Business Insurance: Safety professionals say employers seeking to reduce injuries among first-year workers should look beyond orientation to how supervisors verify skills, how mentors demonstrate safe practices and how employees raise concerns.

A September Workers Compensation Research Institute report found employees in their first year accounted for 39% of injuries in 2022-2024, while those with less than two years’ tenure accounted for 54%.

Read the full article here.  The WCRI study is CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks, 2026 Edition.  Visit its page on our website for more details, including links to the individual state studies and information on how to get copies!