ARLINGTON, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 5, 2021
May is National Electrical Safety Month, and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is launching its annual effort to help reduce electrically-related fatalities, injuries, and property loss. This year s campaign theme is âConnected to Safety,â which aims to educate the workforce about solar panel and temporary power safety precautions, and helps businesses prepare their facilities for electric vehicle charging.
Follow these steps to ensure proper safety procedures are met when working with or around temporary power. (Graphic: Business Wire)
There were 166 electrical fatalities in 2019, a 3.75% increase over 2018, and the highest amount of electrical fatalities since 2011. ESFI created this yearâs National Electrical Safety Month resources to address workplace safety needs to prevent these avoidable injuries and deaths. âContact with electricity is one of the leading causes of construction workplace fat
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Crew members working around power lines should have a thorough understanding of the pertinent OSHA regulations. The agency requires special precautions be taken when assembling/disassembling, operating and/or traveling with a crane near power lines.
Electrocutions resulting from contact between a crane and overhead power lines is still a leading cause of death on job sites. The key to safety around power lines is awareness, and an experienced operator knows to assume all lines are energized until he s confirmed otherwise.
Overhead power lines caused 36 percent of all electric-related fatalities in the workplace between 2011 and 2017, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation International.