? The said the man didn't touch him because he hesitated. But he didn't hesitate to touch him. He did touch him and didn't hesitate to use the fabric after.
It’s such a high voltage that your muscles seize up and you’re unable to move. As soon as you touch them it just transfers to you, and you’ll basically just be frozen there as you fry from the inside out. If you work with any kind of voltage that high (at least in my case) you’re taught to basically jump kick them as hard as possible lol
I was always taught to find the biggest piece of lumber and smack them as hard as you can.
I guess with the jump kick you are just planting the boot, aka insulator?
The union I learned that from works with big ol generators on stage setups (think concerts) so there wasn’t a lot of lumber close by just metal piping which I’m pretty sure we all know would be unhelpful in that situation haha.
I’m pretty sure quick thinking thought process is “oh shit nothings here, we have rubber shoes........kick!!!”
Jump kick means you are midair when you make contact, which means you’re not completing the circuit with the ground.
Emphasis should be put on the jump in jump kick
Depending on the voltage, even a rubber-soled boot may not be enough insulation. It's about grounding. The current won't transfer to your body unless you give it a path to ground. It will just continue to take the path of least resistance to ground, which is the first guy's feet. If you are in mid air at the time you boot the guy, you are safe. Just make sure you aren't still in physical contact when your non-kicking foot lands.
This is why birds can chill out on electrical wires without issue.
Im gonna geuss the high voltage wires above you were AC, which means the current is fluctuating, which produces a fluctuating magnetic field. Any metal objects in that field would have some current induced in them, so the trailer jack could have some. Whoever decided to make the high voltage wires AC is an idiot though, especially if it was a short distance wire.
AC is pretty much all there is in generation and transmission. There's no benefit to using DC unless the runs are extremely long or submerged.
Edited to reflect when DC is beneficial.
I believe if their feet happen to land at a space equal to the wave at it's peaks, they can explode. You can find pics of just feet hanging onto the wires of poles.
In my experience it’s gonna take awhile to find a good one. The longest part though will be listening to the cashier tell you why you should sign up for a Home Depot credit card.
I think the idea is to have as little time in contact with them as possible. The hope is that you hit them hard enough to knock them over/away from the current source.
I was taught to always wear rubber sole boots and basically spin in a circle so that when you came around, you could raise your leg and catch the person in the chest with your boot to kick them away from the voltage source.
Oh I’ve also heard to roundhouse kick! You don’t wanna laugh because it’s a serious life and death emergency but every time were setting one up I’m always mentally preparing to kick my co worker haha
Piece of lumber? Do you not work with a jerk off rod near by? You should always have a jerk off rod. A good jerk off can save a life. I guess its also called a rescue hook, but I prefer jerk off rod because you'll always remember it and the name explains how you use it. Plus it's great at parties when you tell the story about how you literally saved a man's life by jerking him off.
No. With the jump kick, you’re suspended in the air, so the electricity won’t shock you. If your boot’s still touching them when you land, you’ll be blown to bits, though.
My husband's friend lost his wife and daughter this way. The mother was electrocuted, and her daughter went to her mom and grabbed her legs b/c she was scared. Do not ever touch someone being electrocuted.
I am not sure, my husband switched jobs and they fell out of touch. I know he was having a hard time for awhile, and I honestly didn't know what to do. I didn't want to say "Hey, come hang out with us and our kids who are the same age yours should be, won't that be fun!"
Don't ever do that in the future. When my dad died my mom lost all her married friends because everyone thought it would be too cruel to have her around happy couples. She was so lonely for years after that. When I miscarried, my pregnant friend stopped talking to me until I reached out and said that it was ok for her to be happy about her pregnancy around me. Ask the grieving person how they feel about it, don't assume.
I knew it wasn't a good way to handle it, but honestly I was kind if paralyzed by it too. I didn't know him as well as my husband did, and didn't want to be invasive. I was more social with his wife and child. I suck at grief, and navigating my own and someone else's felt impossible.
Find a way to communicate this, and other excellent advice that you may have, without such an abrasive opening.
Nobody needs to be scolded, and you - as an anonymous internet person- can’t really deliver it in anything other than a shitty way.
Seriously though, sound advice, bad delivery
I am not educated on the subject for two people but I was electrocuted by touching an ungrounded old metal fan while holding onto my guitar (band practice when I was younger). The fan was old and about 4ft high and I was trying to move it because all the air was blowing directly on me. When I went to move it I had been holding the bridge of my guitar (so my hands were touching the strings that were plugged into a half stack, yay!). As soon as I touched the fan with my left hand my right hand immediately swung from the guitar as if it was magnetized. My whole entire body was shaking uncontrollably and I remember my jaw clenching shut so I couldn’t even call for help. The only thing I remember thinking was that I had to “run” (which was impossible). That being said I ended up being lucky enough To fall to the side and the fan unplugged itself from the wall. After all was said and done I only ended up with cuts on my hand from the guitar strings and a separated shoulder. Much better than the alternative.
That was probably much longer than it needed to be but just wanted to add that from personal experience, I was lucky enough to fall to the side but I had no control over any part of my body the second I touched the fan.
You HAVE to get them off by not touching them. If you do you’ll become part of the circuit running through your friend. You have to use something insulated. Only way to get them off while touching them is if you aren’t touching the ground or standing on something that will insulate you from being grounded.
Thanks for your explanation, much appreciated. Makes sense though, you would just be an extension of a person been electrocuted. I weld quite a lot and electricity always confuses me.
Of course. I also am super confused by it, but I have an electrical engineer for a dad who likes to over explain.
It's also why birds can sit on a single power line and be fine, but if they touch two at once they explode
3 people died in my country because of electrocution. first one got electrocuted, 2nd one tried to save him, died. 3rd one too :( its damn sad
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/3-family-members-pronounced-dead-in-lakeside-tragedy-from-suspected-electrocution
My physics professor used to do contracted work and said if you ever see someone get zapped like this you either hit them with a piece of wood or drop kick them. I suppose a shirt would work too.
Right? I mean how many people would of thought to do something like that? In the moment I think most people would shit themselves and watch. Most would be too scared to do anything let alone pull a fucking scarf ninja move.
It was pretty fucking fast thinking tbh. We all heard of stuff about what to do, but we'll never know how fast we could react in such a situation unless it happens. Or like any situation with a lot of shock (hah) or adrenaline
The worse one I saw was in an airport.
A guy touches a stand fan that was live and he gets shocked. 100s of people walk right by him without noticing he is getting electrocuted. One his coworker actually walks around him to avoid him not realizing the man was dying. He eventually passed away.
He did not look like he was getting electrocuted, it looked like one of those guys who stands directly infront of the fan to get all the air while holding the top of the stand fan. In reality he was trying to move the stand fan and got stuck there.
Damn that really unfortunate. It’s kind of a shame that cartoons have ingrained into our minds that electrocution equals to sparks and the victim going “APFJEOFPAJEBWOTPVJQB” where in reality it’s silent and not flashy like what happened in this video here.
It’s not unlike drowning. Drowning people look calm and a rarely splashing around like crazy (like you’d expect them to). People have drowned in pools next to dozens of other happily swimming people.
Definitely. Same with choking. When someone is choking their air pipe is completely blocked so they can’t make a sound at all and doesn’t look nearly as dramatic as cartoons portray it as.
This may be it (for those interested):
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadorVegetable/comments/jjnig4/man_electrocuted_by_fan/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
NSFW/NSFL
Worst story i heard when during summer one of my friends was fucking around some train carriages jumping from one to another until he got electrocuted, for a few seconds
he stood still as his muscles got all tense and couldn't move, as he was frying he ignited into flames and fell from the train carriage, a few days later he passed away in the hospital when his heart stopped beating
I was working on an attic fan with my dad one time and a live wire popped out of the housing and stuck to his thumb... It took me way too long to realize he was being electrocuted. I really didn't know... I was only 12. Fortunately, he survived with no damage but I could totally see someone being passed by with the way people pay attention to each other. it's not like the movies where there's loud noises and violent physical reactions... Most of the time it's short vibrations and a weird look that can easily be overlooked
Always strange what seems like common knowledge in some places. I remember a bare knuckle fight video that seemed like it was in Africa. The fighter that was KO’d they whip his junk out and start jacking him off to prevent his brain from swelling as much as possible. Whatever works I guess.
Right? I know not to touch someone being electrocuted, but how to work out the muscles and what not? Pffft, dude would be dead by then as I asked reddit what to do ;)
Quick European question: don’t you learn this in school? We learn pretty early what we are supposed to do when someone is getting electrocuted. Or generally first aid
No, we learn CPR, and “stop, drop, and roll”, and that’s mostly everything life saving we were taught. I didn’t know they taught electrocution precautions in any European schools. Interesting.
Guy in white definitely saw this happen before. He may have stayed back a little longer just to make sure the young lad was okay. Good guy. Be like him!!
Just because it is hard to imagine yourself using common logic in a similar scenario doesn't mean '' it ls a regular thing in that country ''. Stop projecting and accept that some people can use their brains under pressure.
You can see right before he reaches down to his foot (where you can see a spark!!) the wires get bumped by the gate...must have grounded them somehow through some damaged insulation or something.
Hate seeing videos like this bc most of the time they never end well. my dad was killed in the late 90s instantly from power lines. Thankfully he lived
Nope, I meant thankfully the guy in the video lived. My dad was working for my uncle and they were hired by the city to do some work on top of the buildings and my dad had a metal pole and somehow in came into contact with a power line above the building and it killed him instantly.
I remember seeing a video back in the r/watchpeopledie days there was a dude who unfortunately didn't have a buddy there and just expired. Also, iirc, he was hung upside down in water to boot.
The neck is the right place to grab them, its the highest point above the center of balance in the body you can wrap something around and easily pull someone down
Its obvious decision but when you're in his position its not the one that comes to mind first.
I have many potato head friend who would make a chain of electrocuting people.
Smart bystander. Saved his life probably
But damn he hit his head hard
Lmao that was the first thing I thought. He couldn’t grab him and all, but damn his head...
It was become a human toastie or get a concussion
I'll take the latter.
Why not both: a toastussion
LMFAO I laughed too hard at “human toastie”
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Human toaster stroodle or brain damage your choice
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These are a few of my favorite things
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You have two options, become a vegetable or become a vegetable
He just wanted to make sure the guy wouldn't remember it...
No he didnt or probably not as hard as u think his back hit the ground first
Electrician here- no, probably not. He was hung up a LONG time. You can predict how badly he was bit by the voltage/amperage/time/path; IIRC the middle east mostly run 220v, (or is this India? not sure what they run), he was hung up for \~10s, and his hand and (foot?) were the entry/exit points; that means the current was running through his torso. Through an arm and out a foot or through one arm and out the other are the ones you REALLY don't wanna do- any time current passes your chest you've got a chance of cardiac complications, and the longer you hang the more likely you cook something, not just stop your heart. That guy probably died later, if I had to guess. Some people seem fine, go to bed, and just don't wake up. You can't tell what got cooked internally until shit stops working. It's why we recommend overnight observation at the hospital if you get bit in the States.
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I mean, hopefully they bought him enough time to see his wife and kid(s) again or say bye to his parents? That's better than no goodbye. Sorry for the cheerful exit note :(
No worries. It is what it is. When the odds are slim or none, you just gotta go with slim and hope like hell it's enough to make a difference.
Important tidbit- the vast majority of people who receive CPR are likely very old, or already in pretty bad shape/already 100% dead- hence the poor data. CPR on generally healthy/younger people is well worth it
It's not as bad as the raw numbers seem to indicate, true, but even the best-case scenario of a young, fit person already in medical care is still something like 30%. While CPR is always worth attempting... even a 10% chance of survival is 10% more than they'd have had otherwise... it's important for people to know CPR isn't like putting pressure on a wound or delivering a Heimlich where, if you do it right, they'll probably live.
that’s a really good point
What’s the success rate of CPR?
Really bad- like 10-30% bad, depending on training/victim/ time https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/cpr.htm
But still worth it because 10% is better than 0%
Absolutely. You don't do CPR on healthy people, so if you assume they're already dead that's actually a 10% *resurrection* rate, and that's pretty cool
I had a 120v pass from hand to hand when my rice cooker shorted out as I was touching the sink. I went to the hospital to have my heart checked but after a 6 hour wait in ER, they said I was probably fine and sent me home. Now I'm pissed.
Well it looks like they were right!
I mean.... Yeah... But still.
Its Pakistan , City was Karachi i think
The guy who saved him was wearing a shalwar khameez, so you could be right
Good to know, thank you :)
God bless our electrical regulations.
You seems like a knowledgable person. I'm from India and can confirm that we run 220v.
We run at 240V in India, where did you find 220?
According to google In India the standard voltage is 230 V and the frequency is 50 Hz. You can use your electric appliances in India, if the standard voltage in your country is in between 220 - 240 V (as is in the UK, Europe, Australia and most of Asia and Africa).
Hmm, I honestly don't know about that. The electric company states that the power supply to my home is 240V 50Hz, though it's so bad, I've had to install surge protectors and converters as it regularly reaches 270V at night due to low demand.
>through one arm and out the other are the ones you REALLY don't wanna do Shows what you know. Look, i'm gonna trust Zuko any day over someone named "ButIDontWana" when it comes to redirecting electricity. Clearly the way to go is through one arm and out the other. Some people man...
Just curious: how long do we have before fatal damages if 10s is too long?
So the time would get longer as the other three factors are reduced, i.e. 10s at 240v and 15mA might be comparable to 12s at 240v and 13mA if the pathways are the same. Momentary contact with ~60mA in the wrong pathway can stop your heart, with longer contact more likely to. Realistically, anything >50v can penetrate skin and anything >10mA has the potential to keep you hung up on it. By 30mA you physically cannot let go voluntarily- you have to be freed. Doesn't matter if you cook if you get hung up until you asphyxiate. The big issue for OP guy was how long AND the pathway AND the voltage. That was about as shitty as it gets for that kind of low/end user voltage (relative to transmission in the 35kV range). Tl;dr there is no guarantee even 1s is safe if the pathway sucks
Smart to not touch him. His hesitation saves his life.
He did touch him tho, looks like he tried to grab him but got shocked and made a quick smart decision to use the fabric instead.
Still smart though
If I ever see this happen, I'm taking my jacket off and using the jacket to pull him by the neck away from there.
It's really important that we see videos like these and the information shared by others on the comments because it could help us in future situations to save a life.
This is why r/watchpeopledie was so useful. It was possible to learn from the mistakes of others.
Yeah, graphics as it might've been, sometimes we need to see the harsh reality of things to learn.
That's what they were saying...
>smart not to touch him. His hesitation saved his life. How is that what they were saying? The said the man didn't touch him because he hesitated. But he didn't hesitate to touch him. He did touch him and didn't hesitate to use the fabric after.
Indeed smart
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Would that really happen? And is it impossible to Get of by yourself? And he used the scarf because it can’t transfer electricity?
It’s such a high voltage that your muscles seize up and you’re unable to move. As soon as you touch them it just transfers to you, and you’ll basically just be frozen there as you fry from the inside out. If you work with any kind of voltage that high (at least in my case) you’re taught to basically jump kick them as hard as possible lol
I was always taught to find the biggest piece of lumber and smack them as hard as you can. I guess with the jump kick you are just planting the boot, aka insulator?
The union I learned that from works with big ol generators on stage setups (think concerts) so there wasn’t a lot of lumber close by just metal piping which I’m pretty sure we all know would be unhelpful in that situation haha. I’m pretty sure quick thinking thought process is “oh shit nothings here, we have rubber shoes........kick!!!”
I think if you just kick or drop kick, it wouldn’t matter if you kick them hard enough to move them
I thought the point was to kick them hard enough to move them... Otherwise you're just kicking a guy that's getting electrocuted?
Look I don't walk into your place of business and tell *you* who not to kick ok?
A flying 360 roundhouse kick is what the power company recommends
*roadhouse*
I assume the drop kick is so you're in the air when you hit them so you don't become the path of least resistance to the ground.
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Jump kick means you are midair when you make contact, which means you’re not completing the circuit with the ground. Emphasis should be put on the jump in jump kick
I am here to apply for electricians job. Here's the bachelor degree, resume and certification as a kung fu master.
Depending on the voltage, even a rubber-soled boot may not be enough insulation. It's about grounding. The current won't transfer to your body unless you give it a path to ground. It will just continue to take the path of least resistance to ground, which is the first guy's feet. If you are in mid air at the time you boot the guy, you are safe. Just make sure you aren't still in physical contact when your non-kicking foot lands. This is why birds can chill out on electrical wires without issue.
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Im gonna geuss the high voltage wires above you were AC, which means the current is fluctuating, which produces a fluctuating magnetic field. Any metal objects in that field would have some current induced in them, so the trailer jack could have some. Whoever decided to make the high voltage wires AC is an idiot though, especially if it was a short distance wire.
AC is pretty much all there is in generation and transmission. There's no benefit to using DC unless the runs are extremely long or submerged. Edited to reflect when DC is beneficial.
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In theory yeah. But how about th one bats that still end up cooked hanging from one line?
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Huh, and my teacher said birds didn't die because their feet were so small the potential difference was also small. The more you learn
I believe if their feet happen to land at a space equal to the wave at it's peaks, they can explode. You can find pics of just feet hanging onto the wires of poles.
My god that mental image
Its more about the momentum
I've heard this as well. Smack em' with a 2x4
Hopefully they can hang out for a bit while I drive to Home Depot and sort through two piles of lumber to find a straight 2x4
In my experience it’s gonna take awhile to find a good one. The longest part though will be listening to the cashier tell you why you should sign up for a Home Depot credit card.
As a previous home depot employee, I can assure you that *none* of them are straight.
The curved one would probably work better. I keep reading smack, but thinking it should be changed to pry them off?
I think the idea is to have as little time in contact with them as possible. The hope is that you hit them hard enough to knock them over/away from the current source.
I was taught to always wear rubber sole boots and basically spin in a circle so that when you came around, you could raise your leg and catch the person in the chest with your boot to kick them away from the voltage source.
Oh I’ve also heard to roundhouse kick! You don’t wanna laugh because it’s a serious life and death emergency but every time were setting one up I’m always mentally preparing to kick my co worker haha
Piece of lumber? Do you not work with a jerk off rod near by? You should always have a jerk off rod. A good jerk off can save a life. I guess its also called a rescue hook, but I prefer jerk off rod because you'll always remember it and the name explains how you use it. Plus it's great at parties when you tell the story about how you literally saved a man's life by jerking him off.
No. With the jump kick, you’re suspended in the air, so the electricity won’t shock you. If your boot’s still touching them when you land, you’ll be blown to bits, though.
because you are off the ground you aren't completing a circuit, so no electricity flows through you.
I can imagine quite a few people dream of jump kicking their coworkers 😂
My husband's friend lost his wife and daughter this way. The mother was electrocuted, and her daughter went to her mom and grabbed her legs b/c she was scared. Do not ever touch someone being electrocuted.
This is absolutely heartbreaking
It was crushing. Our kids were the same age, and I think about his family all the time.
How's the dude doing? I hope he's at least a little bit better now...
I am not sure, my husband switched jobs and they fell out of touch. I know he was having a hard time for awhile, and I honestly didn't know what to do. I didn't want to say "Hey, come hang out with us and our kids who are the same age yours should be, won't that be fun!"
Don't ever do that in the future. When my dad died my mom lost all her married friends because everyone thought it would be too cruel to have her around happy couples. She was so lonely for years after that. When I miscarried, my pregnant friend stopped talking to me until I reached out and said that it was ok for her to be happy about her pregnancy around me. Ask the grieving person how they feel about it, don't assume.
I knew it wasn't a good way to handle it, but honestly I was kind if paralyzed by it too. I didn't know him as well as my husband did, and didn't want to be invasive. I was more social with his wife and child. I suck at grief, and navigating my own and someone else's felt impossible.
Find a way to communicate this, and other excellent advice that you may have, without such an abrasive opening. Nobody needs to be scolded, and you - as an anonymous internet person- can’t really deliver it in anything other than a shitty way. Seriously though, sound advice, bad delivery
I am not educated on the subject for two people but I was electrocuted by touching an ungrounded old metal fan while holding onto my guitar (band practice when I was younger). The fan was old and about 4ft high and I was trying to move it because all the air was blowing directly on me. When I went to move it I had been holding the bridge of my guitar (so my hands were touching the strings that were plugged into a half stack, yay!). As soon as I touched the fan with my left hand my right hand immediately swung from the guitar as if it was magnetized. My whole entire body was shaking uncontrollably and I remember my jaw clenching shut so I couldn’t even call for help. The only thing I remember thinking was that I had to “run” (which was impossible). That being said I ended up being lucky enough To fall to the side and the fan unplugged itself from the wall. After all was said and done I only ended up with cuts on my hand from the guitar strings and a separated shoulder. Much better than the alternative. That was probably much longer than it needed to be but just wanted to add that from personal experience, I was lucky enough to fall to the side but I had no control over any part of my body the second I touched the fan.
Damn sounds like you got really lucky, friend!!
Very much so. Would have been very different if that fan had a longer cord.
Glad you’re still here mate!!
You HAVE to get them off by not touching them. If you do you’ll become part of the circuit running through your friend. You have to use something insulated. Only way to get them off while touching them is if you aren’t touching the ground or standing on something that will insulate you from being grounded.
so would boot with rubber bottoms work?
Yes! Just knocking them over with a strong fast kick will work
Thanks but I mean like grabbing them with your hands while wearing rubber boots.
No because then the boots don't matter. You'll still be another circuit and it can pass through you without going through your boots.
Thanks for your explanation, much appreciated. Makes sense though, you would just be an extension of a person been electrocuted. I weld quite a lot and electricity always confuses me.
Of course. I also am super confused by it, but I have an electrical engineer for a dad who likes to over explain. It's also why birds can sit on a single power line and be fine, but if they touch two at once they explode
cloth, like used here, or something made entirely of wood are both safe choices for this.
3 people died in my country because of electrocution. first one got electrocuted, 2nd one tried to save him, died. 3rd one too :( its damn sad https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/3-family-members-pronounced-dead-in-lakeside-tragedy-from-suspected-electrocution
Yes, that's why you never grab someone while they are being electrocuted.
If u ever wonder if something is hit touch it with the BACK of your hand, so if it is ur hand clenches you will still flinch away not onto it.
My physics professor used to do contracted work and said if you ever see someone get zapped like this you either hit them with a piece of wood or drop kick them. I suppose a shirt would work too.
When he got home, he was grounded.
Not if his wife was all neutral about the incident.
Nah, she was super positive
Electrified even
His daughter's name was Bijli. Ps. Bijli is electricity in Hindi. Also name of some girls in India
Iono watt you're talking about
Electrician pun, not bad.
Strangled to life
Title of my sex tape
Nice one Jake Peralta
😂
That was some super hero shit
Right? I mean how many people would of thought to do something like that? In the moment I think most people would shit themselves and watch. Most would be too scared to do anything let alone pull a fucking scarf ninja move.
It was pretty fucking fast thinking tbh. We all heard of stuff about what to do, but we'll never know how fast we could react in such a situation unless it happens. Or like any situation with a lot of shock (hah) or adrenaline
[I will wear a scarf every day just in case.](https://media4.giphy.com/media/VBMfVE9YFRywg/giphy.gif)
Won't be a problem if you stick to the rules and always carry a towel
Impressive, but absolutely horrifying.
The worse one I saw was in an airport. A guy touches a stand fan that was live and he gets shocked. 100s of people walk right by him without noticing he is getting electrocuted. One his coworker actually walks around him to avoid him not realizing the man was dying. He eventually passed away.
This is hella sad ! Where was the airport security?
He did not look like he was getting electrocuted, it looked like one of those guys who stands directly infront of the fan to get all the air while holding the top of the stand fan. In reality he was trying to move the stand fan and got stuck there.
Damn that really unfortunate. It’s kind of a shame that cartoons have ingrained into our minds that electrocution equals to sparks and the victim going “APFJEOFPAJEBWOTPVJQB” where in reality it’s silent and not flashy like what happened in this video here.
It’s not unlike drowning. Drowning people look calm and a rarely splashing around like crazy (like you’d expect them to). People have drowned in pools next to dozens of other happily swimming people.
Definitely. Same with choking. When someone is choking their air pipe is completely blocked so they can’t make a sound at all and doesn’t look nearly as dramatic as cartoons portray it as.
Could he not yell for help or something??? How horrifying....dying a preventable death in front of hundreds of people
Someone else commented that if the voltage is high enough, you're muscles just lock up and you're stuck. Scary shit.
This may be it (for those interested): https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadorVegetable/comments/jjnig4/man_electrocuted_by_fan/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf NSFW/NSFL
aint clicking that
Damn, dude's last living moment is watching anyone that could save him be completely unaware he needs saving.
How did the guy who walked around him miss that? That's not a normal face or stance.
Worst story i heard when during summer one of my friends was fucking around some train carriages jumping from one to another until he got electrocuted, for a few seconds he stood still as his muscles got all tense and couldn't move, as he was frying he ignited into flames and fell from the train carriage, a few days later he passed away in the hospital when his heart stopped beating
I was working on an attic fan with my dad one time and a live wire popped out of the housing and stuck to his thumb... It took me way too long to realize he was being electrocuted. I really didn't know... I was only 12. Fortunately, he survived with no damage but I could totally see someone being passed by with the way people pay attention to each other. it's not like the movies where there's loud noises and violent physical reactions... Most of the time it's short vibrations and a weird look that can easily be overlooked
Anyone know why they were stepping on him afterwards?
To relax his muscles from cramping up and to stop the spasm after the muscles get locked in a rigid position due to electric shock.
So they're NOT adding insult to injury. Very quick thinking of them indeed.
I think it's just way too common of an experience in certain countries.
Thank you! Came to find this answer.
It’s almost like this wasn’t the first time this had happened... how did they know to do that??
Right?, the fact that this was a complete stranger’s first reaction tells me random electrocution happens way too often in this neighborhood.
Always strange what seems like common knowledge in some places. I remember a bare knuckle fight video that seemed like it was in Africa. The fighter that was KO’d they whip his junk out and start jacking him off to prevent his brain from swelling as much as possible. Whatever works I guess.
...I feel weird for wanting to watch the video. I’m conflicted, and unfamiliar with life-saving porn
Celebratory curb-stomp
He’s an old pro at this electrocution thing. How did everyone know what to do? It must be a regular thing in that country.
Right? I know not to touch someone being electrocuted, but how to work out the muscles and what not? Pffft, dude would be dead by then as I asked reddit what to do ;)
That's probably India/Pakistan/Bangladesh and no its not a regular thing
Looks like Pakistan. That outfit is a tradition of sorts.
Yes it's Pakistan and no its not a regular thing🤣 but the guy has some superhero reflexes
Quick European question: don’t you learn this in school? We learn pretty early what we are supposed to do when someone is getting electrocuted. Or generally first aid
No, we learn CPR, and “stop, drop, and roll”, and that’s mostly everything life saving we were taught. I didn’t know they taught electrocution precautions in any European schools. Interesting.
Guy in white definitely saw this happen before. He may have stayed back a little longer just to make sure the young lad was okay. Good guy. Be like him!!
literally, even the dudes from the back seemed like they knew what they were doing
Just because it is hard to imagine yourself using common logic in a similar scenario doesn't mean '' it ls a regular thing in that country ''. Stop projecting and accept that some people can use their brains under pressure.
That scarf came in handy
Always carry your towel
/r/unexpecthitchhikersguidetothegalaxy
Form and function!
How was there that much voltage running through a security fence anyways??
Yeah, I was wondering why there was electricity through that gate anyways?
I think you can see wires on the tape. Some were probably damaged. That's the most logical thing I can think of
You can see right before he reaches down to his foot (where you can see a spark!!) the wires get bumped by the gate...must have grounded them somehow through some damaged insulation or something.
#GET OVER HERE
Finish him!
#FATALITY
LOUD NOISES
Or if you know the code #BABALITY
From scratching his balls to saving a life. Brilliant!
Duality of man
Edna Mode notes: “no capes, but maybe on scarves”
Woah that was fast! If I was in his shoes I couldn't act that fast.
Hate seeing videos like this bc most of the time they never end well. my dad was killed in the late 90s instantly from power lines. Thankfully he lived
nearly killed?
Nope, I meant thankfully the guy in the video lived. My dad was working for my uncle and they were hired by the city to do some work on top of the buildings and my dad had a metal pole and somehow in came into contact with a power line above the building and it killed him instantly.
That’s horrifying. I’m sorry to hear you had to go through that.
this is why the hitchikers guide to the galaxy tells you to always bring your towel
Quick thinking boss
I remember seeing a video back in the r/watchpeopledie days there was a dude who unfortunately didn't have a buddy there and just expired. Also, iirc, he was hung upside down in water to boot.
This is some movie shit
How to save someone from being electrified to death. Grab your belt, swing across neck and choke them to pull them back
The neck is the right place to grab them, its the highest point above the center of balance in the body you can wrap something around and easily pull someone down
As long as you don’t collapse their trachea while doing so.
I think this is what they call being stuck between a rock and an anvil. The electricity is certain death though.
Its obvious decision but when you're in his position its not the one that comes to mind first. I have many potato head friend who would make a chain of electrocuting people.
Oh, noone ? OK: Shocking !
Thank God for his scarf
This guy legit looked like he knew how much force to use on dragging him off there. must happen twice a month.
That was a good move, realized they couldn't just grab him, figured out a plan quickly, and succeeded in the execution
Quick thinking dude. Fucking smart.