elecmono.jpg (19669 bytes)

Worker Deaths by Electrocution:

A Summary of Surveillance Findings and Investigative Case Reports

NIOSH Pub. No. 98-131

May 1998

 

The PDF version is also available as 98-131.pdf (51 pages, 137K).

CONTENTS

 

Title Page

Disclaimer

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PUBLIC HEALTH SUMMARY

 

INTRODUCTION

(Nancy A. Stout, Ed.D.)

 

PART I--ELECTROCUTION-RELATED FATALITIES

 

OVERVIEW OF ELECTRICAL HAZARDS

(Virgil Casini, B.S.)

 

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ELECTROCUTION FATALITIES

(Suzanne Kisner, B.S. , Virgil Casini, B.S.)

 

PREVENTION: ELEMENTS OF AN ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROGRAM

(Virgil Casini, B.S.)

 

REFERENCES

 

PART II --FATALITY ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL EVALUATION (FACE)

SUMMARY REPORT ABSTRACTS, 1982-1994

ELECTROCUTIONS

 

FACE ELECTROCUTION CASES

 

 

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Estimated Effects of 60 Hz AC Currents

 

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Frequencies and Rates of Electrocution Deaths Identified by NTOF by Year, 1980-1992

Figure 2. Frequencies and Rates of Electrocution Deaths Identified by NTOF by Age Group, 1980-1992

Figure 3. Frequencies and Rates of Electrocutions Identified by NTOF by Industry, 1980-1992

Figure 4. Frequencies and Rates of Electrocutions Identified by NTOF by Occupation, 1980-1992

Figure 5. Frequencies of Electrocution Deaths Identified by FACE by Age Group, 1982-1994

Figure 6. Frequencies of Electrocution Deaths Identified by FACE by Industry, 1982-1994

Figure 7. Frequencies of Electrocution Deaths Identified by FACE by Occupation, 1982-1994 

Figure 8. Frequencies of Electrocution Incidents Identified by FACE by Month, 1982-1994

Figure 9. Frequencies of Electrocution Incidents Identified by FACE by High Voltage Level (>600 Volts), 1982-1994

Figure 10. Frequencies of Electrocution Incidents Identified by FACE by Low Voltage Level (<600 Volts), 1982-1994

 


eleclogo.gif (6713 bytes)

Return to NIOSH Homepage


This page was last updated on 06/04/99.