The World Health Organization estimates that 265,000 deaths are caused by burns annually, mainly occurring in the home and workplace. According to the American Burn Association, there were 486,000 burn injuries that required medical treatment in 2016. Annually, the American Burn Association estimates 3,400 U.S. burn injury deaths in the…
For several years, the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry’s workers’ compensation line has suffered underwriting losses. However, 2015 marked a significant turnaround, according to a recently released report published by Fitch Ratings, Inc. The report showed substantial profits for P/C workers’ compensation line. Yet, Fitch also projects that due to recent…
A crane collapsed yesterday along the Medford-Everett line, injuring the operator of the piece of machinery. The accident occurred next to the Revere Beach Parkway were the Woods Memorial Bridge Project is currently underway. Workers were cleaning up for the day when the crane become unbalanced and completely flipped over. …
Cranes are often used on construction and industrial sites to lift and move heavy objects. They are often essential as they are one, if not the only, tool used to move objects that weigh thousands of pounds. There are more than 125,000 cranes in use in the construction industry,…
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 4,821 workers were killed due to work-related accidents and illnesses in 2014. That is the equivalent to 13 deaths per day. Latino and Hispanic workers accounted for a disproportionately large number of those fatalities, with 804 on-the-job deaths. It is common…
In recent years, group health insurers and Third Party Administrators (TPAs) have been looking for inventive ways to provide better and less expensive health services to their customers. This comes at a time when the nation has been spending billions on medical and insurance expenses for employees injured at work. …
Construction is already one of the most dangerous jobs, and extreme weather increases the risk of serious injury or death. Ice and snow in winter pose obvious risks, but what about extreme heat? According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), more than 100 outdoor workers died as a…
Every seven seconds, a worker is injured in the United States. That’s 12,900 workers per day, or 4.7 million per year. And that figure is expected to climb as the country’s workforce continues to grow. Injuries are especially prevalent among younger workers who are just beginning a new job. According…
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), about three million workplace injuries occur annually. Not all of these injuries are serious, but more than one-third are serious enough to result in time away from work. The BLS publishes an annual Workplace Safety Index, highlighting…
In a 2015 study conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), construction-related fatalities increased nearly six percent in 2014 compared to the previous year. In fact, at 874 reported deaths, 2014 had the highest total since 2008. Many of these fatalities occur in major cities, such as Boston…