New data from AmTrust Financial reveals that while cuts dominate restaurant injury statistics, muscle strains create the heaviest financial burden—costing nearly 500% more per claim than the industry’s most common injuries.
With U.S. businesses spending more than $1 billion per week on workplace injuries, a renewed focus on the persistent causes that have dominated injury statistics for 25 years is called for.
Analysis of data reveals construction workers are nearly four times more likely to die from heat exposure than workers in other industries, with fatalities climbing 77% over the past decade, the CPWR reports.
A slew of factors have been contributing to workplace injury costs and long recovery times for employees since the pandemic, according to Travelers’ 2025 Injury Impact Report.
A five-year partnership between Nationwide Insurance and KINETIC Technology is helping reduce workplace injuries through wearable sensors, with the Mid-Ohio Food Collective serving as a successful implementation case study that demonstrates how smart technology can improve worker safety in physically demanding environments.
CorVel’s compliance director Brad Fauler shares how creating a workplace culture of communication, transparency, and trust empowers frontline risk professionals to address compliance issues proactively rather than reactively.