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  • Accident case studies
    • Overhead power lines studies
      • Lorry driver suffers burns
      • Failing to warn driver of overhead lines
      • Failure to isolate power supply
      • Erecting a lighting tower
      • Scaffolding contacting overhead line
      • Moving tower scaffold
    • Electrical maintenance
      • Changing an electrode
      • Touching live equipment
      • Incorrectly wired appliance
      • Insulating live wires
      • Faulty air conditioning unit
      • Live electrical panel
      • Supply not been properly isolated
      • Injuries result in amputation
      • Switchgear not isolated
      • Induction heat treatment machine
      • Poorly constructed equipment
      • Pressure water washing machine
      • Metal fence
      • Incorrectly wiring a machine
      • Mail wrapping machine
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      • Cable locator
      • Road breaker
      • Pneumatic impact mole
      • Pneumatic breaker
      • Jackhammer
      • Breaking concrete
      • Gas pipes and electrical cables
    • Ignition of potentially explosive atmospheres
      • Removing paint in a yacht
      • Cleaning electric stirrer
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