Industry Summary
As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 1,177,518 workers employed at 29,462 Insurance Carriers establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 5,466 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 40 workers. On average over the last five years, the Insurance Carriers industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (24% more) than the broader Insurance Carriers and Related Activities Industry
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, November 1st 2017 by OSHA representitives in Greenwich, CT after learning of an incident at W. R. Berkley Corporation which had occured on Tuesday, October 24th 2017. A 29 year old woman working as a Accountant was injured on the job when the employee was hospitalized after exposure to carbon monoxide
Accident Date2017-10-24
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 5:09 p.m. on October 24, 2017, an employee was working at an insurance agency. She and her coworker were working in an office building. During the day, some workers began to complain of feeling ill. Exhaust gases from the boiler were entering the fresh air intake to the building. The exhaust gases contained carbon monoxide. The employee was exposed to the carbon monoxide and she was hospitalized.
The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, September 20th 2016 by OSHA representitives in OMAHA, NE which had occured previously at American Family Mutual Insurance Company. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Accident Date2016-09-20
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was climbing onto a roof from the ladder. His foot slipped on the granules from the roof shingles and he fell 10 feet. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured L4 vertebrae and a torn ACL.
OSHA investigators arrived in COLUMBUS, OH on Monday, June 6th 2016 and began an accident investigation at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the fall on same level while climbing stairs, steps, or curbs
Accident Date2016-06-06
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeOn or about 6/6/16, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee was using the stairway between the first and second floors when she tripped and struck her head on the hand rail and then on the top step. She suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.