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[Jeff Bankston]

A real shocker !

[Stephen Kirby]

Remember when the table tops at Wendy's had these old newspaper ads on them?  Lots of steel girdles and headbands with wires connected to hand crank generators guaranteed to cure all sorts of ailments.

As an arthritis sufferer I get a kick out of all the suggestions I get for copper bracelets and the like.

[Mike Sokol]

As an arthritis sufferer I get a kick out of all the suggestions I get for copper bracelets and the like.

Don't get me started on copper bracelets... 

[John Roberts {JR}]

Don't get me started on copper bracelets... 

I recall reading about a guy who was electrocuted while installing a dishwasher because he was wearing his wedding ring and it caught on an energized part of the washer.

Perhaps it made the electrical connection better, and pulling away harder.

JR 

[Jeff Bankston]

I recall reading about a guy who was electrocuted while installing a dishwasher because he was wearing his wedding ring and it caught on an energized part of the washer.

Perhaps it made the electrical connection better, and pulling away harder.

JR

that happened to an electrician in the 80's. except he got it in a 277/480 panel. he got loose but lost his ring finger. it burned the skin and meat off under and around the ring. he did not return to the job. i never allow anyone on my crew to wear any kind of rings, bracelets , watches, chains. all long hair has to be in a tight pony tail. no button up the front shirts, tee shirts only.

[Philip Roberts]

i never allow anyone on my crew to wear any kind of rings, bracelets , watches, chains. all long hair has to be in a tight pony tail. no button up the front shirts, tee shirts only.

The first part of your list makes sense to me but why no button up shirts?

Philip

[Tim McCulloch]

that happened to an electrician in the 80's. except he got it in a 277/480 panel. he got loose but lost his ring finger. it burned the skin and meat off under and around the ring. he did not return to the job. i never allow anyone on my crew to wear any kind of rings, bracelets , watches, chains. all long hair has to be in a tight pony tail. no button up the front shirts, tee shirts only.

Bingo.  We were taught this in Jr. High shop classes in Los Angeles in 196x and I never forgot it.

[Daniel Levi]

Bingo.  We were taught this in Jr. High shop classes in Los Angeles in 196x and I never forgot it.

I take it as a button up shirt can leave skin exposed (esp. around the heart area) whereas a t-shirt won't.

[Jeff Bankston]

Bingo.  We were taught this in Jr. High shop classes in Los Angeles in 196x and I never forgot it.

because the gap can get caught on something and delay you from jerking away. i dont remember any of my guys ever wearing a button up shirt.

[Mike Sokol]

In the mid 70's I was in an engineering department designing and supervising the build of packaging machines. So while I wasn't actively wiring and welding, I would be hanging around the shop to make sure my blueprints were being followed. My boss told me in no uncertain terms that I was always to tuck in my necktie or wear a clip-on tie. When you're standing next to a big spinning lathe you don't want your face pulled down into the spinning metal if your tie gets caught.   

The guys in the welding shop also taught me a lesson about wearing low top shoes in the shop. One of them sparked a welding rod when I was standing next to them and dropped a few red-hot welding spalls into my shoe. Talk about a hot foot. That's when I started wearing steel-toed cowboy boots anytime I was heading to the shop. 

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