Most workplace injuries don’t start with a fall, a machine, or a lifting motion. They start with a human being who is distracted, exhausted, anxious, or overwhelmed. Across industries, employers are seeing a steady rise in incidents where the root...

Workers’ compensation has always been about people, but the “human factor” is taking center stage in a way we haven’t seen before. Employers tend to think of injuries as mechanical problems, slips, trips, machinery, equipment, ergonomics. But the forces driving...

Federal OSHA enforcement and compliance guidance have always been central to employer risk management. But as we move deeper into 2026, the agency’s behavior itself, not just the rules on the books, is offering critical clues about where inspections, citations,...

Major workplace crises, whether natural disasters or acts of violence, always leave behind more than physical damage. They reveal gaps in preparedness, expose weaknesses in response systems, and place lasting burdens on the affected workers. Two recent events, the Los...

Fentanyl Employers have long used pre-employment drug screening as a key safeguard to protect workplace safety and control workers compensation costs. Historically, differences between pre-employment and random drug testing results have been modest across most substances. However, data from the...

The 2025 Workers’ Compensation Knowledge Report  by Atticus,  a legal services company offering free workers compensation advice to those injured at work, reveals critical knowledge gaps about work comp processes and employee and employer rights. These widespread misconceptions create barriers...

The workers’ compensation system continues to evolve, reshaping how employers, insurers, and practitioners must approach claims management. Ignoring these trends risks higher costs, increased litigation, and long-term financial exposure. Complex claims and longer recovery times As workplace safety improves and...

In a sweeping deregulatory initiative that affects many industries, OSHA published 25 proposed rules in the Federal Register on July 1. While some of the proposals aim to rescind or revise standards considered outdated or duplicative, others reflect a deregulatory...

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) recently released its annual guide to construction jobsite health and safety best practices. The 2025 Health and Safety Performance Report  is based on 2024 data covering over one billion work hours from ABC members...

If you’re like most work comp agents, you’ve probably had this moment before: You run a mod analysis for a prospect. You uncover issues—injuries driving up costs, claims that could’ve been better managed, and a mod that’s costing them big....