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Workers 20 to 24 and 65+ account for bigger share of work injuries

A WCRI study of claims composition across 31 states found the 65 and older group’s injury share rose by 1 percentage point from 2019 to 2024.

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Workers’ compensation injury claims are increasingly concentrated among the youngest and oldest segments of the workforce, according to a report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute, WCRI, cited by Risk & Insurance.

Risk & Insurance reports that across 31 states from 2019 through 2024, workers aged 20 to 24 and those 65 and older rose from 15% of all work-related injuries in 2019 to 17% by 2024. The outlet also noted that injuries involving workers 65 and older accounted for a 1 percentage point increase in their share over the period, a 25% relative rise.

At the same time, Risk & Insurance said the combined injury share for workers aged 45 to 64 fell from 38.2% in 2019 to 35.5% in 2024.

The analysis was based on nearly 4 million non-COVID-19 claims covering the 2022 to 2024 period, Risk & Insurance reported, and it examined claims composition by age group.

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