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1. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Review of Department of Energy Electrical Safety Occurrences in Fiscal Year 2011 January 30, 2012 EFCOG Electrical Safety Subgroup Spring 2012 Meeting Daytona Beach, FL By : Skip Searfoss Office of Analysis (HS-24) Office of Health, Safety and Security

2. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Purpose • Review and analyze the reported electrical safety occurrences for fiscal year 2011 and compare these occurrences with the previous fiscal year. • Discuss the observations from this review with the Electrical Safety Subgroup (ESSG). • Help to identify potential ESSG workshop action items.

3. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Introduction • Electrical accidents rank sixth among all causes of work-related deaths in the United States. Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2003-2007, 52 percent of occupational electrical fatalities occurred in the construction industry. • Electricians sustained 47 percent of the electrical fatalities in construction followed by construction laborers (23 percent), and painters, roofers, and carpenters with 6 percent in each occupation. • Contact with overhead power lines is the leading category of on-the-job electrical death. • DOE has had only one electrical fatality in the past seven years. • Note This does not include the death of a worker seriously injured back in 1996 when his jackhammer contacted 13.2 kV.

4. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Safety Occurrences for Fiscal Year 2011 The number of reported electrical safety occurrences increased over the fiscal year with a significant increase after reaching a low in May.

5. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Comparison of Electrical Safety Occurrences for FY 2011 and FY 2010 There were 143 occurrences reported during FY 2011 and coded for electrical safety issues as opposed to 153 in FY 2010.

6. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Comparison by Calendar Quarter

7. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Comparison by Secretarial Office

8. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Worker Types The following charts show a comparison of Electrical Workers versus Non-Electrical Workers. A higher percentage of Non-Electrical Workers are exposed to electrical hazards than Electrical Workers, which underscores the need for more or improved awareness training for all workers.

9. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Subcontractors The involvement of subcontractors in electrical occurrences has shown a slight decrease over the past two fiscal years. Continued improvement is needed in the area of oversight and flow-down of requirements for electrical safety work practices and hazardous energy control.

10. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Comparison of Worker Types for FY 2011

11. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Comparison of Workers Types for FY 2011 (Continued)

12. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Near Misses, Burns and Shocks

13. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Shock Events There were 33 shocks in FY 2011 and 32 shocks in FY 2010. The following charts show a comparison of Electrical Workers versus Non-Electrical Workers.

14. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Shock Events (Continued)

15. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Shock Events (Continued)

16. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Intrusion Events There is very little difference between the trend of electrical intrusions for FY 2011 and FY 2010. The number of occurrences were the same for both years.

17. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Intrusion Events (Continued)

18. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Hazards Recognition Overall during the year, workers recognized potential hazardous conditions 39 percent of the time; however, from June until the end of the fiscal year this dropped to 26 percent.

19. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Hazards Recognition (Continued) As would be expected, Electrical Workers found hazards more often than Non-Electrical Workers.

20. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Hazardous Energy Control and Job Planning There was a significant decrease in February for lockout/tagout (LOTO) and in the area of job planning. However, following a flat period in June and July, the last three months of the fiscal year indicate that more improvement is still needed in both areas.

21. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Hazardous Energy Control (Continued) FY 2011 improved over FY 2010 in Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) occurrences with 29 percent fewer LOTO occurrences reported.

22. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Job Planning Issues (Continued) FY 2011 improved over FY 2010 in occurrences involving Job Planning issues with 38 percent fewer occurrences reported.

23. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Severity

24. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Electrical Severity (Continued)

25. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Topics for Discussion • Improving Areas: • Job Planning • Hazardous Energy Control (LOTO) • Areas needing attention: • Electrical Shock Prevention • Hazards Recognition (Non-Electrical Workers) • Electrical Intrusion Events

26. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security QUESTIONS

27. HSS Office of Health, Safety and Security Contact Information • Glenn “Skip” Searfoss • Program Analyst • Office of Analysis HS-24 • Glenn.Searfoss@hq.doe.gov • Office: 301-903-8085 • Fax: 301-903-8403