Case Study: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics identifies high-risk employees and reduces recordable injuries with Talogy SafetyDNA

Assess individuals’ likelihood of unsafe behavior and risks of incidents

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics highlighted the challenge of understanding and preventing recordable workplace injuries, noting that more than half of reported private-industry injury and illness cases were serious enough to involve days away from work, restricted duty, or job transfer. Talogy’s SafetyDNA assessment was used to help identify workers more likely to engage in unsafe behavior and face higher safety incident risk.

Talogy implemented SafetyDNA as a pre-employment screening and development tool, then studied 796 hourly employees across three organizations over 36 months. The results showed that employees in the “At Risk” category were injured 4 times as often and were 11 times more likely to suffer OSHA recordable injuries than those classified as “Safe,” with nearly half of all recordable injuries tied to the At Risk group.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics