New employees may be more susceptible to injuries because they aren't always familiar with every task and safety protocol.
Employees at a company for one year or less represent nearly two out of every five injuries reported to Selective Insurance, a property and casualty insurer based in Branchville, N.J.
Employees are reporting a workplace-related injury 18 percent earlier in their tenure now, compared with 10 years ago. On average, employees filed their first workers' compensation claim after 5.2 years of service in 2021, compared with after 6.4 years of service in 2011, according to the study by Selective Insurance.
Between 2010 and 2021, the most common workers' compensation claims involved slips, falls and strains, the study found.
In 2020, at least 114,430 new workers with a tenure of less than three months sustained a workplace injury or illness that was serious enough to require time off work, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The trend is improving in one area: The rate of nonfatal workplace injuries in the United States declined from 3.2 cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014 to 2.7 cases in 2020, the BLS reported.
Prevention Is Key
The first step for employers is preventing injuries before they happen. That starts even before a new employee walks through the door.
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