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Study on Older Worker Fatal Falls in Construction

Posted in on Fri, Mar 1, 2013

 

“Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society” has published a study by The Center for Construction Research and Training that found older workers had higher rates of fatal falls than younger workers in construction, with results that were significant in 11 of 14 construction occupations.  http://hfs.sagepub.com/content/54/3/303.abstract

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