Working Safely With Electricity

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics website states in 2008 there were nearly 2,500 lost workday injuries resulting from electrical shock. During the same time period, electricity killed an additional 192 workers. The characteristics and power that make electricity so useful in our everyday lives also make it dangerous.

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The National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), studies electrocutions occurring between 1982 and 1994. The NIOSH researchers analyzed 224 electrocutions that resulted in 244 workplace fatalities. The information they learned provides valuable lessons for everyone that works with or around electricity.