Electrocutions and Prevention in the Construction Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Katz R ; Le C ; Wang X
• Description:
  Electrocution is a leading cause of fatalities in construction, and has been identified 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Electric Injuries Electricity Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Electrocutions; Fatalities; Electrical hazards; Electrical safety; Construction; Construction-industry; Construction-workers; Safety-research; Accident-potential; Accident-prevention; Mortality data; Mortality rates; Mortality studies; Electrical workers; Electrical power transmission lines; Power lines; Bureau of Labor Statistics; BLS; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; OSHA; Accident analysis; Accident rates; Accident statistics; Information systems; Statistical analysis; Risk factors; Surveillance
• Publisher:
  CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  1-19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20050512
• Citation:
  CPWR Quarterly Data Report. Silver Spring, MD: CPWR-The Center for Construction Research and Training, 2017 Oct; :1-19
• Email:
  SDong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• 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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231552/cdc_231552_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.10 MB ]