A person stacks letter blocks to spell the word According to Pie Insurance's survey, of business owners who reported having at least one workplace injury over the last five years, 13% said their most common workplace injury was mental stress. Photo: GajusAdobe Stock

Half of small businesses have had at least one workplace injury in the last five years, says a recent survey on small business safety from Pie Insurance. The survey consisted of over 1,000 small business owners (of companies with 1-500 employees), and nearly one-third of these owners said that they wished they had known to put a higher priority on employee safety when they started their business.

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Brittney Meredith-Miller is assistant editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. She can be reached at [email protected].