Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. said ongoing efforts to reduce employee injuries have resulted in the company's lowest injury rate ever, more than 40 percent below the gaming industry's average.
In the first quarter of this year, Harrah's reported an injury and illness frequency rate of 3.1 to the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Organization (OSHA)–the percentage of employees expected to be seriously injured over the course of one year's employment. This is the lowest rate in the company's history, Harrah's said, below the casino industry average of 5.5 as reported by the Bureau of Labor statistics.
Lance Ewing, vice president of risk management for Harrah's and past president of the Risk & Insurance Management Society, told National Underwriter that Harrah's has steadily brought the rate down and that "this year we've hit our best year ever as a corporation."
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