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Minor Electric Shock
Date of Incident: 15 May 2019
Description:
A contractor was operating with an electric concrete saw (rotary twin blade diamond saw) in the Manapouri switchyard. The worker picked up the plug to unplug the saw to change position. He felt a tingle when he touched the plug. The supervisor was assisting him and touched the same plug and also experienced a minor shock from the plug as well. Both experienced the electric shock when touching the plug, not the extension lead.
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