At my local medical offices, I took notice that all the electrical outlets in the facility have been installed with Ground Pin Up and not the conventional Ground Pin Down. So I investigated. Ostensibly, this is to avoid the accidental and foreseeable event of a tray of other conductive objects falling across the line and neutral. While this article actually says it does not matter, I feel that it does. I've seen exactly this accidental scenario occur in real life with a ball chain necklace.
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