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Fatal Incident - Safe Isolation failure?

What do we think on this incident, reported a bit differently in these two locations:

Whilst very sad and no-one should lose their life in the workplace (or anywhere else) I can't help thinking that an engineer of 30 years' experience should have been familiar with safe isolation procedures, and perhaps these were not followed.  There are of course many unreported possibilities such as multiple supply sources not identified but if you follow the mantra of poking a verified test device probe in before anything else (like your fingers or a screwdriver….), then your chances of falling victim are much reduced.

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  • Even better, frankly, in the domestic situation is to turn off the main switch, or as I have mentioned, keep the main fuse in your pocket.

    Easy in a new build, but not so easy when the householder wants to keep the wifi and computers running!

    Or the other trades want somewhere to plug in.

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  • Even better, frankly, in the domestic situation is to turn off the main switch, or as I have mentioned, keep the main fuse in your pocket.

    Easy in a new build, but not so easy when the householder wants to keep the wifi and computers running!

    Or the other trades want somewhere to plug in.

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