OUCH! That hurt.
We had a guy at the shop working on a cheap Wal-Mart shredder and had it plugged in. We found out that the cheap ones will grind off a thumb as easy as the more expensive ones. Sad part was he played bass guitar.
I pull the plug when I work shredders in the field...except for, right before Christmas I was working on 2 giant Intimus security shredders, and I and the head tech at the factory were unable to determine what was wrong. He was having me test some of the switches by unplugging them and making a jumper with a paper clip to check the circuit. If you have never seen the inside of a big box like this, this beast has giant capacitors that are almost as big as a copier drum. In other words, it takes a lot of juice to start it. the PWB 'A" is in a confined space, and as I was tring to hit the spot with my home made jumper, I missed and slid my paper clip onto a hot post, which tried to start the machine, which caused the capacitors to open up, which caused the tech to get blown back about 5 feet. About the second I made contact with the hot post, time stood still for a second, and as I could feel the electricity start to run up my arm, I managed to utter the words "OH SHIT", before getting kicked out of it. Those are the words that when yelled loud enough, will bring everyone in the office to stand around you, and since they all knew me they did not hesitate to laugh and make fun. For about a week later I still had a burn mark on my hand that iched. On the plus side, I fixed both of them.
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