As record-setting heat waves stretch across the US and the globe, it is impossible to ignore the impact on millions of workers. Many at risk of heat injury work in professions that already present higher hazards—such as agribusiness and construction. Not only can high...
In the last year, American businesses have confronted challenging market factors including the pandemic, a housing surge, a tight labor market, and increasing material costs. These macroeconomic factors can directly impact worker safety and wellbeing, making it more...
It’s nearly impossible for a worker to pick produce that grows on the ground, such as strawberries, without stooping or squatting. Consider the repetitive nature of the motions required to pick numerous berries in an hour, day, and week and it can quite literally...
The size, nature, and economic importance of the construction industry make it a compelling study in workers compensation. Workers perform some of the most dangerous jobs there are, and an abundance of regulations exist to protect them. As a result, construction...
There is a disconnect in the current workers compensation market. Rates are effectively based on a snapshot of the company and industry taken years prior. A policyholder can lower their premium if they experience fewer losses. But even with zero losses, it takes time....
A notable increase in demand for construction deliverables and labor combined has created a unique set of both opportunities and challenges for your construction clients. Covid-era consumer interest in homebuying is still trending above normal, and forecasts indicate...
In the wake of two years of pandemic living, most Americans are confronting stress in their lives on a daily basis, at home and at work. Your clients in the manufacturing sector were already feeling the strain before COVID-19, as a 2017 Mental Health America study...
Crane accidents have the potential to become massive and tragic events, not just for the construction workers on a job site, but for members of the community in the vicinity of the crane. Just last month, a Michigan man lost his life when a crane overturned on a job....
With wildfires becoming more frequent in more regions of the US, the health hazards of working outdoors in smoky air is at issue for hundreds of thousands of workers—not just those fighting the fires—and workers don’t have to be that close to the fire to be affected....
Ladders are a source of workplace accidents everywhere they’re used, but your orchard and grove clients need to pay special attention to ladder safety. When you consider the way workers use ladders in these settings—the reaching, the constant climbing up and...
Even with a steady stream of new standards and regulations in both worker and work equipment safety, agriculture is still one of the most dangerous industries in the U.S. Some of the highest severity injuries can be blamed on riding farm equipment—tractors, ATVs,...
In an industry that can be deadline-oriented in the best of times, the pandemic and nationwide supply chain shortages have compounded stressful conditions for many of your construction clients and their employees. Workers are stretched thin. They’re concerned...