Report: First-Year Workers, Older Employees Pose Highest Injury Risks

While workplace injury rates are declining, those that do happen are becoming more severe, more expensive and are keeping employees off the job longer, with new hires and older workers posing the greatest risks, according to an “injury impact” report released Monday by Travelers. The annual report, based on more than 1.2 million workers' compensation claims filed between 2021 and 2025, found injured employees missed an average of 80 workdays per claim, even as overall injury frequency trended downward. First-year employees accounted for roughly 37% of all workplace injuries a...