The good news is that in 2020, there was a 24 percent decrease in fatal electrical injuries.
However, non-fatal electrical injuries were up 17 percent, according to the Electrical Safety Foundation International.
Of the fatalities, 44 percent involved workers in construction and extraction. About 20 percent involved installation, maintenance and repair. The highest number of fatalities occurred in mining and construction.
Even while work hours decreased 10 percent in 2020, non-fatal injuries occurred in maintenance and repair (31 percent), service (25 percent) and construction and extraction (21 percent).
