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EPRI Occupational Health and Safety Database (OHSD ) EEI Occupational Safety & Health Committee Conference October 8, 2008 EPRI Program Manager: Gabor Mezei PhD Researchers: Michael A. Kelsh, PhD, MPH Tiffani Ann Fordyce, MPH Libby Morimoto, PhD

Overview of EPRI Occupational Overview of EPRI Occupational Health and Safety Database Project Health and Safety Database Project • Integrated database of workplace injuries among electric utility workers • Combines various data sources: – Worker injuries (safety) – Personnel data (human resources) – Worker compensation (legal) • 17 Participating utilities – 8 Utilities—continuous data 1995–2006 • Includes: – Over a million worker years of observation – More than 35,000 OHSA reportable injuries

Disease and Injury “ “Surveillance Surveillance” ” Disease and Injury • “Cornerstone” of Public Health Science and disease prevention – Cancer registries – Mortality registries – Birth defects registries – MV crash registries – Injury registries – NHANES surveys

OHSD Project Objectives OHSD Project Objectives • Monitor and evaluate injury/illness trends in the electric energy industry workforce • Identify high risk occupations • Quantify costs and lost time • Provide basis for research priorities • Improve benchmarking capabilities • Characterize risk factors and rates for special injuries (e.g., burns, strains, motor vehicle crashes)

Predictive Value of Injury Information Predictive Value of Injury Information • Accurate information on injury trends and injury risk: – Robust statistics on common and rare injuries – Not your weekly injury report – Particular attention to estimating risk/hazards – Focus on target occupational and demographic groups – Long term perspective

Comparisons with Other Safety Data Comparisons with Other Safety Data • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)/ Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) – Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses – National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries • Edison Electric Institute (EEI) – Industry-wide statistics – Less detail than OHSD – Relies on survey rather than original data • Utility-specific Systems – Smaller number of events for rare injuries – Occupational and demographic analyses not routinely performed

Annual Report: Standard Features Annual Report: Standard Features • Work force • Injury rates across characterization participating utilities • Injury trends over time • Occupation and location • Nature of injury • Demographic factors • Body region affected • Injury source/ accident type

Components of EPRI OHSD Components of EPRI OHSD • Special projects – Burn injury analysis – Sprain/strain injury study – Technical support for ergonomics projects – Overtime study – Web reporting • Tailored collaboration projects – Motor vehicle crash study – Benchmarking studies

Average Annual Num ber of Em ployees for Core Utility Com panies 18,000 16,000 Average Annual N um ber of Em ployees 14,000 12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 - Company P Company O Company F Company E Company D Company C Company B Company A Com pany

Overall Company-Wide Injury Rates by Year and Company Code, 1995-2006 12.00 10.00 Injury Rate per 100 Employee Years 8.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 0.00 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year Company A Company B Company C Company D Company E Company F Company O Company P

Distribution and Injury Rate for Electric Utility Workers by Age Group, 1995-2006 50% 5.0 Distribution of Age Group Injury Rate per 10,000 Employee 4.2 4.0 Y 4.0 40% 4.0 Injury Rate per 10,000 Employee-Years 40.2% Percentage of Age Group 3.0 30% 3.0 2.3 26.9% 20% 2.0 1.4 18.3% 10% 1.0 12.1% 0.3 1.5% 0.9% 0.2% 0% 0.0 20 or Less 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-65 65+ Does not include data from Company N. The distribution is based on employee-years data and includes all employees.

Injury Rates per 100 Employee-Years by Occupational Group, 1995-2006 14.07 Meter Readers 12.39 Welders 12.28 Line Workers Mechanics 7.49 Maintenance Workers 5.84 5.60 Machinists 4.70 Foreman 4.41 Electricians 4.32 Drivers/ Deliverers/ I nspectors/ Patrol 3.94 Material Handlers and Porters 3.55 Plant and Equipment Operators Security 3.37 Other Technicians 3.22 2.83 Custodians/ Cooks 2.20 Administrative Support 1.88 Representatives 1.47 Supervisors 1.46 Other Coordinators 1.23 Technical/ Professional Support 1.20 Engineers 0.65 0.38 Managers 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 I njury Rate per 10 0 Em ployee-Years

Number of lost time and recordable injuries and Number of lost time and recordable injuries and employee years, injury rate, and FTE loss rate by job years, injury rate, and FTE loss rate by job employee classification, 1995– –2006, EPRI OHSD 2006, EPRI OHSD classification, 1995 Injury Rate per FTE Loss Rate per Number of Number of 100 Employee- Number of FTEs 10,000 Employee- Employee-Years Injuries Years* Lost Years Job Classification Administrative Support 54,707 1205 2.20 63.55 11.62 Coordinators 22,665 278 1.23 9.81 4.33 Custodians/Cooks 3,992 113 2.83 3.17 7.94 Drivers/Deliverers/Inspectors/Patrol 13,554 585 4.32 56.09 41.38 Electricians 29,574 1305 4.41 52.70 17.82 Engineers 65,152 422 0.65 7.08 1.09 Foreman 10,007 470 4.70 21.96 21.95 Line Workers 52,518 6447 12.28 249.78 47.56 Machinists 8,542 478 5.60 16.73 19.58 Maintenance Workers 61,434 3588 5.84 108.94 17.73 Managers 68,605 263 0.38 6.37 0.93 Material Handlers and Porters 13,691 540 3.94 21.77 15.90 Mechanics 73,510 5506 7.49 197.80 26.91 Meter Readers 36,044 5070 14.07 190.05 52.73 Other 21,717 317 1.46 3.77 1.74 Other Technicians 28,568 920 3.22 29.37 10.28 Plant and Equipment Operators 71,906 2551 3.55 78.91 10.97 Representatives 73,781 1390 1.88 139.89 18.96 Security 11,918 402 3.37 21.90 18.37 Supervisors 65,298 962 1.47 48.77 7.47 Technical/Professional Support 161,836 1937 1.20 63.35 3.91 Welders 2,001 248 12.39 3.74 18.67 Grand Total 951,020 34,997 3.68 1,395 14.67

Patterns of Injuries by Body Region Affected 25% 20.53% 20% Percent of Total Injuries 14.57% 15% 10% 8.76% 8.61% 8.39% 8.18% 7.13% 4.88% 4.70% 4.67% 5% 4.03% 3.19% 2.14% 0.22% 0% k r d r ) s s t s e e m s n e e w s n a e e e l o t w g d i k e r u o e i r y e T a t W n t o n l i E r H u b n m / s P A n T i t F o l K y E e k / e S e k / h e n d r l c S , F p U t n m x y a / i a E d t B k r l o u H c a r B M e e e N r w o F o L , m r e r h A t ( O s e i t i m e r t x E r e p p U

Patterns of Injuries by Nature of Injury 45% 42.45% 40% 35% 30% Percent of Total Injuries 25% 20% 17.06% 15% 8.56% 10% 6.05% 5.22% 4.13% 5% 3.05% 2.67% 2.43% 1.52% 0.98% 0.89% 0.84% 0.68% 0% I y e g s e e n s t n l d n S a r t n n n r s o n i e o i k m o u R B e i i i o i i a u t S f i h t m t t a / i a r i r c r s u s D s / e t B r n c r s s c u S a i h T i o p i a o u r a t r , T l C b s i C , P n s p t l r s / c A e a t o i m t c n n , D R m a i e i n U s , I e a / l o e s r u H E r r e e n p i t r o t D n u h , a n r S k o t c s u r r c s c e C t u B a a o c o B r r h a L F c S L S g n c , t i i u r r C a t c e e H l E Categories shown represent 96% of injuries

Selected Occupational Groups: Injury Rate per 10,000 Employee-Years by Injury Source 450 405.13 Injuries per 10,000 Employee-Years 400 350 300 250 200 129.82 150 106.66 90.35 100 49.58 47.62 42.73 27.73 28.38 50 17.94 0 e n t l n t y e s n t o o B e e i v n e B e c m i i e t t i r k w n a a L o r t e c g u a v M c t r u e e C t e A e t s x m r B l s y E t b E c g S n d a r u i n m I o r S o e S t i r B r k c o o , n u r c i e r r e t o / i l l f n t x a a d E S r r l o m o n l o e h a i T t U p i F t l r n / e i s m e , w A v c x n e i e e I t t T c L t s - r h a u h e t g t n a t v n u i C e w O o a r / C e C n t f o c f a i i Line Workers D t t a n i o o d t C a l R l a F h t i w t c a t n o C