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).
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.