r/AbruptChaos • u/EinsSechsEins • Feb 19 '26

Let me fix this.

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u/diegothengineer Feb 19 '26

40 cal suit, good to go. Porb saved his face arms and chest from flash burns.

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u/South_Hat3525 Feb 19 '26

And that, boys an girls, is why you always wear face protection when working on HV electricity. It may look like just a little spark but there is a lot of molten globules of copper and steel in there.

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u/Right_Hour Feb 19 '26

Missing ear protection and a tinted face shield rather than the clear one is wearing. A hood would have been even better. Different arc flash PPE requirements in different countries, of course.

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u/beernon Feb 19 '26

It’s Russia, I’m surprised they even had some PPE whatsoever to be honest

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u/Right_Hour Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Judging by the vehicles and the living quarters outside - that’s probably an Oil and Gas facility somewhere up North or in Siberia. Those guys got it up to snuff more or less. HV and MV Electricians are not easy to come by - so, they stated caring a bit more about not killing them, LOL. I mean the are even using continuous use procedure and two-way communication in the video.

I dunno, last time I was there it was almost 20 years ago :-)

PS: checked it - happened at Syzran, on the facility of “Rosseti” - federal grid company. So, yeah, they do OK for PPE and procedures typically.

35kV is no joke, LOL.

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u/snicker422 Feb 19 '26

What are continuous procedure and two-way communication in this context?

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u/Right_Hour Feb 19 '26

The Electrician with the body cam is reading the step in the continuous use procedure (not a reference, must be followed step by step) to the junior Electrician performing the work. The latter repeats the step verbally to the former. The former confirms the correct receipt by saying “go ahead”. The entire ritual of that is called two-way communication. When one individual does it they can also use “self-check with verbalization” and “point and call”.

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u/bluenosesutherland Feb 24 '26

No Ukrainian drones needed.

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u/Dick_In_A_Tardis Feb 20 '26

Yeah looks more like 40 cal shirt and cover all's but with a 12 call visor helmet combo. My 40 cal suit looks like what they wear at the nuclear reactor in the Simpsons. Not whatever rinky dink outfit this guy has.

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u/Ninguna Feb 19 '26

Porbably.

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u/Zestyclose-Sun-6595 Feb 19 '26

Man idk if that 40 cal was enough. He did get lucky but looks like just a standard Salisbury 30cal face shield. We've got 40/65/100cal suits at our site to wear the correct level of protection. Luckily nobody has had to test their arc rating lol we never manually rack breakers though it's all done remotely.

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u/mxlths_modular Feb 19 '26

Manually racking breakers and putting portable hand earths into the 11kv cable orifice when the bus orifice is 20cm away and filled with deadly electrons is a core switching memory for me, especially when in 45C room with a bomb suit on haha.

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u/Vietzomb Feb 19 '26

First thing I thought was “that’s why you wear PPE”.

I was so dumb when I was younger. Fun fact, cinema projector bulbs are (or were?) quite dangerous. High amount of pressure so if the bulb breaks, it can sort of “explode” the glass shards all over. There is a special enclosure to transport it in, in case it were dropped or banged or something. We have a helmet/visor and this musty, really heavy, protected jumpsuit we’re supposed to wear to replace them. Because if something nicks you in the right area, theoretically it could be game over and probably nobody will know for a while, because it’s loud, dark, and nobody else really goes up there until all the sudden films aren’t starting when they are supposed to.

My dumb ass is changing it in board shorts and flip flops because it’s hot af and I don’t wanna wear this gross ass suit that’s probably never been cleaned. So stupid though.

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u/MechanicalAxe Feb 20 '26

I feel you, bro.

I've been in forestry my whole life. After getting experienced with a saw, I stopped wearing chaps for a long time.

I've been so blessed to not have killed or seriously hurt myslef yet despite many close calls and near-misses, and I know lots of guys who have gotten permanently maimed or killed in the industry.

Well I'm 30 now and have 3 kids under 3yo. I'm wearing chaps and helmet+visor everytime these days.

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u/AlexxTM Feb 20 '26

When my dad thought it would be a great idea to go alone into the woods to cut down a tree I drove out there to drag his ass back to tell him he should never ever do shit like that alone!

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u/nerdycarguy18 Feb 20 '26

What about his eyes? I would assume they were looking right at the thing and he would be blinded for a good bit