> Is there any evidence that one's overall safety is improved by keeping
> a hand in a pocket?
>
> Who came up with this rule? When? Why?
When I got zapped by the HV lead that flew up and attached itself
to my wrist, I was standing on a HV blanket like the kind electric
companies use on live power lines.
I had one hand "in my pocket", and was working with one hand.
I opened a main breaker that was feeding a reversed 4160 pole pig,
and burned a half-dollar sized hole in my wrist. The ground path
was out my fingers that were flipping the power switch on a
grounded panel.
The worse burns were at the tips of my fingers and my wrist, and
there was very little damage past my middle forearm, that area
looked more like a sun tan instead of being charred black or
blistered like the area in the current path.
I'd hate to think about what would have happened if I was standing
on the concrete floor, or had my other hand on a grounded panel. It
sure seems to me it saved my life.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com
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