I got electrocuted at work for about 5 seconds by 260v no issues beyond imense pain during the shock but afterwards my lower back started hurting eventually after three weeks i got diagnosed with phsyatica i have released in that time that im starting to come very close to pooping my pants when i stand up or lift anything heavy has anyone else experienced this? And how long has it lasted after treatment?
I got 220V across the chest once cleaning an enviromental salt humidity test chamber. Felt like i was thrown against a wall. almost passed out, very scary. Not aware of any issues at the time, but I do have the occasional skipping heart beat which, looking back at it now, could be related.
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Ooh thats brutal yeah it changes you forsure i was changing out an ac and when i was pulling the plug too it somehow it shocked me and i couldnt let go it felt like i was being squeezed by a giant over and over again
Yeah the most I ever got was a jolt of 120 VAC. Never for more than a second. I used to test electrical components (transformers, etc) so there were exposed leads and clips. I was careful but not always careful enough. No lasting problem for me, fortunately.
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220 dc from a welder was fun.
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First time I was electrocuted before my three years. Can’t remember how many times after that. Remember first time, remember infantile games with cow fence… Or persecuting one asshole which switched on part of installation without my authorization and throwed me down from the stairs.
The most terrible Voltage was 690 V, the worst thing I’d ever touched: One of phases of transformer 22k/690 on the entrance in the secondary inverter situated at the aerogenarator tower.
I’m graduated at security and automatization… and still sometimes do electrjobs.
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I was in industrial construction for over 18 years … I’ve been zapped hard MANY times by welding .
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Getting an electrical shock can cause internal burnings, resulting lots of toxic products from this in your blood. I’m not sure whether it’s really that critical at 260 V, but I think you should ask for medical advice, because this can result in a life threatening condition even a day later.
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I was fixing a lamp in my first place and bought 2 six foot extension cords when I cut the first extension cord I cut the wrong one. What I cut was the extension cord that was plugged in with metal scissors guess you can say it was an electrifying experience.
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I have worked as a safety representative on construction projects and always found it shocking (pun intended) at how lax safety inspectors were on welders vs the tough time they gave electricians. Welding cables would be laying all over the place with dozens of nicks in the insulation and half arsed grounds. But God forbid a GFCI protected extension cord would be laying on the ground or touching something metal. I have been hit with 277v once and 120v several times, not fun but luckily no serious damage was done. Nowadays, workplace accident reporting has become such a legal nightmare that most employees won’t even report injuries unless they are loosing blood or worse.
That said, whenever I have back pain, I do love some shock therapy with my TENS unit.
I had something similar many years ago (I’m part-trained as an electrical/electronic engineer and worked as an electrician’s mate).
The incident in question only stands out for a number of failings by others and equipment and because my thumb muscle ached for ages after the event (a humourous part is that my snips ended up with a blast hole through their cutting edges, greatly improving their stripping performance).
I can’t remember any other effects and I’ve received many different kinds of shocks since.
More recently, I’ve developed what the doctors are saying is Arthritis in my lower spine or hip (owing to current events, investigation is stalled) with symptoms not unlike sciatica.
A short while ago, it dawned on me that my hip and buttocks on the affected side had taken the brunt of a blunt impact from a fall about twelve years earlier.
The worse electric shock I have had was when a tree shorted out the power lines and a result it shearde the bolts of the large transformer out side our house jumped on to our house down a wire to a steal clothes rail just as I grabbed hold of a wire cote hanger. All I new was that I felt like I was suddenly in a pressure chamber for a split second and then noticed that the coat hanger was straightened out in my hand . my friend ho was beside me recons I was about 3 feet in the air when it happened. I actually thought it was quite funny at the time but about 15 minutes later I couldn’t stop shacking. My hole body went into shock. I was about 14 or 15 at the time. I suspect most of the electricity must have gone somewhere else or I don’t think I would be alive. Just one of several close shaves with death I have had. So far I have been lucky 
I got electrocuted at work spent a week in hospital large hole burnt through my hand
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Not had any issues like this! But I have been hit by 277v and 120v on a couple occasions! I was working on installing a 277 light fixture for a dentist’s office outside when someone decided that that were tired of not having any light and flipped the breaker on while i was hooking up one of the phases. Now, its one thing to go into something expected it to be hot, its another entirely when its dead one second, and hot the next.
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Ouch that can’t have been fun. I used to know an intensive care doctor ho had a patient ho had hit power lines with a forklift and both his hands and legs from the middle of his thighs down wer cooked threw like a roast. The poor man lived though.
If anyone has been electrocuted they would not be able to post about it on here as they would be brown bread!
Omg how awful
Actually, they use the term “Electrocution” to describe any major incident with electricity. Ie, you can be electrocuted but not die from electrocution.
Technically you get electrocuted anytime you get shocked! Just a fancy term for “shocked”
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I’m surprised at some of the incidents that could have been prevented by a lockout tagout (LOTO) program. I work extensively with controls and building wiring, but any time I need to turn off power, it’s secured with a lock to which I have the only key. There are various devices that can be used to keep breakers from being switched on, cords from being connected, valves from being opened, and all sorts of other energy sources from being energized. That way, there are no surprises from somebody wanting lights and flipping a switch or resetting a breaker while I’m touching the wires!
That’s not too say I’ve never been shocked. I sometimes have to work inside energized cabinets. I’ve twice bumped a 480v line and caught the 277v from phase to ground, which really sucks. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been shocked by 120v. I only do that sort of live work when there’s no alternative, though - safety is always the first consideration.
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My accident was 30 years ago no health and safety then.power was off but someone had bypassed the switch. Lucky me still suffering now
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