• Sadrockman
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    I’ve seen this kind of fuckery at my workplace. Scary.

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      If this is in the US, I feel like it would be a violation of OSHA. Or maybe it’s something so stupid that OSHA never thought to make it a rule.

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        Oh I’m positive its an OSHA violation,but it got fixed after a while. A stopgap till the right switch/part arrived. In recent times,at least. In the past however,this would stay till safety came through and made them do it right. And this is a billion dollar company too. Blows my mind.

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          That switch probably controls a contactor. I din’t think that switch could take all the current for the elevator

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            Or something like it controls the lights in the elevator cab (but not the elevator itself).

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        We’ve got an elevator at work that is… less than reliable. To reset the elevator is a giant breaker BUT sometimes it’s not the mechanics in the elevator but the control board. To reset that board is just a GFI. Also the lights in the elevator are a different light switch in the same closet.