Electrocutions and Prevention in the Construction Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Katz, Rebecca ; Wang, Xuanwen
• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training. CPWR Data Center ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Electrocution is a leading cause of fatalities in construction, and has been identifi ed as one of the Focus Four hazards by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), along with falls, caught-in-between, and struck-by (OSHA, 2011). Electrocutions can occur in many ways among different occupations. To better understand electrocutions among construction workers, and provide updated information for electrocution prevention, this Quarterly Data Report analyzed the trends and patterns of deaths due to electrocution, including primary sources of electrocution, vulnerable worker groups, and high-risk occupations. Because the number of nonfatal injuries caused by electrical hazards is small, this report only focuses on fatal injuries from electrocution. Numbers of fatalities were obtained from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and employment data were from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Both the CFOI and the CPS data are collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). To emphasize the importance of intervention, this report also includes solutions to prevent electrocutions selected from multiple sources, including OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and CPWR.
  
  NIOSHTIC no. 20050512
  
  Quarter3-QDR-2017.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement U60-OH009762 from The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  18 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050512
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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