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:
  • Workers Compensation; Landscape services workers; Epidemiology; Costs; Aging;
  • Author Keywords: Aging workforce; landscaping; groundskeeping; arborist; workers' compensation; injury; young workers
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120923/cdc_120923_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 552.93 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4dd68b596bb5883a77e69c4dc2fbea971755c39ec23a960b927d54e981c4436ea9057f7b2da5aa00a82917248bd8404c5422e6c3ac43afb41a1555bceb15619f