By Donna Motley
Vice President of Claims
By the time you are reading this, summer is technically over. Students return to class, fun in the sun vacation time is pretty much regulated to weekends only. Statistically, work related injuries increase over the summer. Thinking back on Summer 2025, with the heat we experienced, an increase in injuries involving outdoor workers would not seem unusual. Another statistic indicates approximately 40% of summer work injuries are sprains, strains and tears. Possibly these injuries are attributed to employees taking vacation time and co-workers having to pick up the slack. A “pre-injury” could have occurred while having fun on the weekend, thereby setting you up for a more serious injury as a result of work duties. The heat index, or thoughts about upcoming plans could result in simple inattention.
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