Worker Health Chartbook 2004

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1		Figure 4-18 Mean hearing thresholds over a range of frequencies (0.5-6.0 kilohertz) among black and white male sand and gravel workers and a population unexposed to workplace noise, by age, 2000. Hearing loss among black and white male sand and gravel workers was greater than hearing loss among a population that was unexposed to workplace noise. Different patterns of hearing loss were observed for black and white workers: Most statistically significant differences in hearing thresholds occurred among the younger white workers (those aged 20-29 and 30-39) and among the older black workers (those aged 40-49 and 50-59). (Sources: Royster and Thomas [1979]; Royster et al. [1980]; NIOSH [2003a,c].)
2		Figure 5-1 Number and rate of fatal occupational injuries by age of worker, 2002. Workers aged 25-54 accounted for 3,672 or 66.5% of the 5,524 fatal occupational injuries in 2002. Fatality rates ranged from 1.1 per 100,000 among workers aged 16-17 to 11.5 per 100,000 among workers aged 65 and older. Fatalities among workers aged 65 and older accounted for 9% (494 fatalities) of all fatal occupational injuries. (Note: Labor force data are unavailable for youths aged 15 and younger. This precludes estimating rates for these workers.) (Source: BLS [2003a].)
3		Figure 5-2 Number and distribution of nonfatal injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in private industry by age of worker, 2001. Younger workers accounted for 45,443 cases or 3.0% of the 1.5 million injury and illness cases involving days away from work for which age was reported. Workers aged 55 and older accounted for 160,231 cases or 10.5%. Age was not reported for 16,930 cases. (Source: BLS [2003b,c].)
4		Figure 5-3 Median days away from work due to occupational injury or illness in private industry by age, 2001. Median days away from work due to injury or illness increased with age. In 2001, workers aged 14-15 and 16-19 had median work losses of 2 and 4 days, respectively. Workers aged 55-64 and 65 and older had median work losses of 10 and 14 days, respectively. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
5		Figure 5-22 Numbers and rates of fatal occupational injuries among workers aged 55-64 and older, 1992-2002. Rates of fatal occupational injuries among older workers declined during 1992-2002. For workers aged 55-64, rates varied from 8 per 100,000 workers in 1994 to 5 in 2002. The number of fatal occupational injuries ranged from 767 in 1992 to 875 in 1997. For workers aged 65 and older, rates declined from 15 per 100,000 workers in 1993 to 11.5 in 2002. The number of fatal occupational injuries in this group ranged from 467 in 1992 to 565 in 1999. (Note: BLS rounded rates to whole numbers for 1992-1995.) (Source: BLS [2003d].)
6		Figure 5-23 Number of fatal occupational injuries among workers aged 55 and older by sex, 1992-2002. Male workers accounted for most fatal occupational injuries among older workers (94% during the 11-year period). From year to year, small differences occur in the number of fatal injuries among women, ranging from 67 in 1992 to 101 in 1995. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
7		Figure 5-24 Distribution and number of fatal occupational injuries among workers aged 55 and older by race/ethnicity, 1992-2002. White, non-Hispanic workers accounted for 12,075 or 82.1% of fatal occupational injuries among workers aged 55 and older. Black, non-Hispanic workers in this age group accounted for 1,237 fatal occupational injuries or 8.4% of the total. Hispanic workers suffered 854 fatal occupational injuries or 5.8%. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
8		Figure 5-25 Distribution and number of fatal occupational injuries among workers aged 55 and older by occupation, 1992-2002. Two groups accounted for slightly more than half of fatal occupational injuries among workers aged 55 and older: operators, fabricators, and laborers (4,075 or 28.0%) and farming, forestry, and fishing (3,880 or 26.7%). Three occupations each accounted for approximately 13% of the fatal injuries: managerial and professional specialty; technical, sales, and administrative support; and precision production, craft, and repair. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
9		Figure 5-26 Distribution and number of fatal occupational injuries among workers aged 55 and older by industry, 1992-2002. Among workers aged 55 and older, those in agriculture, forestry, and fishing experienced the largest share of fatal occupational injuries (3,629 or 27.1%) during 1992-2002. Five industries accounted for nearly 64% of these fatalities: transportation and public utilities (1,974 or 14.7%), services (1,817 or 13.6%), construction (1,756 or 13.1%), manufacturing (1,554 or 11.6%), and retail trade (1,474 or 11.0%). (Source: BLS [2003d].)
10		Figure 5-27 Distribution and number of fatal occupational injuries among workers aged 55 and older by event or exposure, 1992-2002. Transportation incidents (6,737 or 45.8%), contacts with objects and equipment (2,508 or 17.0%), and assaults and violent acts (2,270 or 15.4%) were major types of fatal occupational injuries during this 11-year period. Among the transportation incidents, highway (3,200), nonhighway (farm and industrial) (1,701), and being struck by a vehicle or mobile equipment (1,074) were principal sources of fatal occupational injuries. (Source: BLS [2003d].)
11		Figure 5-28 Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and older in private industry, 1992-2001. Recorded cases of nonfatal occupational injury and illness involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and over ranged from 148,249 cases in 1993 to 126,494 cases in 1996. The number of cases in 2001 (135,690 cases) is consistent with a slight increase in reported cases since 1996. Data for workers aged 65 and older show a similar pattern (a decrease in the first half of the decade followed by an increase in the second half), with numbers ranging from 17,664 in 1996 to 25,334 in 2000. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
12		Figure 5-29 Distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and older in private industry by days away from work, 2001. Workers aged 65 and older tended to experience lower percentages of short-term work loss (1 and 3-5 days) and a substantially higher percentage of long-term work losses of 31 days or more (29.6% for workers aged 55-64, and 34.5% for those aged 65 and older). Workers aged 55-64 had a median loss of 10 days away from work, and those aged 65 and older had a median of 14 days. Overall, private sectors workers had a median of 6 days away from work. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
13		Figure 5-30 Distribution and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and older in private industry by occupation, 2001. The distribution of cases by occupation for workers aged 55 and older shows the highest proportions of cases among operators, fabricators, and laborers aged 55-64 (34.8% or 47,095 cases) and those aged 65 and older (31.5% or 7,704 cases). Service has the next highest proportions of cases for workers aged 55-64 (20.3% or 27,438 cases) and those aged 65 and older (28.7% or 7,012 cases). (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
14		Figure 5-31 Distribution and number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55 and older by major private industry sector, 2001. Services, manufacturing (durable), and wholesale and retail trade together account for 67% of all nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work among workers aged 55-64. The same industry sectors predominate for workers aged 65 and older, accounting for nearly 75% of all cases. (Sources: BLS [2003b,c].)
15		Table 5-1 Number and distribution of employed workers in major industry groups by age, 2001. Young workers aged 16-19 accounted for 6.9 million or 5.1% of all employed workers, and those aged 55 and older accounted for 18.3 million or 13.6%. Of the young workers aged 16-19, 54.2% were employed in wholesale and retail trade, and 27.5% in services. Of the employed workers aged 55 and older, 40.0% were employed in services, and 17.5% in wholesale and retail trade. (Source: BLS [2001].)

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