Workplace Fatalities and Injuries 2003 – 2016

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) uses the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries (SOII) to distill information specifically pertaining to fatal and nonfatal occupational electrical injuries. Each year the ESFI publishes electrical injury information in tabular and graphical form on our website. The […]

Paper: Occupations Most At-Risk in Fatal Overhead Power Line Incidents

This paper, titled “Occupations Most At-Risk in Fatal Overhead Power Line Incidents: Using OSHA Data to Get a Better Understanding” examined all electrical cases investigated by OSHA from 2000-2011 to determine the industries and occupations that often sustain injuries from overhead power line incidents as well as the scenarios associated with these events. ESFI President […]

Workplace Fatalities and Injuries 2003 – 2015

Twenty Three Years of Electrical Injury Data Shows Substantial Electrical Safety Improvement The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) uses the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries (SOII) to distill information specifically pertaining to fatal and nonfatal occupational electrical injuries. Each year the ESFI publishes […]

ESFI Appendix D – Paper: Occupations Most At-Risk in Fatal Overhead Power Line Incidents

ESFI has compiled data from all overhead power line injuries and fatalities investigated by OSHA from 2000-2011 to determine the industries and occupations that often sustain injuries from overhead power line incidents as well as the scenarios associated with these events.     Appendix D provides narratives from the OSHA IMIS database1 for fatal overhead […]

Appendix C – Paper: Occupations Most At-Risk in Fatal Overhead Power Line Incidents

ESFI has compiled data from all overhead power line injuries and fatalities investigated by OSHA from 2000-2011 to determine the industries and occupations that often sustain injuries from overhead power line incidents as well as the scenarios associated with these events. This table shows the occupation for all electrical cases investigated by OSHA, 1990-2012. Occupations […]

Appendix A – Paper: Occupations Most At-Risk in Fatal Overhead Power Line Incidents

ESFI has compiled data from all overhead power line injuries and fatalities investigated by OSHA from 2000-2011 to determine the industries and occupations that often sustain injuries from overhead power line incidents (OHPL) as well as the scenarios associated with these events. Table A-1. Occupations of workers fatally injured by OHPLs for selected employing industries […]

Electrical Safety Then and Now

Twenty Years of Electrical Injury Data Shows Substantial Electrical Safety Improvement The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) uses the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries (SOII) to distill information specifically pertaining to fatal and nonfatal occupational electrical injuries. Each year the ESFI publishes electrical […]

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

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 […]

ESFI White Paper – Occupational Electrical Accidents in the U.S., 2003-2009

To better promote electrical safety in the workplace, the ESFI seeks to provide objective data on occupational electrical accidents to help decision-makers better allocate safety resources so they may have the maximum impact. This paper builds on earlier work[1] by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and supplements it with new information […]