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Why 100% Employee Turnover Is Driving Up Your Restaurant Staffing Agency’s Workers’ Comp Costs
Restaurant staffing agencies operate in an industry where annual employee turnover rates routinely exceed 75% and frequently surpass 100%. That means your agency is replacing its entire workforce, or more, every single year. While turnover is a recognized challenge in...
What Food Processing Staffing Agencies Should Know About Cutting Injury and Cold Storage Claims
Food processing staffing agencies operate at the intersection of two of the most persistent workers’ compensation hazards in the manufacturing sector: sharp tools and extreme temperatures. Your agency places workers in meat processing plants, poultry operations,...
How Uncontrolled Patient Homes Create Workers’ Comp Liability Your Agency Cannot Avoid
Every workers’ compensation policy is built on the assumption that the employer has some degree of control over the work environment where injuries occur. In manufacturing, the employer controls the factory floor. In construction, the general contractor manages...
How to Handle Workers’ Comp When Your Nurses Work in Facilities You Don’t Control
Healthcare staffing agencies place registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, and other nursing professionals in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers, long-term care facilities, and outpatient clinics that the...
How the “Fatal Four” Construction Hazards Affect Workers’ Comp Rates for Staffing Agencies
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has identified four categories of hazards that account for the majority of fatalities in the construction industry: falls, struck-by incidents, electrocution, and caught-in or caught-between incidents. These are...
How Remote Drilling Sites Turn Moderate Injuries Into Catastrophic Workers’ Comp Claims
A broken bone on a construction site in Houston might mean an ambulance ride to a Level I trauma center fifteen minutes away. The same broken bone on a drilling rig in the Permian Basin could mean a two-hour drive over unpaved lease roads before the injured worker...