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A switchboard mat looks like any other standard ergonomic mat, but it is not. These mats are designed to prevent employees working near electrical equipment from being shocked. I understand the importance of these mats because I was the one who was shocked when I was standing on the floor.

It was one of those weird things, a crossed wire, a surge in power, bad luck, I don’t know, but I do remember hitting the ground from being shocked. It burnt my fingertips and I did not have feeling in my arm for about two weeks. It was a miracle that the feeling ever came back the doctor said.

A simple mat at your workstation could have prevented this he told me. He went on to tell me about safety in the workplace and so forth until I drifted off to sleep from the pain killers.

When I returned to work every station was equipped with these mats. Sometimes you just have to learn the hard way.