When it comes to improving occupational safety and reducing the costs that workplace risks present, organizations often want to know how insurance carriers measure those risks, according to Don Tolbert, a speaker at the International Safety Equipment Association’s fall meeting in Alexandria, Va.
Although the number of workplace injuries and illnesses has generally declined over the past decade, fatalities have increased. There were 4,821 fatal workplace injuries in the U.S. in 2014, according to the 2014 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS said this is the highest number of fatalities since 2008.
