Yes, sirs! Failure to follow electrical protocols is just stupid when one has no idea what is the safe way to proceed.
Two personal cases here:
When I was young I worked in a music store (surprise
) and one summer the air handlers in the mall shut down. We got some large floor fans to circulate air. I went to move them while they were running. I grabbed one and went to get the other one. As I grabbed the second one I became immediately aware that one of the plugs had been replaced without following color code with a non polarized plug. I couldn’t let go. My boss saw what was happening and quickly unplugged one. I think he saved my life that night.
I worked in implant at Philips Semiconductor until they pulled up stakes in America. Implanters back then pulled vacuums in the -8 torr range, developed huge magnetic fields, produced ionizing radiation, ran on poisonous gasses and voltages up to 1,000,000 V. To top this off there was the source. An implanter is essentially a single car garage. The source arc is the filament. Variable voltages from about2 - 25VDC at currents up to 250A.
I was on the ERT (emergency response team) and I saw the results of a moron (rest his soul) that did not follow strict lock out/tag out (LOTO) protocols. It is something I will never forget.