Contract workers at higher risk for fatal electrical injuries
Despite fluctuations from year to year, the number of fatal electrical injuries experienced by contract workers has followed an upward direction, according to a report by released by the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA) and written by Richard Campbell using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries.
Fatal Electrical Injuries of Contract Workers shows that a total of 325 contract workers died as a result of electrical injury in the U.S. in the five years from 2012 to 2016, reaching peak annual totals of 73 deaths in 2014 and 76 deaths in 2015 and then falling to 63 deaths in 2016.