Occupational highway transportation deaths among workers aged ≥55 years - United States, 2003-2010
Highway transportation incidents are the leading cause of occupational fatalities in the United States, with the highest fatality rates occurring among workers aged ≥65 years. To characterize older workers at highest risk, CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) analyzed data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) for the period 2003-2010 and compared occupational highway transportation deaths among workers aged 55-64 years and ≥65 years with those among workers aged 18-54 years. This report describes the results of that analysis, which indicated that workers aged ≥65 years had the highest overall fatality rate (3.1 highway transportation deaths per 100,000 full-time-equivalent [FTE] workers per year), more than three times that of workers aged 18-54 years (0.9 per 100,000 FTE workers). This pattern held across demographic and occupational categories. These results demonstrate the need to further implement interventions that consider road safety risks specific to older workers.
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- Publication Date: 2013-8-23
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 653-657
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Serial:
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- Volume: 62
- Issue Number: 33
- Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
- ISSN: 0149-2195
- EISSN: 1545-861x
- Serial URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aged; Fatalities; Industrial accidents; Occupational safety; Traffic incidents
- Identifier Terms: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01495782
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 18 2013 2:12PM