A new report based on claims data collated by AmTrust Financial Services has found that injuries to retail workers cause employees to miss an average of about 24 days of work.
The Retail Sector Risk Report – AmTrust’s first report of its kind – identifies common retail workers’ injuries and lost time in the workplace, based on over 20,000 workers’ compensation insurance claims from 2016 to 2018.
Aside from determining the average number of work days injured retail workers miss, the report also identified the top three workplace injuries with the highest average payout. They are:
“Analyzing three-years of data gave us new insights into why people in retail miss work, what kind of injuries are the worst or most expensive for employers, and how long it takes for an employee to return to work,” said AmTrust senior vice-president of workers’ compensation strategy Matt Zender.
Other findings of the report include:
Zender concluded that the report’s results reinforce AmTrust’s belief that operations and safety training are essential in the retail sector – especially for younger workers, from whom AmTrust has observed more workers’ compensation claims being made.