FACTS

1. Younger workers are most likely to experience electrical injuries.
2. Electrocutions accounted for al but one of the workplace electrical fatalities.
3. The risk of shock or electrocution is greatest around metal objects and in damp conditions.
4. Only qualified electricians should repair electrical equipment or work an energized line.
5. Contact with overhead power supply lines is a frequent electrical-related killer.

STATS

• There were 136 electrical fatalities in 2017. An 11.6% drop from 2016, returning to 2015 levels.
• Contact with / Exposure to electric current accounted for 2.6% of all workplace fatalities. In 2016, they accounted for 2.9%, in 2015 2.7% […]

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