Older Workers Face More Serious Consequences from Workplace Injuries
6 Pages Posted: 9 Sep 2004
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Older Workers Face More Serious Consequences from Workplace Injuries
Older Workers Face More Serious Consequences from Workplace Injuries
Date Written: December 2003
Abstract
Comparing the outcomes of workplace injuries in three states - California, Washington, and Wisconsin - suggests that older workers are more likely than their younger counterparts to have permanent disabilities as a result of those injuries. This is true even though older workers have fewer workplace accidents. In addition, older workers suffer larger wage losses over the first few years after injury, they have lower replacement rates from workers' compensation benefits, and they experience more injury-related days of non-employment.
Keywords: Older workers, workplace injuries
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