Electrical hazards killed four workers in Missouri and Kansas in five months in 2021. In Missouri on Oct. 4, it was a 40-year-old electrical contractor replacing light fixtures in Sedalia. On Sept. 23 ...

A federal workplace safety investigation into the Aug. 31, 2021, fatal electrocutions of two 19-year-old apprentices in Adger, N.C., found their employer might have prevented the incident by ensuring ...

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that there are, on average, 9,600 serious electrical shock and burn injuries each year. About 80 percent of these are the result of arc flash events. According ...

Understanding of the electrical arc flash and electrical shock hazards has vastly improved over the past few years. Employers undertook a concerted effort to issue personal protective equipment (PPE).