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EE WAS CHANGING A LIGHT FIXTURE IN THE DISTR. BUILDING. INSTEAD OF LOCKING OUT THE POWER SOURCE, HE TAPED THE LIVE WIRES W/ELECTRICAL TAPE, AND WAS PASSING THEM INTO A 90 DEG. CONNECTOR, WHEN THE TAPE SPLIT. EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES,AND ENDED UP HOLDING THE LIVE WIRE. WITNESS REMOVED EE FROM POWER SOURCE. EE WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT WAS ALRIGHT AFTER. HE WAS TAKEN TO
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TRIP A CIRCUIT BREAKER. THEBREAKER WOULD NOT TRIP. THE EE PROCEEDED TO OPENTHE DOOR ABOUT 2/3 OPEN. HE WAS OBSERVING THE TRIP MECHANISM AND EITHER PUSHED THE TRIP BUTTON A GAIN OR TURNED THE HANDLE (EXTERNAL) WHEN HE HEARD A BUZZING AND OBSERVED AN ORANGE GLOW. THE NEXT THING HE REMEMGBER WAS CRAWLING AWAY FROM THEBOX. HE SUSTAINED 2ND DEG BURNS TO HAND AND KNE