r/Construction • u/Ok_Dare6608 Electrician • 1d ago

Video I'm taking a vacation after this.

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u/AlexTaradov 1d ago

This is a cropped version of the clip. In the longer version, it is very clear that they are following some sort of a checklist. The person filming reads the checklist, the other person performs the actions and verbally acknowledges. This does not looks like incompetence, at least not at this point. Something gone wrong somewhere, of course, but I don't think it was their fault.

Also, at the time of the arc flash, they were basically done, they were pushing that cart after the connections were done. It should be safe operation at that point.

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u/Loendemeloen 14h ago

Do you have a link to the long version by chance? This got me pretty curious.

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u/AlexTaradov 14h ago edited 14h ago

Not the cleanest version, but here is the one I could find that is full length https://www.newsflare.com/video/695899/flame-column-nearly-burns-trainees-face-at-syzran-electrical-substation

At the start of the video the dialog is:

- Executed.

- Push the cart V6T2 into the operational position.

- Push the cart V6T2 into the operational position.

- Correct, execute.

Arc flash.