Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey on occupational injury among older workers in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Hendricks SA ; Landen, Deborah D.
• Description:
  Work related injury rates among workers over the age of 50 years in the United States were estimated using data from the National Health Interview Survey. The Survey interviewed 30,074 persons. Injuries to the older workers were compared to those reported for workers between the ages of 30 and 49 years. The injury rates for workers over the age of 50 years were generally lower than rates for workers aged 30 to 49 years. Women working in blue collar occupations were the exception with the injury rates here among the older females being higher than among the younger women or men over the age of 50 years. The authors suggest that both the lower rate of injury among the older workers and the lower proportion of adverse effects may be due to less frequent exposure to energy hazards in the work environment among older workers. Workers with seniority can often choose jobs in safer environments. Older workers may also represent a selected group of healthy workers who have survived in the workforce due to their ability to work safely. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-statistics Age-factors NIOSH-Author Safety-research Sex-factors Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Worker-health
• ISSN:
  0355-3140
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  18-20
• Volume:
  18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00209501
• Citation:
  Scand J Work Environ Health 1992 Jun; 18(Suppl 2):18-20
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr DD Landen, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, Analysis and Field Evaluations Branch, 944 Chestnut Ridge Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
• Supplement:
  2
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b2e66e035a6412046dbbb65dbc86aecd51ae2a55e2e54009e78308dc33b441d5c2107be1ad263ae62452d97a154fef8ce2808d2cd4a759c906dc0f666731ac72
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204641/cdc_204641_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.20 MB ]