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Tragedy Strikes Texas Church - Pastor Electrocuted in Baptistry
 

 
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Subject - Tragedy Strikes Texas Church - Pastor Electrocuted in Baptistry

December 27, 2005 

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Tragedy Strikes Texas Church - Pastor Electrocuted in Baptistry

In Texas, tragedy struck the congregation of University Baptist Church when the church’s lead pastor, Reverend Kyle Lake, was electrocuted as his hand made contact with a wired microphone connected to the church’s audio system while standing waist-deep in the church’s baptistery.

The cause of the accident was a faulty water heater in the baptismal coupled with a lack of proper grounding and fault protection of the electrical supply to the baptismal heater and pump.

The following article evaluates how an incident like this can occur and includes an important safety checklist everyone should use when working with sound systems.

Click here for the full story.
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Comments

  • I remember reading about this in the news when it happened. This does a good job of describing in layman's terms what caused and could cause such an event. I worry, however, about people believeing that conduit can effectively serve as the grounding conductor back to the circuit protection device. Thanks for distributing the follow up on the incident.

    Sam Williams

    Sam Williams
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