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Old 01-24-2007, 07:38 AM   #13
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I know I don't post much, but would like to say a few words about the Mag Lite. Before being forced into early retirement I worked for Hitachi in Greenville, SC. We had a near fatal accident involving the Mag Lite. An electrician was working on a main electricial control box, using his small mag lite, he was bumped by a co-worker who was helping him, his hand slipped into the control box, there was a arc, and he was almost fused to the box because the power jumped to him through the mag lite. If there had not been anyone else around he would have been fried to a crisp, as it was he spent some time in the hospitial with severe burns. The company banned all metal flashlights, and even replaced them with rubber coated lights, even personal ones that people brought from home. I know that working on our trucks does not involve high voltage, but you never know . Just my 2 cents worth.
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