The workforce is getting older. People are retiring later inlife than ever before. This trend has been a major concern forthose in the health and safety field because the common knowledgehas been that older workers are more prone to suffer very expensiveinjuries. However, new research from the National Council onCompensation Insurance (NCCI) has cast doubt on this conventionalwisdom, or at the very least potentially changed the definition of“olderworkers.”
NCCI studied different age groups and the rate at which they getinjured. They found younger workers (under 35) had substantiallymore cuts on their fingers and older workers (over 35) suffer morecases of carpal tunnel and more cervical injuries, although thenumbers are startlingly similar.
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