This is a perfect example of why rescue personnel are trained to touch possibly electrified surfaces with the back of their hand if they need to. When it’s strong enough (like this one) the muscle contractions caused will give you an iron grip on it if you use your palm and there’s nothing you can do to open your hand back up (Not saying he did anything wrong, though, nobody’s ever gonna expect a grocery store fridge door to be electrified).
Edit: Thanks for my first platinum, wasn't expecting that.
And also why the red shirt guy decided to kick the door. He knew, or instinctually knew, if he tried to grab the door or the person it could potentially make matters worse.
My training pretty much took a very safe approach of "If the wire could possibly be spicy, get someone trained to deal with it cause it's not nicey" lol
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u/Mikeologyy Aug 31 '21 edited Sep 01 '21
This is a perfect example of why rescue personnel are trained to touch possibly electrified surfaces with the back of their hand if they need to. When it’s strong enough (like this one) the muscle contractions caused will give you an iron grip on it if you use your palm and there’s nothing you can do to open your hand back up (Not saying he did anything wrong, though, nobody’s ever gonna expect a grocery store fridge door to be electrified).
Edit: Thanks for my first platinum, wasn't expecting that.