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ESFI: Promoting Electrical Safety for Home and Workplace

ESFI is a premier non-profit organization dedicated to reducing electrically-related injuries, deaths, and fires through public education and outreach. Get unique awareness and educational resources to meet diverse needs.

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ESFI: Promoting Electrical Safety for Home and Workplace

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  1. Who is ESFI? • ESFI Is the premier not-for-profitorganization dedicated exclusively to promoting electrical safety at home and in the workplace. • Founded in 1994 as a cooperative effort by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), • ESFI’s mission is to reduce electrically-related injuries, deaths and fires; saving lives and property through public education and outreach.

  2. Delivering the message: • ESFI is highly regarded by industry, media and consumer safety partners alike by constantly reinvigorating the way electrical safety is addressed • ESFI creates unique awareness and educational resources designed to meet the diverse needs of a variety of at-risk groups • Messages Delivered: • Followers: • Facebook: 86,000. Twitter: 2,600 • Grants: • Google $480,000 Per Year • DHS/FEMA awarded grants totaling $4M over the last decade

  3. Core Programs National Electrical Safety Month (May) Electrical Safety During Disasters Holiday Electrical Safety Electrical Fire Prevention

  4. 2019 National Electrical Safety Month • Videos and Infographics (English & Spanish): • Consumer Disaster Safety Preparedness and Recovery • Industrial / Commercial Disaster Safety Preparedness and Recovery • DIY. Consumer Overhead Powerline Safety • Residential Job Site Overhead Power Line Safety • Construction Site Downed Power Line Safety • Vehicle Overhead Power Line / Utility Pole Contact Safety

  5. 2019 National Electrical Safety Month • Key Drivers: • 43.4% of Workplace Fatalities involved Overhead Powerlines between 2011 – 2017 • Construction industry accounts for the majority of fatal electrical injuries • 64% of those killed in fatal electrical injuries are in non-electrical occupations

  6. New ESFI Initiatives • ESFI is introducing new workplace safety resources to reduce number of workplace electrical injuries • Materials are based on data collected by OSHA and BLS • Between 2003 and 2017, there was an average of 186 fatal workplace electrical injuries a year

  7. Sample Infographics

  8. New ESFI Initiatives • Surveys: • ESFI Consumer Knowledge and Sentiment • Among the general population, the vast majority (81%) are slightly or not at all familiar with the National Electrical Code. • People rarely engage an electrician to inspect their homes unless required to or as the result of a specific electrical problem (47%). • Utilities (38%) and word-of-mouth (33%) serve as the top sources people use to learn about electrical safety, and utilities are considered the most trustworthy information providers. • Utility Copper theft • In 2008 ESFI surveyed 618 electric utilities on the issue of copper theft • 18,400 individual copper theft incidents with $22M repair cost • Wild Fire Prevention Survey

  9. Thank You For Your Time! Brett Brenner President, ESFI 1+(703) 841-3296 Brett.Brenner@esfi.org www.ESFI.org

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