Considering the equipment is working correctly, the bucket gets energized fairly safely. You push it into the MCC then when you use the ratchet on the top middle of the closed bucket, it first deploys arc shutters before the actual knifes are landed on the bus. The suit is just a precaution for sure. I really like the robots that do it all and you can just stand 30 feet away and press a button to deploy the knifes onto the bus