May 24, 2016
Five years and more than 1.5 million workers’ comp claims. That’s what The Travelers Companies looked at to determine the who, what, where, when, why and how of workplace injuries … also how much they cost.
According to the Travelers Injury Impact Report, the most frequent causes of workplace injuries for the period from 2010 to 2014 were:
- material handling: 32% of claims
- slips, trips and falls: 16%
- being struck by or colliding with an object: 10%
Read Full Article At Safetynewsalert.com
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