High-risk Electrical Tasks and Contributing Work Factors

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Electrical construction is recognized as a high-risk trade that accounted for about 8% of all fatalities in the construction industry in 2019. Exposure to electrical hazards is not limited to electricians; other trades, such as laborers, structural metalworkers, and linemen, also experience an increased risk of exposure to such hazards. To implement proper preventive controls to create safer jobsites, identifying high-risk electrical tasks and associated work factors that constitute at-risk working conditions seems to be imperative. However, the construction industry lacks a centralized resource offering this comprehensive information. To fill this gap, the researchers pursued three objectives: (1) identify high-risk electrical tasks, (2) explore work factors leading to incidents and near-misses, and (3) identify applied solutions for each task. This research was carried out in collaboration with 14 electrical contractors. Read the article: https://bit.ly/3bW6qza. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Electric Injuries Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Industry Electrical Hazards Electrocutions Hazard Recognition Lockout Tagout
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Key Findings from Research
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067585 ; nn:20065810
• Citation:
  Key findings from research. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2022 Aug; :1
• Email:
  bmemarian@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a0e094ca75a9c99ee68662cbb9388854cc82bcc15738cc1b0dd1e2eaa3bc5aa426e80e28a2e42eacd3c9d3511a3593f2b7f4b70c91c4547f01cebbe69c693588
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/138338/cdc_138338_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 39.00 KB ]