The Role of Worker Age in Ohio Workers’ Compensation Claims in the Landscaping Services Industry

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• Journal Article:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Alexander, Barbara M. ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J. ; Zeiler, Rachel J. ; Naber, Steven J. ; Kaur, Harpriya ; Grosch, James W.
• Description:
  Objective: This study employed analysis of workers' compensation (WC) claims in the landscaping services industry to identify occupational factors associated with claims from workers of different ages. Methods: Private sector claims for 2005-2017 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (OHBWC) and their free-text descriptions were used along with data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey to examine rates and types of WC claims by worker age. Results: Although the claim rate for younger workers was higher than for older workers overall (593 vs. 261 per 10,000 full-time equivalent employees, p < 0.001), claims from older workers had higher nonzero median cost ($1002 vs. $522, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Analysis of WC claim rates shows significant differences between claims in different age groups. These differences can be used to target safety interventions for the greatest impact. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Epidemiology Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Workers' Compensation
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Aging Workforce; Landscaping; Groundskeeping; Arborist; Workers' Compensation; Injury; Young Workers Workers Compensation; Landscape Services Workers; Epidemiology; Costs; Aging;
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med 2022 Sep; 64(9):766-776
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Pubmed ID:
  35673251
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9444967
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering ; DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  25 pdf pages
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065368
• Contact Point Address:
  Barbara M. Alexander, NIOSH, 1090 Tusculum Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
• Email:
  BAlexander@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4dd68b596bb5883a77e69c4dc2fbea971755c39ec23a960b927d54e981c4436ea9057f7b2da5aa00a82917248bd8404c5422e6c3ac43afb41a1555bceb15619f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120923/cdc_120923_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 552.93 KB ]