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Occupational injury fatalities among older workers in the United States, 1980–1994

✍ Scribed by Suzanne M. Kisner; Stephanie G. Pratt

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
69 KB
Volume
36
Category
Article
ISSN
0271-3586

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✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND

Data from the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system indicate that workers aged 65 and older had the highest rate of work-related injury death from 1980 through 1991 [Kisner and Pratt, 1997]. The fatality rate for workers aged 65 years and older was almost three times the rate for workers aged 16 to 64.

Between 1996 and 2006, the number of workers aged 55 and older is projected to increase 44% [Fullerton, 1997]. The number of workers aged 25 to 54 is projected to increase only 5%. In view of this projection, it will become increasingly important to identify job-related risks associated with high rates of work-related fatalities among older workers. The purpose of this analysis is to update the earlier study done by Kisner and Pratt.

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