A firefighter in Kentucky is electrocuted after contacting an overhead power line. A factory manager dies after bypassing lockout-tagout. A landscaper in Massachusetts working from a raised portable work platform is electrocuted when a pole saw contacts an overhead power line. A California tree trimmer is electrocuted when a tree branch falls onto energized electric power lines. Two propane gas supplier workers in Washington are electrocuted when boom truck crane's boom contacts 7,200 volt overhead power line.

One of the tasks of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is to conduct investigation of fatal occupational injuries through its Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program. The primary intent of this program is to provide interested users with access to the full text of hundreds of fatality investigation reports.