How Do You Know? Perspectives on Electrical Safety: An Employee’s Story
Chapter 5 Safe electrical practices are vital to everyone in your business. In this video, an employee relates his personal perspective on the importance of electrical safety in the workplace. How Do You Know Video Series How Do You Know? – Provides a brief introduction to the problem of occupational electrical injuries and fatalities and […]
How Do You Know? Perspectives on Electrical Safety: A Safety Supervisor’s Story
Chapter 4 The safety supervisor has a responsibility to provide adequate electrical safety training and a safe work environment. This video illustrates a safety supervisor’s personal perspective on the importance of electrical safety in the workplace. How Do You Know Video Series How Do You Know? – Provides a brief introduction to the problem of […]
How Do You Know? Perspectives on Electrical Safety: A Manager’s Story
Chapter 3 Safe electrical practices are vital to everyone in your business. This video provides a personal perspective on exactly how electrical safety affects a member of the management team. How Do You Know Video Series How Do You Know? – Provides a brief introduction to the problem of occupational electrical injuries and fatalities and […]
How Do You Know? What Does Electrical Safety Mean To You?
Chapter 2 The standards and regulations related to electrical safety in the workplace can seem overwhelming. This video explains the roles played by OSHA and NFPA 70E. It also introduces the Electrical Safety Self-Assessment, an online tool developed to help you evaluate your current electrical safety practices. How Do You Know Video Series How Do […]
How Do You Know? Program Introduction
Chapter 1 How do you know if your workforce is properly protected from electrical hazards? The “How Do You Know?” electrical safety awareness program can help you answer this important question. This video provides a brief introduction to the problem of occupational electrical injuries and fatalities and introduces the components of ESFI’s new “How Do […]
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 […]
Workplace Electrical Injury and Fatality Statistics – Additional Charts, 2003-2010
The most recent workplace electrical injury and fatality data published by ESFI covers the 20 year period from 1992-2010, but mainly focuses on 2003-2010 data.
Workplace Electrical Injury and Fatality Statistics, 2003-2010
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) first began to compile its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) in 1992. This actual count of on-the-job injuries and illnesses has since been accepted by the National Safety Council as the definitive census of occupational injuries in the US. Each fatality is verified by at least two […]
