DID YOU KNOW? 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 injury information in tabular and graphical form on our website. The most recent data covers the 24-year period from 1992-2018, but mainly focuses on 2003-2018 data.

Fatal Electrical Injuries

• There were 160 electrical fatalities in 2018. An 18% increase over the previous year and the highest number of fatalities since 2011.

• Fatality rates per 100,000 […]

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