As I sit here watching Mythbusters and they reitterate (sp?) the 1/2 a milliamp can potentially kill a person if they are shocked by at least that amount.

Well before I went to the oilfield I was a maintenance electrician/mechanic for a Corrugated box plant. I was shocked or hit by a motor starter connected to 480V and I forget how many amps....well over the 1/2 milliamp as this was for our sump that required a forklift(one of the bigger forklifts) to remove it to repair. The blade to create suction was well over 12" in diameter. So one night I was testing using my multimeter and slipped on live power and hit pretty solid and Im still here.

My question is why am I still kicking and even though I experienced paralyzing hold on the wire I still was able to break the connection and not roast?

Anyone else been hit with high amounts of voltage & current?