The relation of age to workplace injuries.
An analysis of data from 1981 workers' compensation reports and the 1980 U.S. census indicates that age is linked to the risk of injury in the workplace. While there seems to be no difference between prime-age workers and older workers in the incidence of job-related temporary disabilities, workers...
| Published in: | Monthly Labor Review Vol. 111; pp. 8 - 14 |
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US Department of Labor
July 1988
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