Occupational Fatalities Among Older Workers in the United States1980-1991
作者:
Suzanne,
Kisner Stephanie,
期刊:
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(OVID Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 39,
issue 8
页码: 715-721
ISSN:1076-2752
年代: 1997
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Workers aged 65 and older had a workplace fatality rate 2.6 times that of workers aged 16 to 64 for 1980 through 1991 (14.1 per 100,000 vs 5.4), according to National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) data. The highest rates were in mining, agriculture, and construction. Compared with younger workers, older men were at an elevated risk for fatalities caused by machines, and older women for fatal falls and homicide. Prevention efforts should focus on older workers in agricultural settings, as well as those at increased risk of workplace falls or violence.
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