Your Newest Employees Are Most Likely To Get Injured On the Job

The Travelers 2023 Impact Injury Report reveals that more than 1 out of 3 on-the-job injuries happens to employees who have been on the job for less than a year.

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Upon examining more than a million and a half workers compensation claims that were filed between 2016 and 2020, the authors of the report determined that 34% of all injuries as well as 34% of all worker compensation costs involved employees who had been in their position for less than 12 months. 

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Age was also determined to be correlated to injury incidence and injury expense, which were least common but also most expensive for employees age 60 or older.

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The most common type of workers comp claim filed was overexertion, which accounted for nearly 3 out of 10 of all claims surveyed, while trips, slips, and falls combined for nearly one quarter of all claimed accidents.

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You can read more about that data and analysis here.