The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that workers age 55 and older will make up 20 percent of the workforce by 2020, up from 13 percent in 2000. As your workforce ages, what special safety concerns can you expect? - FREE article!
Studies indicate that although aging workers overall experience fewer injuries, possibly due to their greater experience and caution, an injury to an older worker requires longer recovery with more serious consequences... [625 word article, October 2009]