This new WCRI FlashReport provides comprehensive information for system stakeholders to evaluate shifts in claim characteristics from 2017 to 2022, a period of notable economic and workforce disruptions in the United States. The study provides a series of tables and graphs that characterize claims in terms of age, gender, and tenure at the time of injury, as well as the distribution of injuries by industry and injury type.

The data for this study focus on 8.4 million non-COVID-19 claims from injury years 2017 through 2022 across 31 states, which represents about 80 percent of the workers' compensation benefits paid in the United States. These states include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Overview of Workers’ Compensation Claims Composition—A WCRI FlashReport. Vennela Thumula and Olesya Fomenko. July 2024. FR-24-03.

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