Looks like the fan had current shorting to the fan enclosure; or perhaps an induced current in some part of the motor that was making contact with the enclosure body . The fan itseld was likely not touching anything conductive that would send that fault current to ground. So, when this guy touched the metal body of the fan and some other part of his body made contact with a path to ground, current instantaneously began to flow from his point of contact (right hand) to the earth.

The "let go" amount of current (get a shock but your body will let go automatically) is something like 0.008 or 0.012 amps.

spez: let-go current is something like 0.020 to 0.030A

Anything above that and you won't be able to let go and are headed for a cardiac arrest or worse. These fans in America run on 120VAC and pull a modest .5 to 2 amps when really motoring and depending on the fans construction, speed, etc.

Look like a non-American country - so likely 220 volts present when he touched this thing - which is more than enough voltage to find a path for the 0.5 amps flowing through the thing to ground through your body (which does have some resistance to electricity and which can protect you from instant death and only leave you badly injured in some cases).

Looks like the fan had current shorting to the fan enclosure; or perhaps an induced current in some part of the motor that was making contact with the enclosure body . The fan itseld was likely not touching anything conductive that would send that fault current to ground. So, when this guy touched the metal body of the fan and some other part of his body made contact with a path to ground, current instantaneously began to flow from his point of contact (right hand) to the earth.

The "let go" amount of current (get a shock but your body will let go automatically) is something like 0.008 or 0.012 amps. Anything above that and you won't be able to let go and are headed for a cardiac arrest or worse. These fans in America run on 120VAC and pull a modest .5 to 2 amps when really motoring and depending on the fans construction, speed, etc.

Look like a non-American country - so likely 220 volts present when he touched this thing - which is more than enough voltage to find a path for the 0.5 amps flowing through the thing to ground through your body (which does have some resistance to electricity and which can protect you from instant death and only leave you badly injured in some cases).

Looks like the fan had current shorting to the fan enclosure - which was likely not touching anything conductive that would send that fault current to ground. So, when this guy touched the metal body of the fan and some other part of his body made contact with a path to ground, current instantaneously began to flow from his point of contact (right hand) to the earth.

The "let go" amount of current (get a shock but your body will let go automatically) is something like 0.008 or 0.012 amps. Anything above that and you won't be able to let go and are headed for a cardiac arrest or worse. These fans in America run on 120VAC and pull a modest .5 to 2 amps when really motoring and depending on the fans construction, speed, etc.

Look like a non-American country - so likely 220 volts present when he touched this thing - which is more than enough voltage to find a path for the 0.5 amps flowing through the thing to ground through your body (which does have some resistance to electricity and which can protect you from instant death and only leave you badly injured in some cases).

Looks like the fan had current shorting to the fan enclosure - which was likely not touching anything conductive touching the bare ground. So, when this guy touched the metal body of the fan and some other part of his body made contact with (the counter? through his sandals to the floor or a piece of metal trim that was attached to flashing, which was bolted to something else, etc. with a path to earth?) the a path to ground, current instantaneously began to flow from his point of contact (right hand) to the earth.

The "let go" amount of current (get a shock but your body will let go automatically) is something like 0.008 or 0.012 amps. Anything above that and you won't be able to let go and are headed for a cardiac arrest or worse.

Look like a non-American country - so likely 220 volts present when he touched this thing - which is more than enough to find a path to ground through your body (which does have some resistance to electricity and which can protect you from instant death and only leave you badly injured in some cases).