The Impact of an Aging Workforce on Occupational Injury and Illness Costs
Growing concern about the impact of an aging workforce on occupational safety and health are partially driven by the baby-boomer impact and, in part, by concerns that injuries to older workers might increase disability costs for workers and workers’ compensation costs for employers.
Frank Neuheuser, Ex. Dir. of The University of California, Berkeley, Center for Study of Social Insurance, conducted an in-depth study in February, 2011, for the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC). The study examines how older workers’ injury frequency and costs differ from younger workers’ and how this will affect the workers’ compensation system.
Study demonstrates safety of older workers:
Working Safer or Just Working Longer?
Source: 2011 UC Berkeley “Working Safer or Just Working Longer” Study.
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