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2002 Personal Accounts

The Darwin Awards salutes the spirit portrayed in the following personal accounts, submitted by loyal (and sometimes reluctant) readers.

From Our Zany Gifts Shop @ Zazzle   Electric Blue ZOT! Electrici-ti-ti-tee Cooking For The Win KITCHEN APRON The Stupidest Sperm   Your Generous Purchase Benefits Darwin Awards Writers   Electric Safety Lesson 2002 Personal Account All personnel stationed on an aircraft carrier are given safety lectures and demonstrations. In 1990, a First Class Petty Officer assigned to the mess deck was briefing new junior personnel on electrical safety. He showed them how to fill out a warning tag on circuits undergoing maintenance, and informed them that they were forbidden to work on the circuit until a second person had double-checked the tag and circuit. In a prime demonstration of why the rules were in place, he proceeded to open and grab a circuit that he supposed was de-energized, killing himself in front of 20 thunderstruck students. DarwinAwards.com © 1994 - 2020 Awful? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Great? Hate it! Love it!

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