An aging workforce and injury in the construction industry

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• Personal Author:
  Butler LM ; Rosecrance JR ; Schwatka, Natalie V.
• Description:
  The relatively large birth cohort between 1946 and 1964, combined with the economic recession in the first decade of the 21st century, have led to an increase in the proportion of older workers in the US workplace. Understanding the health and safety needs of an aging workforce will be critical, especially in the construction industry, where physical job demands are high. This paper reviews the epidemiologic literature on the impact of age on injury among workers in the construction industry in terms of cause, type, and cost. PubMed was searched by using the following terms: older workers, construction, construction industry, injury, and age. The available studies reported that, among the construction industry workforce, older age at injury was related to higher injury costs but not to number of injuries. The higher injury costs associated with worker age are likely due in part to the severity of the injuries sustained by older workers. Identification of injury trends and subsequent analytical research efforts designed to ascertain factors associated with injury among older construction workers are needed for employers to effectively manage a health and safety program that addresses the needs of the aging worker. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Construction Industry Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Age-factors Aging Author Keywords: Accident Prevention Construction-industry Construction-workers Employee-health Facility Design And Construction Injuries Injury-prevention Physical-capacity Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Sociological-factors Work Workers' Compensation Wounds And Injuries

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• ISSN:
  0193-936X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  156-167
• Volume:
  34
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040369
• Citation:
  Epidemiol Rev 2012 Jan; 34(1):156-167
• Contact Point Address:
  Natalie V. Schwatka, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, 1681 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523
• Email:
  nvschwatka@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Epidemiologic Reviews
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7aeabacb016c4716a29b24d8b9a370934ab0713b3b65fecf167cc4d23ce9ddaf22d438b56f102a66ce379f12907d10ad38574d89f8937197ad4a3356e23e6146
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193272/cdc_193272_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 174.55 KB ]