Some years ago we had a couple of Saturday night meet-ups at a pub in Chelmsford, one of the forum members who came didn’t have any eyebrows or eye lashes on the second occasion.
There had been a bit of mickey taking on the forum, but it wasn’t until I saw him that I found out what had happened.
He was working in an engineering workshop with a dodgy fuse board similar to those in the pictures with exposed busbars and connections in it, so he was being careful as you would, however he knocked off some of the dust that was on top of the enclosure and it fell down into the fuse board.
As this was an engineering workshop where there was cutting and grinding being carried out most of the dust was actually iron filings, when it fell down into the fuse board it ignited creating a big flash and a bang burning the hair off his face.
There are times when you think you know what the risks are, but in reality the biggest issue is the thing you have not spotted.
I have been told off on on this forum a few times because I have said those most at risk from fuse boards like these are those who think they know enough to work safely around them, those with no skills or knowledge will generally look at something like this and think “that looks dangerous, so I won’t touch it”, working electricians will generally look at something like this and see and know the risks, it’s the engineers who will look at it and go rushing in without taking sufficient care, because they think they have the knowledge, but often lack practical experience.
Mind you, you can just get caught out by a pile of iron filings lying on top of the board.
Some years ago we had a couple of Saturday night meet-ups at a pub in Chelmsford, one of the forum members who came didn’t have any eyebrows or eye lashes on the second occasion.
There had been a bit of mickey taking on the forum, but it wasn’t until I saw him that I found out what had happened.
He was working in an engineering workshop with a dodgy fuse board similar to those in the pictures with exposed busbars and connections in it, so he was being careful as you would, however he knocked off some of the dust that was on top of the enclosure and it fell down into the fuse board.
As this was an engineering workshop where there was cutting and grinding being carried out most of the dust was actually iron filings, when it fell down into the fuse board it ignited creating a big flash and a bang burning the hair off his face.
There are times when you think you know what the risks are, but in reality the biggest issue is the thing you have not spotted.
I have been told off on on this forum a few times because I have said those most at risk from fuse boards like these are those who think they know enough to work safely around them, those with no skills or knowledge will generally look at something like this and think “that looks dangerous, so I won’t touch it”, working electricians will generally look at something like this and see and know the risks, it’s the engineers who will look at it and go rushing in without taking sufficient care, because they think they have the knowledge, but often lack practical experience.
Mind you, you can just get caught out by a pile of iron filings lying on top of the board.
