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Trained Too Late: The Data on New-Worker Injuries and OSHA's Only Top-10 Training Standard

The most dangerous stretch of a job is often the first few months. In the US, workers with a year or less on the job are about a quarter of the workforce but a third of the injuries that cost days away from work — and the one standard in OSHA's Top 10 whose entire subject is training gets cited thousands of times a year. This is the data on the training gap, and what OSHA actually requires to close it.