Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features contractor and supplier information management provider ISN’s recent release of the latest edition of its Serious Injuries and Fatalities (SIFs) Insights white paper to further its mission of creating safe worksites
The company leveraged its platform data to analyze more 60,000 recordable incidents from 2018-2020. The findings included in the White Paper aim to help organizations identify trends in recorded incidents and provide actions they can take to mitigate future SIFs. Key highlights included Seasonal indicators of SIF occurrences, for instance higher numbers of SIFs in summer months; industry-specific trends – 42% of all SIFs in 2020 occurred among contractors in the Construction industry, followed by contractors in the Administrative Support, Waste Management and Remediation industry (29%). The report also examines the leading causes of SIFs, the body parts most commonly affected by SIFs, and leading indicators correlated with higher SIF rates.