CREA LOSS CONTROL CONFERENCE ACCIDENT STATISTICS JULY 14, 2009 ELDON HUMPHERS Safety & Loss Prevention Consultant Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange

Public Contact Data

Public Contact Data Antenna -12 Contractor – 74 ROW – 33 Farm/Fish – 42 Vehicle – 41 Other – 354 Total - 556

Vehicle Accident Claims Collision 2 –Backing 3 – PD 4- SVU 5 - Other

Work Comp Claims 2008 Electrical Current -17 From different level (fall or slip) Pushing or pulling (strain or injury) Fall, Slip or Trip Contact With Into Openings (fall or slip) - 84 Motor vehicle (Struck by or Injured By) - 56 Lifting (strain or injury) On same level (fall or slip...) - 61 All Other - 1,845

Contact Claims Data from 1 st report of injury incidents 7 fatalities Average age of contact victim – 37 years Average years of service – 12 years

Type of Contacts Contact with overhead lines – 88 Contact with underground lines – 18 Struck by lightning – 11 Primary contacts – 83 Secondary contacts – 12 Meter base contacts – 6

WHO 60 linemen 14 supervisors (foremen) 10 classifications qualified to handle primary voltages 16 apprentice linemen – 14%  8 with 2 years or less service

WHO 8 classifications non qualified – 3 described as summer help, 2 field reps., 1 ground man, a dispatcher and a office worker (these incidents where inside a building and lightning related)

Time of Day 54 contacts occurred in the AM 54 contacts occurred in the PM

Time of Day  10 AM - 11 AM – 19 – 17%  11 AM - Noon – %  1 PM - 2 PM – 14 – 13%  2 PM - 3 PM – 7 – 6%  3 PM - 4 PM – 13 – 12%  4 PM – 7AM – 20 – 18%

Day of the Week

Overtime Contacts Saturday & Sunday – 31 Contacts occurring between the hours of 4:00 PM through 7:00 AM – 20 Total contacts occurring after hours – 51

Overtime Contacts 3 Apprentice contacts after hours all primary  2 apprentice linemen with 2 years or less experience (1 with 9 months)  1 apprentice linemen with 4 years experience

COLORADO WORKERS’ COMP STATISTICS AS COMPARED TO FEDERATED STATISTICS FOR OTHER STATES