Anoher safety reminder. What NOT to do...

[jraef]

We all know it, but isn't it amazing how some people never learn, or when they do, it's too late?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/31/pastor.electrocuted.ap/

Pastor electrocuted while performing baptism

Monday, October 31, 2005; Posted: 5:12 a.m. EST (10:12 GMT)

WACO, Texas (AP) -- A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning when he adjusted a nearby microphone while standing in water, a church employee said.

The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was stepping into the baptistery as he reached out for the microphone, which produced an electric shock....

Lake was pronounced dead at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, nursing supervisor Pat Mahl said. The woman being baptized apparently had not stepped into the water and was not seriously injured. ...

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[logbook]

I can't imagine how rubbish the electrics must have been to get electrocuted from a microphone, even when standing in water and simultaneously holding a water tap!

 

[itsmoked]

Yes, but we all know that about every 2 years some musician cashes it in for exactly the same reason.

 

[felixc]

Like that french singer who got zapped dead after trying to change a lightbulb while taking a bath. (the story did not tell what substances were in his blood at that moment...) 240VAC is less forgiving than 120VAC.

 

[rmw]

When it is your time to go......

rmw

 

[itsmoked]

yes...yes... rmw. Some just inadvertently advance the process..