07/15/2026
Did you know adult residential care has an injury rate more than four times higher than mining, construction, and manufacturing combined? That's straight from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Read that again. A facility with a quiet hallway and a shared living room outpaces the industries most people picture when they hear "dangerous work." 🏠
The reason isn't broken equipment. It's the everyday work of caring for residents. Lifting, transferring, repositioning, catching a fall before it happens. Dozens of times per shift, across every shift, every day.
And the cost lands hard. The average work-related injury now runs $36,551 per incident. For most small residential care operators, that's more than a month of revenue gone to a single claim.
When we sit down with new facility owners, here's what we often find: workers comp limits set for a "low-risk office," no accounting for how often soft-tissue and back injuries happen, and no plan for what happens when two claims hit in the same year.
If your workers comp policy assumes your staff isn't doing anything dangerous, the numbers say otherwise. Your coverage should reflect the work your team actually does.
Review your limits before a claim forces the conversation.