The door locks, sure, and the entire thing is a good 200lbs+, but itās often still just resting on top of the concrete pad. Kids probably canāt push it but an adult can probably hip check it an inch at a time.
Maybe a rider lawnmower bumps it and moves it 3 inches and now thereās a crevice between the concrete pad and the transformer that kids can reach into and grab high voltage power lines.
They ARE fairly safe, a lot of things have to go wrong, but bottom line itās still something that will kill.
Iāve worked around them, and I never shooed or chastised any kids I saw playing on them. Iād just do a quick inspection with them, point out that itās not crooked or bent or anything so they know what to look out for. Iād really prefer they didnāt play on it, but I get it
Zwiebel@feddit.org āØ3ā© āØweeksā© ago
Why tf arenāt they bolted down?
Like this one a car crashed into 1000097930
Glitterbomb@lemmy.world āØ3ā© āØweeksā© ago
I couldnāt really tell you why, just that they arenāt typically bolted down.
Also, thatās a telecom crossbox in your photo. Hereās some lawn mowing site warning about the risk of hitting them and moving them:
iamuinformer.org/ā¦/toolbox-talk-transformers-mowiā¦