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ESFI White Paper - Appendix A - Electrical Injury Trends and Data

Posted 02.18.2015 in Workplace Safety
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The Electrical Safety Foundation International has compiled the occupational electrical injury experience of the major industries and occupations from data available through the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period 2003 through 2009. These data include the total number of electrical injuries and fatalities, the industries and occupations in which they occurred, and the rates of electrical injury and fatality for selected industries.

Appendix A: Tables 1–7 and Figures 1–15

Tables 1–7

Table 1 – Total fatalities from all causes, 2003–2009, shows all causes of occupational fatality by Event code.  

Table 2 – Fatal electrical injuries for all industries, by Event, 1992–2009, includes results from 1992 to 2002 for trending purposes, in addition to those for 2003-2009. 

Table 3 – Number of electrical fatalities, Private Industry, 2003–2009. Table 3 excludes fatalities to workers under 16 years old, military, and government employees.  Second, it is sorted by the Industry in addition to the Event.  

Table 4 – Nonfatal electrical injuries involving days away from work, Private Industry, by Event, 1992–2009. This table includes nonfatal injuries that occurred from 1992 to 2009 for trending purposes.

Table 5 – Median number of days away from work for nonfatal electrical injuries, by Event, 1992–2009. This table includes results from 1990 to 2009 for trending purposes.  The totals and percentages reflect the entire period from 1992 to 2009. 

Table 6 – Occupational groups with the most fatal electrical injuries, 2003–2009, reflects the Industry structure and the job structure within that Industry. 

Table 7 – Fatal electrical injuries by selected worker characteristics, all U.S., all ownerships, 2003–2009. New for 2009, Table 7 depicts the total number of fatal electrical injuries by year versus employment status, gender, age, race, source of injury, nature of injury, part of body, work activity, location, and industry.  

Figures 1 – 15: Injury Rates 
 
Figure 1 – Fatality rates for all causes vs. electrical causes, 2003-2009 
Figure 2 – Electrical fatality rates, by Event, 2003-2009 
Figure 3 – Electrical fatality rates for selected industries, Private Industry, 2003-2009 
Figure 4 – Utility industry, selected electrical fatality rates, by Event, 2003-2009 
Figure 5 – Mining industry, selected electrical fatality rates, by Event, 2003-2009
Figure 6 – Construction industry, selected electrical fatality rates, by Event, 2003-2009
Figure 7 – Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry, selected electrical fatality rates, by Event, 2003-2009 
Figure 8 – Nonfatal electrical injuries, Private Industry, by Nature of Injury, 2003-2009 
Figure 9 – Nonfatal electrical injury rates, by Nature of Injury, Private Industry, 2003-2009 
Figure 10 – Nonfatal electrical injury rates, by Event, Private Industry, 2003-2009 
Figure 11 – Number of electrical injuries, by Event, Private Industry, 2003-2009 
Figure 12 – Rates of nonfatal electric burn injury for selected industries, Private Industry, 2003-2009 
Figure 13 – Rates of nonfatal electric shock injury for selected industries, Private Industry, 2003-2009 
Figure 14 – Rates of nonfatal electrical injury in the construction industry, by Event, 2003-2009 
Figure 15 – Rates of nonfatal electrical injury in the utility industry, by Event, 2003-2009

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