23 Sep 2019 - Man died after being 'electrocuted by floodlight' playing five-a-side ... But on the way back, he touched a floodlight lamppost and received a shock.
This is the conclusion to the investigation into a tragic accident that occurred in 2016 original report from 2016 2016 the really surprising observation at the inquest is that a number of other people had already reported shocks from the post and the fencing to the managers of the facility during the weeks before, but apparently these reports were not taken seriously report here
This puts the management in a very bad light.
Presumably this was an LE fault and no RCD as a lost neutral would have been noticed sooner.
23 Sep 2019 - Man died after being 'electrocuted by floodlight' playing five-a-side ... But on the way back, he touched a floodlight lamppost and received a shock.
A shock is the passage of current through the body. To get a current to flow you need a potential difference (a voltage). It would appear from the police officer who previously received a shock it occurred when he grabbed the pylon at the same time grasping the fence. My money would be on the pylon being live from a short from the flood light on top to earth, the fence sitting at 0V from contact with the ground.
I am very concerned given the police officer's account that nothing would have appeared to be done in the form of a proper investigation given his description of events.
Some years ago I stopped in a queue at the traffic lights on the dual carriageway in Worcester City centre and a young girl slid past me sideways in the other lane and hit a steel lamp post resulting in it bending and causing arcing from the controls in its base.
I phoned the emergency operator and said send everyone, fire, police, ambulance and Central Networks who was the DNO before WPD.
I also phoned Central Networks direct as I had their emergency number on my phone, they were actually the first to arrive as a result of the phone calls, literally getting there in minutes. If the DNO had received a phone call to a problem like this on private land I suspect they may have said that the person in charge needed to get an electrician to attend. The DNOs can be good, but do draw lines on responsibility.
