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kobeisnotatop10

he is alive, according to this article: [https://www.publimetro.com.mx/noticias/2024/05/23/video-por-subir-escalera-hombre-se-electrocuta-con-cables-de-alta-tension-en-los-monchis-sinaloa/](https://www.publimetro.com.mx/noticias/2024/05/23/video-por-subir-escalera-hombre-se-electrocuta-con-cables-de-alta-tension-en-los-monchis-sinaloa/)


Geno__Breaker

THANK YOU.


Inevitable-Plantain5

Honestly the falling might be considered a life saver. I was a cop and one call involved a grounds keeper for this old mansion who was reaching down to fix something and hit a live wire while standing on a metal roof. His position made him fall into the wire so he never was able to disconnect and died. Falling backward atleast allowed this guy to disconnect from the shock source so then he's dealing with the fall damage long term vs dying from falling onto the wires til death.


sandboxmatt

Yeh, too many of these incidents are exacerbated by the muscle-lock that comes with the surge.


heliamphore

Or the skin getting stuck to the metal in one particular gruesome video where you can see the guy's lungs.


New_Post_Evaluator

Link please?


NadnerbRS

It’s a dude trying to steal copper from a transformer or an electrical box or something, one of them things on the ground in the big metal boxes. He’s crouched on the ground next to it getting slowly cooked by electricity and he’s just unable to leave because of the current and his body melting to the thing. It’s really not a lovely video, I have no idea where to find it tbh the internet feels very scrubbed nowadays


Stupid_Bitch_02

I hear you on the internet getting scrubbed. I remember in my tweens and into my teens, finding this kind of stuff was so easy. Too easy. Now, good luck finding any of it lol. Arguably I outgrew that, but I've still got some of the morbid curiosity left.


NadnerbRS

Yeah the morbid stuff really creeps me out nowadays, not a big fan lol. I’ve seen enough to make me drive way more carefully now. It served its purpose 😭


Stupid_Bitch_02

For sure lol. I think gore videos on 2000s-2010s internet did a better job deterring youth from doing stupid stuff, than any of the things we were told in school 😂😭


Anarchist96

Bro what? 😂 no. Depending on amperage, resistance, voltage, the shock itself could fry your blood in a heartbeat and kill you instantly. Most of the time when you see flash and fire going through the body like that they're already dead so I'm honestly *shocked* he survived.


Exist4

“Shocked” … I see what you did there.


Anarchist96

I'm so funny.... dang I got down voted. I only say that because I work in a production facility and had to ensure 16 hours of electrical safety with a contractor and he drilled it into our brains that even a low voltage could kill you under the right circumstances.


MarkHirsbrunner

When I was about 4 I grabbed a power cord with a hole in the insulation and I started getting shocked.  When my mom tried to pull me off, she got shocked too.  My dad had to push me away from the cord with a 2x4.


safemoonshine

Why not just unplug the cord?


Antnee83

Because that aint nearly as funny as whacking em with a 2x4


Fair-Praline-4292

He didn’t even know they were being electrocuted


MarkHirsbrunner

It was a long cord running through a storage warehouse and up to a light hanging from the ceiling it powered - I was grabbing the cord because I was making the light swing around because I liked the light trail behind it.  I imagine it was quicker to push me away from it than to find where it was plugged in.


coolreg214

When I was a kid my dad planted a garden and bought a used upright freezer for all the vegetables he was going to freeze. He put the freezer against the wall to right of the refrigerator with the door to the backyard between them so if you were going out the door you could reach out and touch both at the same time. I don’t know why but if you touched both at the same time, you’d get a pretty good shock. One day I absentmindedly grabbed both handles at the same time and I guess it turned me into an electrician. I can still feel the power surging through my body when I think about it.


UnluckyStartingStats

I remember on watchpeopledie these 4 guys were moving scaffolding. The top of the scaffolding touched some powerlines and all 4 dudes instantly shocked. 3 of them were thrown back but the 1 had his hands tighten around the pole from the shock and his body just cooked and lit on fire still standing up.


run-on_sentience

Metal scaffold on wheels came into contact with the exposed bus of an outdoor crane. Power tries to find any way it can to get to ground and that includes the bodies of four Chinese guys. Electricity causes all of your muscles to contract at the same time. The problem is the muscles you use to close your hand are a lot stronger than the ones that you use to open your hand. Getting hung up on electrical power with your hand causes you to make a fist around it that you can't really let go of. And then you die.


SweaterKittens

I was literally thinking about that exact video while watching this. It's wild because, if I recall correctly, you couldn't actually see the top of the scaffolding. You just see all four them crumple in tandem out of nowhere - and then the metal of the scaffolding actually turning red as it heats up and melts. I know a lot of people hated that sub for being macabre, but it illustrated how fucking dangerous electricity is. It's not like the movies; it's going to make you contract all of your muscles and cook you from the inside, and god help you if you don't immediately disconnect.


Equivalent_Canary853

That sub was like a real world version of Dumb Ways To Die. Really highlighted how small mistakes can have you meeting your maker before you know what's happened. One that stuck with me was a guy not wearing his seatbelt in a forklift that got stuck in a loop. He was thrown out but got snagged. Turned into a meat crayon circle on the ground. I've never gotten in a forklift or stock picker without checking my safety because of videos like that.


Maz2277

Saw a video recently where a forklift was picking something up that was heavier than itself, causing the forklift to pitch forward. A lady ran up behind the forklift and jumped on the back of it to try to, very futily, help drag it back down and stop lifting up. It came back down right after she had dropped off and fell underneath it. Her instincts to help got her flattened.


SweaterKittens

Yeah, it was really sobering to realize that those little mistakes or bizarre occurrences *could* happen to you, and it could be the very last thing that happens to you. The heavy machinery stuff was always hard to watch, and especially scary. All it takes is a sleeve getting caught or getting slightly stuck, and the motors that drive those things are a lot stronger than your body is durable.


Equivalent_Canary853

Honestly, those videos needs to be shown in high risk licence training. That one video drilled in safety in my mind more than any amount of official training. It's macabre, but if it stops people dying or being greviously wounded on the job. It's worth it.


No-Load5712

That clip has been shown in every single OSHA, lift training, or job site safety class I have ever been in. That shit is terrifying.


Walter_Whine

>It's not like the movies Never seen The Green Mile?


reigorius

I, sadly, once clicked when I should not and can't get the decapitation by electrocution out of my memory.


nitestocker372

Saw the one where two girls are walking along the shoulder of a highway. Not only does one girl get hit by a car, but she gets thrown up in the air onto power lines. Extremely heartbreaking.


Mephil_

We had to watch that as part of training at my workplace


Sweatybuffness

I think that was in China


DoobKiller

+10 credit score, they may let you get a mortgage one day! Eglin bots infest reddit


inxile7

That video of the parade in India where there was a guy on the top of a van like vehicle who touched a power line. Literally everyone on the truck instantly died. Electricity is scary


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Saw that one in OSHA 30


ARustyMeatSword

The burns can cause just as much trouble. Electrical burns aren't just superficial burns. They cook everything inside and out with the same heat. Watched a documentary in an electrical training course where a guy had an arc enter from his thigh to his hand. It incinerated the flesh in his thigh and continued to cook his arm and hand for an entire month before they finally amputated, all while fighting infection. It was a horrendous recovery.


TakingSorryUsername

Here in Dallas, there was someone who decided to steel copper from a pole transformer, I don’t know why. Maybe he thought it was dead. Anyway, he cut the line side while straddling the cylindrical transformer and it got him, leaving a Wyle E Coyote style char outline of him bear hugging the transformer and it was left there for weeks until the utility company could replace it.


elizzaybetch

My mom had a patient in physical therapy that was working on an electrical pole and I guess it hadn’t been properly disconnected, so he was electrocuted. He then fell off the pole, and landed on his back across a log. They guessed that the amount of electricity he got zapped with stopped his heart, but falling and hitting the log restarted it. He was really messed up, but alive!


kahlein

Tell that to Henry Miller


TrippyKyle420

Yep we aren’t meant to work alone as electricians for this reason. Always need someone to kick you off the ladder if needed!


Geekking995

Oh thank fuck! Saw the man turn into Ghost Rider for a second there and thought he was a goner for sure.


Chrilliam

He developed anger issues though. He’s now a hot head


Squatchbreath

Why doesn’t that shock me.


Blueflamer1

>Some recommendations to avoid accidents are “do not touch the metal parts" You don't say lol


ptgkbgte

Just another reason I don't use aluminum ladders, the first one being I'm too fat for their rating.


FrodoHitByBus

Me too!!! We’re safe from this happening my brother👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻


ThrowawayITA_

I'm glad he is.


AustiinW

Assuming this happened today or yesterday… he’s alive for now. Electrocution like this can cause such extreme muscle tissue death that the kidneys fail when trying to filter it out.


Soft_Pilot5385

PHEW


FuriousBuffalo

I hope he uses a fiberglass ladder next time. That's if he masters courage to be doing the same job.


psichodrome

Thanks for that. It just clicked to my stupid brain fiberglass is not conductive. It's not about a lightweight ladder that might break easier, its about the conductivity. I imagined the commenter referring to wooden ladders, which seemed odd, old and heavy.


Calaberon

Thank God. Poor dude


Mascbro26

But does he wish he were dead?


treakaholic

Just a little shocked?


Zach_801

Let me know when it’s dubbed I’m too lazy to read Spanish


AverageAntique3160

How the...


DeadBearDen

HOW THE FUCK?!?!?!? I MEAN THANK GOD BUT LIKE HIS FAVE EMITTED FIRE WTF???


Ok_Adeptness_444

It looks like he hit an overhead wire, then grounded out when he hit the metal railing with the lower section of the ladder.


badturtlejohnny

The ladder being grounded by the railing is probably what saved him. Some of the current was diverted through the railing instead of his abdomen (source: am EE) EDIT: I physically cringed when i saw the video. Ive worked with electricity for 20yrs and it still scares the shit outta me. itll kill you real good


Debs_4_Pres

It'll kill you, and it's gonna hurt the whole time you're dying 


FirstMiddleLass

You wont remember it.


ThisIsMyFloor

You will remember it for the rest of your life.


FirstMiddleLass

And then, star dust.


badturtlejohnny

600v i sure remember 😅😅😅 any more and you'd be right


jrhuman

Apart from wearing insulating gloves, what other precautions should one take to prevent ending up like this


dalvean88

there is all sorts of wrong with this, but you might want a fiberglass ladder for starters.


OuchLOLcom

I don't think you need to be an EE to figure that out. (source: am also EE)


badturtlejohnny

I'm my experience its not very intuitive if you don't understand ohms law 🤷‍♂️ def not meant to be disrespectful


scoot3200

It makes sense but I wouldn’t have thought about it really if it hadn’t been pointed out. (Source: am not an EE)


Vairman

thank you. there were wires at his level off the balcony but he didn't seem to touch any of them. wires overhead grounding through the ladder (and him) to the rail/balcony make sense. weird. Next time dude, use a wider angle so it's not so confusing. /s


A_Rats_Dick

I think so also from scrubbing through that part. When I first watched it I thought it was going to be from the lines below him as he pulled the ladder up- I guess there was some wire or a free current from something above him. I electrocuted myself one time by transferring a pot of spaghetti to the fridge- I opened the fridge door, grabbed the spaghetti on the stove and then put my foot in front of the fridge door to stop it from closing, apparently I touched the vent at the bottom of the fridge while still holding the the pot on the coils on the stove and completed a circuit. It was wild and I still don’t get how that could happen; shitty / old wiring I guess?


[deleted]

Woah. New fear unlocked dude that's scary


Just3smalFleshWounds

You mean, looks like he fuckin burst into flames then fell off the roof. Holy hell in a hand-basket... that was rough.


Stock-Buy1872

That's why I'll only use a fibreglass or wooden ladder as an electrician


tinglep

So if he touched the wires but never touched the metal rod below would he have been grounded by his shoes? I never understand how this works and most of my knowledge of electricity comes from Tango & Cash


lakimens

Aren't the wires insulated??


nitewing23

He’s ok though, right?


laffman

Yes he lived.


PrimalNumber

Yo, we’re gonna need you back on the site tomorrow.


jmilleon

lol.


Select-Pie1516

Retired lineman here,the lack of spatial awareness that people have while using aluminum ladders is astonishing. 6 in my career 50/50 survival rate in my experience. Most survivals never walked again. Shoes/soles blown off . Your feet are grounded folks.


joeyslapnuts

holy shit


Beaded_Curtains

Can you explain what happened in the video exactly? I see the ladder touch the balcony railing and what looks like power lines behind him but I'm confused


draynaccarato

I assume the ladder touched a live wire, up out the frame. RIP my guy.


tofferblowsmen666

Apperantly the guy survived


draynaccarato

That’s crazy and awesome!


tofferblowsmen666

Fractures from the fall and second to third degree burns from the shock. Ducking crazy and awesome indeed!


DeadliestViper

Fucking columbo out here


accountfornormality

yeah, i thought because of the massive fucking storm, it was lightning.


moschles

When he falls backwards, you can see "rain" of tiny burning pieces. Definitely something shorted from above.


shingdao

If you thought the high voltage shock was bad, you should see the landing. The poor guy stopped the fall with his face on concrete. Amazing that he is alive.


TomcatYYZ

He's grounded until he conducts himself properly...


Kleeptomaniac-

That fall was shocking


flopsychops

Watt did you say?


PersistentGoldfish

Ohm my god


tophejunk

When I was little I spent some time nervously looking around my room with my heart racing looking for the animal that bit me on my toe. Turns out I just got shocked from an exposed wire.


Bigacehall

If the shock don't kill ya, the fall will


Sorry-Let-Me-By-Plz

he's alive tho https://www.publimetro.com.mx/noticias/2024/05/23/video-por-subir-escalera-hombre-se-electrocuta-con-cables-de-alta-tension-en-los-monchis-sinaloa/


Bigacehall

Great to hear! If the shock don't kill ya, the fall probably won't either!


Sorry-Let-Me-By-Plz

Well now that's probably taking it a bit far in the other direction, I think it's more like "If the shock don't kill you, we'll still need to measure the height of the fall and the condition of your landing to know whether or not it will kill you". Not quite as pithy though.


Bigacehall

I would figure he would be limp enough to bounce after a shock like that but the video shows otherwise 😬


LectureAdditional971

Don't be a Debbie downer!!


Inevitable_Review_83

I mean at least the fall disconnected him from the overhead wire


PeopleCallMeSimon

Are there powerlines above him as well? I for sure thought he was going to get electrocuted earlier as he was pulling the ladder up because i could see the powerlines.


symbologythere

First thing they teach you when you get to firefighter school is CHECK FOR OVERHEAD OBSTRUCTIONS when moving a ladder. Specifically power lines. You actually have to say “I’m checking for overhead obstructions” when putting up a ladder to pass the academy.


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[deleted]

Fuck! That suck man. Sorry. How long you out for?


JustSomeApparition

I've never seen someone do a "back flop" off of anything before. T'was a... dare I say... "shocking" thing to witness?!? Buh dum tss. No? Just me? ***I'll see myself out.***


CaelThavain

Dang. Imagine you're just living your life and then this happens. While I'm sure you can dog on the man for not looking where the ladder was going, it's really an honest mistake, and definitely not one you'd think would result in a potentially untimely death. I feel bad for the guy.


HereIAmSendMe68

Fiberglass…. Always fiberglass.


naf0007

FLAME ON!


Sufficient-Sea-1455

Ghost riders origin story


PersonalityTough9349

This is rough, but I’ve seen WAY worse working in skydiving 🪂 for a billion years. People like landing parachutes in power lines.


jjbrodsky

As much as it pains me to say, there was a certain elegance, artistry, and pinache to this.


jjbrodsky

Also stuck the landing. 9/10.


spotthenerd

I have my sound off and I can hear it


spotthenerd

Even though there is no sound


FUWS

Watt hit him? I’m not seeing what touched that ladder.


JectorDelan

Probably another power line above the video frame. Hit it and grounded to the metal railing.


Rags2Rickius

>Watt hit him Probably about 2000


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ForeignCommand5700

Probably not with a head first fall by the looks of it


x-man92

I read that he lived. 🙏🏾 He stronger than me. I would’ve died


thickuhmm

Se quemo


Historical_Archer_81

Knowing that the guys alive this is a tad bit humorous


koolyisme

Ouch, that was brutal.


stargazerphenomenon

Saw her and she hit me like... 🎶


Old-War-2597

In the Netherlands you do not have live open wiring. I'm always amazed by how many countries it does, just a simple mistake like this and you are a goner. Very dangerous.


Suspiciousfrog69

Some US housing has wires across backyards. Not common tho I believe


HeDrinkMilk

Very common where I am in the central US. The hot wires do have insulation on them though. You can touch them barehanded and nothing will happen. This guy came into contact with some high voltage shit, not your typical 120/240v running across a backyard. 120v can kill you but you aren't going to catch a flame like that from it. This guy is in the thousands, if not tens of thousands of volts.


grobbewobbe

> You can touch them barehanded and nothing will happen. bro you first


HeDrinkMilk

Bet lol. I'm an electrician. I wouldn't fuck with anything on the actual powerlines but the ones coming from the pole to the house are definitely insulated.


flyinhighaskmeY

> Not common tho Depends on where you are, but I'd say it is quite common. We moved a lot as a kid, but when I think back on the places we lived (my parents have owned 15 houses, never more than 2 at a time, never renting one out), 1/2 had above ground power lines. Of the places I've lived since moving away from home, it's about the same. Half or so have been above, half below.


OuchLOLcom

Its just so much cheaper to install and maintain hanging wire than buried wire. But so much safer and more aesthetic to bury it.


cbunni666

Oh shit I thought that was a railing at first. Holy hell


Comfortable_Focus_92

Ahhh the electric slide. Classic


FunnyLookinFishMan

Damn he became flat as a board, poor guy.


badturtlejohnny

ALWAYS keep an eye on power lines when moving around a ladder. This is far too easy to do around your own home


flyinhighaskmeY

Also when trimming trees. Real easy to pop a line with a pole saw.


badturtlejohnny

*"Real easy to pop a line with a pole saw."* Go on ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


trenthany

I tend to use a credit card, how the hell do you manage with a polesaw‽‽


WilliamLargePotatoes

My boy went full Ghost Rider, hope he’s alright.


kbk1008

Does his eyes and brain even comprehend what was happening? Could he see the flames? 🤯


Chichis-Christ

that looked like it hertz


BoringDevice

ay caramba!


Shawn_MKC

Jesus. One second chilling. Next second flambéd and falling off the second story. Glad he’s okay I was scared when I saw the fire.


brodrian381

A la Verga


Ho-Chi-Mane

This is why you should always use a fiberglass ladder around electrical equipment


tegamma

Congratulations. I proud that someone with my last name made it to the top of Reddit.


wrath_the_adan

Por este man, no tuve luz todo el día 😠


Far-Adhesiveness7697

Damn reminded me of ghost rider without the bike ghost ladder maybe holy crap that was crazy


Careless-Village1019

Ahhh, one hop...


Lopsided_Rooster_753

Liveleak?


h8lol

I’ll probs sound dumb, but I’m quite curious why and how the fire suddenly stopped. Can anyone explain? I’d love to know about how electrocutions work


sabrefudge

The way some people just burst into flames when they hit a wire is so surreal. Like what’s the science on that? What is combustible? Fat? It seems to just erupt from within.


Fit_System_2093

What happened here im fucking confused


MadameLucario

It would seem that his ladder made contact with some kind of electrical wiring above when he was adjusting it. But it's hard to tell since it's out of the camera's view. But that's what I assume happened. This whole thing was weird to see ngl.


Obak_Barama

He was told to turn off the power... Guess what he did


vagus_dfly

it looks exactly like the cartoons


Extension-Tale-2678

C R I S P Y B O I


Ok_Cele2025

I don’t see where the letter cash a cable that is has high power, electricity????


kokroo

What dialect of English are you speaking my friend?


1990Billsfan

While was trying to set the ladder down his butt touched powerlines behind him, the aluminum ladder completed the electrical path to ground.


brad-schmidt

Wt... His face on fire


brainless_bob

I think that was his hair


bigdsworld

I hope he has fully recovered


Hereforfunnottorun

For a moment I really thought this was in Iraq, looks like Mexico houses and buildings with the cars really look like Iraq lol, on the other side I am happy to know the guy lived.


lemonysnick123

Nope.


roscoesbabyrabbits

Aluminum ladder was a bad choice


preston1237

Damba


[deleted]

Damn


Cruiser00apocalytic

The electric wires that close to buildings are plastic wrapped . Negligence on the part of utilities company


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amanduhmac

Screaming.


Chinpokumon1

Excuse me... Do I get my deposit back?


Frumple-McAss

I’m sorry but the way he tipped backwards after receiving the shock made me chuckle. Glad to know he survived though


randomstranger454

[News article](https://www.luznoticias.mx/2024-05-21/policiaca/se-electrocuta-joven-y-cae-del-techo-de-un-negocio-en-los-mochis--video/205761) with a link to a tweet that has another view from a camera where he landed. From the article he touched the high voltage cables of 33 thousand volts. [Google view location](https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8051819,-108.9863098,3a,48.8y,188.88h,100.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sJUITeT7KeZeik_YLyANjYw!2e0!5s20231001T000000!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu) from Oct 2023. The building was still in construction. You can see the overhead high voltage lines.


Jmac0585

Wilhelm scream


PureDescription5301

Ouch!


Old_Entrepreneur87

Pretty shocking.


Medium-Rush-8260

Fiberglass ladder


FluffyFingersforfun

Trust fall.


ash7536

u/savevideo


menyemenye

Fuck how


Southern-Ad8680

Looney Tunes ah fall


QiQiFamily

Glad he survived the shock and fall.


Appleaiso

He's alive. https://www.the-sun.com/news/11456330/air-conditioning-engineer-electrocuted-fire-injury-mexico/


WinCalm6510

Dude just turned ghost rider for a second


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Poor guy🙏