Yep... I have the habit of putting one hand in my back pocket. Story: I found the main 200A breaker tripped on my house near Ft Wayne..... used a 3' long wood stick to reset it..... BLAMO! Like a grenade going off... due to a dead short between the 2 phases inside the panel. Glad I was 3'-4' away 'cuz I really jumped!
I used to work on some Navy 50,000W transmitters..... working around 5000-10,000 volts DC will make you veeeery careful.
