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Workers with less than two years on the job accounted for 54% of workers compensation injuries in 2022-2024, despite representing roughly one-third of the workforce, according to a Workers Compensation Research Institute report released Wednesday. Nearly four in 10 injuries occurred during employees’ first year with an employer, including 16% during their first three months, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based institute found.…

Falls accounted for 844 workplace deaths in 2024, including 666 falls to a lower level, according to a National Safety Council analysis released Thursday that examined injury and fatality events tied to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s most frequently cited safety standards. The council’s report draws on Bureau of Labor Statistics data to examine hazards associated with the OSHA’s…

An Illinois appeals court overturned a $165,353 workers compensation medical award and more than $46,000 in legal fees and costs, ruling that an injured worker was entitled only to reimbursement for amounts actually paid to his medical providers. In Jenkins v. McLaughlin Body Co., the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, ruled Wednesday that a lower court improperly based its…