Top Injury Statsistics
First Year Employees = 32% of all Workers Compensation Claims
Top Injury Industries First Year Employment:
- 52% Restaurants
- 44% Construction
- 39% Transportation
- 39% Retail
- 35% Services
- 35% Wholesale
- 35% Manufacturing
Contractors:
- 44% of construction injuries were to first-year employees.
- 48% total cost were to first-year employees
- 48% Slips and falls
- 16% being struck by an object
- 12% overexertion
- 6% caught-in or caught-between hazards
- 4% cuts and punctures
Average Number of Lost Workdays by Industry
- 103 Construction
- 83 Transportation
- 72 Service
- 71 Wholesale
- 67 Manufacturing