Travelers, the country’s largest workers compensation insurer, today released its 2022 Injury Impact Report. The study analyzed more than 1.5 million workers compensation claims over a five-year period (2015-2019) and revealed that 35% of injuries occur during employees’ first year on the job, regardless of age or industry experience. “Our data underscores the importance of… Continue reading More than One-Third of Workplace Injuries Occur During the First Year on the Job: Travelers Report
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Biden Administration, Workers Grapple with Health Threats Posed by Climate Change and Heat
Surging temperatures across the West Coast this summer are exposing another way that the changing climate threatens the country’s future: the danger it poses to workers, particularly those who work outside and in warehouses. The issue has become such a concern that the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has put a new heat… Continue reading Biden Administration, Workers Grapple with Health Threats Posed by Climate Change and Heat
Amazon Workers Hurt More Often than Industry Rate, Report Says
Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in the U.S. are getting hurt at a higher rate than the industry average, according to an investigative report. The rate of injuries contradicts more rosy assertions the company has made to lawmakers and the public, the Center for Investigative Reporting wrote in an article published on Tuesday. The report, published… Continue reading Amazon Workers Hurt More Often than Industry Rate, Report Says