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$1 Billion a Week Spent on Serious but Nonfatal Injuries in U.S. Workplaces

Construction Equipment

JANUARY 13, 2017

Each year, the Research Institute produces the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index , which ranks the leading causes of serious, nonfatal work-related injuries in terms of direct workers compensation costs. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Academy of Social Insurance.

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Injury Insurance Compensation Statistics

$1 Billion a Week Spent on Serious but Non-Fatal Injuries in U.S. Workplaces

Construction Equipment

JANUARY 13, 2017

Each year, the Research Institute produces the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index , which ranks the leading causes of serious, nonfatal work-related injuries in terms of direct workers compensation costs. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the National Academy of Social Insurance.

Injury

Injury Insurance Compensation Statistics

Unionized Construction Firms See Fewer Costly, Serious Injuries

Construction Superintendent Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

. -- A new study shows construction firms that hire union workers have fewer work injuries requiring workers’ compensation payments for time away from work.

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Union Injury Miami United States

Alberta Injury Rates 10 Times Higher Than Reported

Safety Services Company

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

A fact sheet recently released by the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan public policy re search institute in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta, states that the Alberta Government is understating the numbers of workplace injuries that occur each year.

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Injury Union Safety Compensation

What is Experience Modification Rate (EMR), and How Does it Impact Prequalification?

Safety Services Company

AUGUST 21, 2020

Insurance companies use the number to assess the cost of injuries and future risks. Lowering your EMR is important, as you can greatly reduce the amount you pay for workers’ compensation coverage. Your company has filed one or more workers’ compensation claims. Across the board, the industry average for EMRs stands at 1.0.

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Insurance Compensation Injury Claims

Top 8 Construction Health and Safety Hazards — and Ways to Protect Your Jobsite

Levelset

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Hazardous conditions can have both short-term and long-term financial consequences along with the possibility of work-related illness or injury. . According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, falls accounted for more than 1 in 3 jobsite fatalities in 2019. These injuries often result in missed time or permanent incapacity.

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Safety Injury Risk Construction

Carpenter’s Insurance: Who Needs It & Why

Levelset

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

You can practice safety and use common sense on the job, but there’s no way to predict when accidents or injuries might occur. Carpenter’s insurance is a financial instrument that helps protect your business if accidents, injuries, or illnesses occur in a work-related capacity. What is carpenter insurance?

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Insurance Liability Accidents Injury

Construction Jobsite Safety: Strategies and Resources for Worker Well-Being

Pro Builder

AUGUST 5, 2022

Consider these elements of a training and awareness program to save lives, mitigate injuries, and reduce liability and costs . Selective Insurance recently released the results of a 10-year study of workplace injury trends , based on 110,000 workers’ compensation claims between 2011 and 2021. Fri, 08/05/2022 - 07:00.

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Safety Resource Injury Construction

SLIPS, TRIPS, AND FALLS

Safety Services Company

MARCH 27, 2015

Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were over 200,000 cases involving falls, slips, trips in 2012, and that’s not counting the ones that went unreported. A 2013-14 report from Great Britain estimated that falls and slips & trips accounted for over a third of all employee injuries. This issue affects companies worldwide.

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Injury Accidents Safety Accounting

VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE

Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 15, 2017

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, there were 14,770 workplace homicides between 1992 and 2012. In 2013, there were 397 homicide victims; and, those fatalities accounted for 9 percent of all workplace deaths that year. So what can be done to reduce risk?

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Safety Risk Injury Compensation

Third-Party Auditors Helping Connect the Dots of Contractor Verification

Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Common types of documentation and requirements include safety programs, training programs, insurance information, workers’ compensation information, incident statistics, financial stability, and past performance. In addition to limiting fatalities and injuries, third-party auditor services help Owner Clients limit liability.

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Contractors DOT Accounting Statistics

Do Heavy Boots Hurt Your Knees?

Work Gearz

AUGUST 28, 2021

So, what may seem like an improvement to compensate for heavy boots may actually be doing the exact opposite. . If you are already suffering from knee pain or a knee injury due to heavy boots, you need to correct the issue now. Heavy boots can make you change the way you walk without you even realizing it. In addition, the U.S.

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Examining OSHA’s Pending IIPP Standard

Safety Services Company

JULY 24, 2013

OSHA is directing its efforts toward enforcing a standard in which employers nationwide will be required to establish a thorough, written injury and illness prevention program (IIPP). Not really — the average injury rates for employers after a citation dropped by 20% over the next two years. What will the standard mean for businesses?

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$1 Billion a Week Spent on Serious but Nonfatal Injuries in U.S. Workplaces

$1 Billion a Week Spent on Serious but Non-Fatal Injuries in U.S. Workplaces

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Examining OSHA’s Pending IIPP Standard

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