Travelers recently released its 2025 Injury Impact Report - an analysis of workers’ compensation claims - and its findings reveal some curious insights that might be useful for construction companies.

Construction Executive sat down with Claude Howard, VP and Workers Compensation Claim Lead; and Ken Wengert, VP, Risk Control-Construction, Energy & Marine from Travelers to break down this year’s data.

Can you talk about the Travelers 2025 Injury Impact Report and highlight some of its most significant findings concerning the construction industry?
Howard: Travelers is one of the largest workers’ compensation carriers in the United States, which means we have a large amount of claim data that can offer insights into workplace injuries. For the 2025 Injury Impact Report, we analyzed more than 2.6 million workers’ compensation claims that we received in the past decade, comparing the five years leading up to the pandemic (2015-2019) with the next five years (2020-2024). The goal was to identify any trends that could help employers better understand workplace risks so they can take steps to help prevent future injuries.

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