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Got electrocuted today (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 hours ago by Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/rant@lemmy.sdf.org

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Lowes hooked up a new washer/dryer combo, but when I ran it the water backed up. I went to clean it up and got electrocuted somehow.

My hand is fucked but my heart is OK, so I got out lucky. Spent the whole day in the hospital and I'm dreading the bill (thanks USA). So much for my plans of gaming over the holiday - can't do much with one hand.

The breaker to that room is off and I'm keeping the pets out until an electrician can come.

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[–] corvi@lemm.ee 61 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If you haven’t already, you should probably be taking to a lawyer. Somebody fucked up and almost killed you. They have insurance for that.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 21 minutes ago) (1 children)

My bestie is a lawyer. I'm not talking to anyone until I talk to her.

Edit: She referred me to a personal injury lawyer

[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Bob Loblaw is about to give a low blow to Lowes

[–] floral_toxicity@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

"I have the worst fucking lawyers."

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 29 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

"Electrocuted" specifically involves death, so in extreme, annoying pedantry, if you lived to tell the tale, technically you were only shocked and not electrocuted

Damn I'm surprised your hand is fucked, that really sucks! I've taken both 120V and 240V across the hand but was lucky with no serious injuries. Electricity is a dice roll.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Dying isn't always permanent

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 1 points 46 minutes ago

Yes it is, if you were revived, you weren't dead.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 hours ago

Ty for clarification

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 20 points 3 hours ago

Start taking pictures of all the damages before it heals and get a lawyer.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 4 hours ago

That’s shocking.

[+] shalafi@lemmy.world -6 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Not trying to be an ass, but have you never been shocked before? Why the hospital visit? Get burned or something? Scared to ask how they hooked it up so poorly.

My dumbass pulled a move and stuck my hand in the washer power after I plugged it up. Yelled so loud the wife came running and the kids heard it outside and came running. Scared the shit out of me, zero damage.

I've hung from a support line, that was not a power line and should never have been energized. Locked on, 220V of FUCK YOU from one hand to the other, across the chest. Finally broke free by kicking myself off the pole and crash landing. Damage? Palms were pink.

Point being, that's so abnormal it's scary. My man! WTF happened?!

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 hours ago

Typing is hard with one hand so bare with me. When I got shocked my arm immediately went numb from my hand to my elbow and still is. Shortly after my chest started hurting. I have heart problems as is. Went to urgent care for my hand but they sent me to the hospital for my heart. Still can't feel my hand much - it's weird, feels like it's in plaster or something. Got a good burn on my hand but they said the feeling should return within 10 days.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Sounds like you got lucky tbh, 220v can easily kill even more so in the way you are describing.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 hours ago

Luckily it was 120v

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

You should always go to the hospital after a decent shock to make sure you're good

My dad worked with electricians and a dude had a heart attack a few hours after a good shock because it had slightly fucked with his rhythm or something (I ain't no heart man), from then on they enforced sending people to the DR if they got a numbing shock or worse

Same was the case when I worked in a warehouse and we only dealt with 110v

[–] parpol@programming.dev 3 points 2 hours ago

Not to mention electrocution leads to various other organs being damaged, like the kidneys, so OP might want to make a full health check.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Electricity is a total dice roll. I'm glad you were uninjured! I've been lucky enough to feel both 120V and 240V AC with no injury, but it was total luck. The 240V should have been my end, very scary stuff.